Here are a few arts-and-entertainment-y online diversions for the week, from near and far, including Seattle Opera on KING-FM and New York City Ballet.

With social distancing efforts (or just distance) keeping many families apart for Mother's Day, our features staffers share how they'll be celebrating their moms this weekend. Happy Mother's Day!

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Kathy Jackson was at Life Care Center in Kirkland, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., on Friday. By Sunday she was sick. But the public health system still didn't seem interested in testing her.

If the sale takes place, current owner Bill Predmore will remain as CEO of Reign FC and home games will still be played at Cheney Stadium.

Benstiti takes over a team that has had six straight winning seasons.

Reign FC standout Megan Rapinoe, voted The Best FIFA Women’s Player of 2019, entered the Group A match in the 62nd minute. Five minutes later, her corner kick was headed in by Lynn Williams for a 2-0 lead.

Besides the rights to Sofia Huerta, who had five goals and four assists with the Dash in 2019, the Reign also got the rights to defender Amber Brooks.

The top-ranked U.S. team will earn a berth in this year’s Tokyo Olympics if it can win a semifinal match against either Canada or Mexico on Friday in Carson, Calif.

Samantha Mewis scored two goals and Reign FC’s Megan Rapinoe had two assists in a 4-0 victory over Mexico in the semifinals of the CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying tournament. Canada earned an Olympic berth by winning the other semifinal.

(Bloomberg) — Senate Democrats challenged a vow of “fairness and impartiality” by Brian Miller, President Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee trillions of dollars being spent in the effort to rescue the economy from the coronavirus pandemic. “President Trump has shown outright hostility to anyone who has tried to hold him accountable to the American people,” […]

The Boston Pride selected Boston University forward Sammy Davis with the first pick in the NWHL Draft on Tuesday night. The women’s professional hockey league is heading into its sixth season. The Pride acquired the top pick from expansion Toronto in a trade hours earlier to get Davis. The 23-year-old hometown star had 17 goals […]

With social distancing efforts (or just distance) keeping many families apart for Mother's Day, our features staffers share how they'll be celebrating their moms this weekend. Happy Mother's Day!

COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Justin Herbert should have been walking onto a Los Angeles Chargers practice field Friday for the first time. But with the coronavirus pandemic shutting down NFL facilities, he is finding other ways to work with future teammates. Herbert, who was selected with the sixth overall pick in last month’s draft, […]

SYDNEY (AP) — Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates has predicted that next year’s coronavirus-delayed Tokyo Games “may ultimately be amongst the great games ever, if not the greatest.” The Sydney-born Coates, who oversees planning for the Tokyo Olympics for the International Olympic Committee, told the AOC’s annual general meeting on Saturday that he would […]

(Bloomberg) — Senate Democrats challenged a vow of “fairness and impartiality” by Brian Miller, President Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee trillions of dollars being spent in the effort to rescue the economy from the coronavirus pandemic. “President Trump has shown outright hostility to anyone who has tried to hold him accountable to the American people,” […]

Here are a few arts-and-entertainment-y online diversions for the week, from near and far, including Seattle Opera on KING-FM and New York City Ballet.

Here are our features staffers’ recommendations for shows to check out if you’re craving comfort or nostalgia, want to feel inspired or empowered, or simply need a good laugh.

Fiskum destroyed an updated, slow-fast version of Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind” on the NBC singing competition show on Monday night.

Instead of trading down to add more picks, the Seahawks selected linebacker Jordyn Brooks out of Texas Tech with the No. 27 overall pick. Wait, who? Allow us to explain.

Taylor, who has drawn comparisons to Clark by several draft analysts and scouts could bring a level of explosiveness that the defensive ends on the roster simply don't possess.

With the 69th pick, Seattle selected guard Damien Lewis from the NCAA champion LSU Tigers. He becomes the 19th offensive lineman on the Seahawks' roster.

The Seahawks taking lanky tight end Colby Parkinson out of Stanford with their first fourth-round pick addresses a future and possibly current need

After trading up to take Darrell Taylor of Tennessee in the second round, the Seahawks added another defensive end with their fifth-round pick of defensive end Alton Robinson.

DENVER (AP) — At least 70 percent of U.S. Olympic sports organizations have applied for government funds during the coronavirus pandemic, a stark financial reality that underscores the frailties within the world’s most dominant Olympic sports system. The Associated Press surveyed 44 of the country’s national governing bodies (NGBs) — the organizations charged with operating […]

AMC Entertainment has banned screening all Universal films in its theaters across the world. The ban was provoked by Universal Pictures releasing children's film Trolls World Tour digitally. In a letter to Universal Studios Chairman Donna Langley, AMC Entertainment said the move was in response to the film company's decision to stream more movies online simultaneously with their release in theate

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If there is one thing that IBM WebSphere Liberty gives you, it's the freedom, and flexibility, to dynamically create applications both on-premises and in the cloud. This article highlights the top five tutorials in developerWorks for WebSphere Liberty.

Connecting to the cloud was big in 2016 for IBM middleware users and continues to be in 2017 as more environments move to the cloud. Learn which Connect series articles our readers and editor chose as their favorites from the developerWorks library.

Quebec bonspiel organizers and concerns about future of curling, Kelowna B.C. memorializing homeless and Ashleigh McIvor on her 2010 gold medal memories

Winnipeg woman celebrates her fortieth birthday with forty acts of kindness,Shane Koyczan at 2010 Olympics,details on bison re-introduction program and Periodic Table of Black Cdn History in Ottawa

Australian lives and livelihoods now depend on the ability of Australia's public service to meet the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Even as universities scramble to stay alive, there is no lifeline from the government. What's gone wrong?

An adventurous project that has been executed with tasteful verve.

Bogotá quintet delivers fiery electro-Cumbia contortions with hidden depths.

The Coalition contest to choose a candidate for the Eden-Monaro by-election is rapidly descending into farce.

A spirited album converting life’s sadder aspects into music graced with humour and joy.

Disciples of tradition return with their best offering yet.

This sensitive, dynamic recording is a joy, and may even constitute a revelation.

Initial investigations suggest the death of a man at Hadspen, near Launceston, is suspicious after receiving a request for assistance from paramedics.

High levels of dust in a central Queensland town have been attributed to lower-than-average rainfall, but residents say more needs to be done to ensure it isn't coming from nearby mining operations.

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