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Play ball! Korean baseball league begins in empty stadiums

The country’s professional soccer leagues will kick off Friday, also without spectators in the stadiums.





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Netflix to make romcom based on sexually fluid dating life of Queer Eye's Antoni Porowski

Reality show star is working on the project with the writers of Pen15 and Black-ish




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Stay Wild: meet the London-based female co-founders turning ocean plastic into sustainable swimwear

Stay Wild is on a mission to create truly sustainable and ethical swimwear that's well-designed and flattering for all women




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Duck or rabbit? How Archie's birthday book is based on an age-old optical illusion

The book appeared in an adorable new video of the Duchess of Sussex reading to baby Archie on his first birthday






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Uefa confirms Champions League qualification to be based on sporting merit if season cannot be completed

Champions League and Europa League places for next season must be awarded on sporting merit should any domestic leagues not resume, Uefa has announced.




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Coronavirus sport news LIVE: Arsenal squad to return to training base, Moise Kean 'hosts party', England Test latest

Welcome to the Evening Standard's LIVE coverage as the coronavirus crisis continues to heavily impact sport across the globe.




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Trump’s base escapes the worst of job losses

Compared to the Great Recession, fewer male and blue-collar workers have lost jobs, while women, Latinos, African Americans and young workers have been hit hardest.




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Google Duo adds a 'family mode' and web-based group calls

Google isn’t done making Duo video calls more accommodating in the pandemic era. It’s introducing a handful of updates that make chats livelier, including a family mode. Fire it up and you can add cute AR effects or doodle while you keep in touch. Th...




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Sound of silence: Baseball thinking ahead to silent stadiums


Whenever baseball returns after the delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic, there’s an element that might come into play like never before: the sound of silence.




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A baseball or hockey game here, a golf tournament there: Events without fans are rare

Pro sports plan to play in empty venues because of the coronavirus outbreak, but examples of events occurring without fans is sparse.




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Better baseball on TV: What MLB can learn from 'Bachelor' and 'Millionaire'

MLB stadiums without fans would be like playing in a giant television studio. TV executives offer ideas on reinventing baseball as entertainment.




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Baseball with no fans? Korean league opener shows glimpse of possible MLB future

The Korean baseball season is underway, but the games have a much different look with no fans in attendance because of the coronavirus crisis.




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Hernández: Billing late-night Korean baseball as the return of live sports on TV is a stretch

Desperate for viewers while the country is shut down, ESPN gambled that fans are in such need of live competition that they'd watch late-night Korean baseball.




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Calabasas loses another baseball coach to a dust-up over the playing field

Dan Cey has resigned as Calabasas' baseball coach after being reprimanded following a complaint by a neighbor about changes to the playing field.




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Letters: The world has changed, but let's keep baseball the same

Letters to the Los Angeles Times sports department.




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Normal People, coming-of-age series based on bestselling novel, coming to CBC Gem

Coming-of-age drama Normal People, based on Irish author Sally Rooney's bestselling novel and touted as one of the best book-to-series adaptations in recent years, is set to debut in Canada on CBC Gem.




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A disaster waiting to happen or a bold, evidence-based response? In Sweden, it depends who you ask

As winter fades and spring breaks over Sweden, a high-stakes experiment in self-responsibility is underway.




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Macquarie University to accept students based on year 11 results

Macquarie University has become the first in NSW to accept students based on year 11 results across all its course offerings.




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Macquarie University to accept students based on year 11 results

Macquarie University has become the first in NSW to accept students based on year 11 results across all its course offerings.




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Macquarie University to accept students based on year 11 results

Macquarie University has become the first in NSW to accept students based on year 11 results across all its course offerings.




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Javid proposes different lockdown rules based on age to reopen economy

Britain must turn its attention to the economy now it is through the peak of the coronavirus crisis, Sajid Javid has told Sky News.




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US baseball uniforms used to make medical masks in coronavirus fight

There is no baseball being played in the US because of coronavirus, but a manufacturer of the uniforms worn in the Major League is now using the same fabric to make protective clothing in the fight against the pandemic.




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Missing Major League Baseball? Here's Korean baseball to the rescue

While much of the world is under lockdown, baseball returned to South Korea on a day when the country reported just three new cases of COVID-19.




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Gujarat FDCA initiates action against 2 companies based in Patan and Ahmedabad for illegal sale of drugs




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Scientists are developing an anti-coronavirus surface coating based on nanomaterials

The research by Ben-Gurion University (BGU) and the National Institute of Biotechnology in the Negev (NIBN), has received financial support from the Israel Innovation Authority as part of a call for proposals for coping with the coronavirus.




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Rebiotix, Ferring's microbiome-based therapy RBX2660 shows promise

RBX2660 may bring an innovative therapeutic option to patients suffering from C. diff




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ACRO testifies before IRS and Treasury Department on proposed Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax (BEAT) regulation

On Monday, March 25, 2019 ACRO provided testimony at a public hearing held by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Treasury Department...




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ACRO offers unique insights on risk-based monitoring of clinical trials, calls for adoption of RBM as a best practice

Following meetings with then-Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and senior leadership from the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research on the role of CROs and technology companies in designing and implementing risk-based monitoring (RBM) of clinical trials, ACRO this week submitted extensive comments on recent FDA Guidance.Increasing the use of innovative RBM technologies helps make clinical trials safer, more efficient and higher quality. ACRO’s comments offer unique insights into the recent expansion of RBM implementation and call for further increasing the use of these oversight technologies.




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Advancing the Adoption of Risk-Based Monitoring Strategies in Clinical Trials

On July 17, 2019, under cooperative agreement with the FDA, the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy (Duke Margolis) held a public workshop. The event, titled Improving the Implementation of Risk-Based Monitoring Approaches of Clinical Investigations, aimed to identify opportunities to improve Risk Based Monitoring (RBM) implementation and solicit stakeholder input on the challenges, barriers, and enablers that impact the successful adoption of RBM.




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A Consistent Approach to Risk Based Quality Management: Collaboration is Key

Developing, executing and overseeing clinical trials is a complex process. Yet it is essential to gain reliable evidence from clinical trials to...




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Arizona GOP lawmakers and AAPS say hydroxychloroquine has 90% chance of helping COVID-19 patients, but data is not based on clinical trials

The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) wrote a letter to Republican Arizona Governor Doug Ducey urging the wider use of hydroxychloroquine, based on data they have collected.




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Ferring in sight of finish line with first microbiome-based drug

Swiss drugmaker Ferring and its Rebiotix subsidiary have announced a world first with a microbiome-based…



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United States Files Suit Against Missouri-Based Pharmaceutical to Block Manufacturing and Shipping of Unapproved Drugs

The United States has filed a lawsuit to block KV Pharmaceutical Company, its subsidiaries, ETHEX Corp. and Ther-Rx Corp., and its principal officers from making and distributing adulterated and unapproved drugs. At the same time, KV agreed to the injunction in a consent decree.



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Justice Department Sues Large Multi-Family Housing Developer Alleging Disability-Based Housing Discrimination

The Department filed a lawsuit today against JPI Construction L.P. (JPI) and six JPI-affiliated companies in U.S. District Court in Dallas for failing to provide accessible features required by the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act at multi-family housing developments in Texas and other states.



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Individual Indicted in Connection with Costa Rica-based Business Opportunity Fraud Ventures

A British citizen was charged in connection with the operation of a series of fraudulent business opportunities on March 10, 2009, by a Miami federal grand jury. Sirtaj Mathauda was indicted on charges that he and his co-conspirators purported to sell vending machine, beverage and greeting card business opportunities, including assistance in establishing, maintaining and operating such businesses. The charges form part of the government’s continued nationwide crackdown on business opportunity fraud.



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Third Defendant Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Scheme Involving Bribes for Contracts at Kuwait Army Base

The sister of a U.S. Army officer has pleaded guilty for her participation in a money-laundering scheme related to bribes paid for contracts awarded in support of the Iraq war. Carolyn Blake, of Sunnyvale, Texas, pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering conspiracy after accepting more than $3 million in bribe proceeds on behalf of her brother, Major John Cockerham.



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U.S. Sues 32 Individuals, Alleging $30 Million Tax Credit Scam Based on Sham Sales from Non-Existent Methane Production Facilities at Landfills

The United States has sued four Certified Public Accounts (CPA), 27 tax preparers and one other individual, seeking to bar them from promoting an alleged tax scam involving bogus income tax credits claimed for sham sales of methane from landfills.



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Justice Department Resolves Lawsuit Alleging Disability-Based Housing Discrimination at 12 Multifamily Housing Complexes in Louisville, Kentucky

The Department announced that a federal district court judge in Louisville, Ky., approved a settlement of the Department’s lawsuit alleging that those involved in the design and construction of 12 multifamily housing complexes discriminated on the basis of disability. The complexes contain more than 800 units covered by the Fair Housing Act’s accessibility provisions.



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Justice Department Files Lawsuit Alleging Disability-based Housing Discrimination at Six Complexes in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against Equity Homes Inc, PBR LLC, BBR LLC and Shane Hartung in U.S. District Court in South Dakota for failing to provide accessible features required by the Fair Housing Act at multi-family housing developments in Sioux Falls.



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Justice Department Resolves Lawsuit Alleging Disability-Based Housing Discrimination at Four Multifamily Housing Complexes in Spokane County, Washington

The Department announced today a settlement of a lawsuit alleging discrimination on the basis of disability in the design and construction of four multifamily housing complexes in the Spokane, Wash., area in violation of the federal Fair Housing Act.



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Texas-Based Regency Nursing and Rehabilitation Centers to Pay U.S. $4 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

Regency Nursing and Rehabilitation Centers Inc. nursing home chain will pay the United States $4 million to settle allegations that Regency submitted false claims to Medicare and the Texas Medicaid program. The Victoria, Texas-based chain currently owns and operates 24 nursing home facilities located through the state.



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Federal Court Acts to Stop Alleged $30 Million Scam Involving Tax Credits Based on Fictitious Methane Production at Landfills

A federal judge in Tampa, Fla., has permanently barred eight men – including five tax preparers and two Certified Public Accountants (CPA) – from promoting an alleged tax fraud scheme involving bogus income tax credits.



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New Mexico-based Computer Assets Inc. Agrees to Settle False Claims Allegations Involving the E-Rate Program

Computer Assets Inc. and its principals, Abraham Salazar and Damon Salazar, have agreed to pay $350,000 over three years and surrender up to $35 million in pending E-Rate applications to settle allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act in connection with the Federal Communications Commission’s E-Rate program.



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British Citizen Arrested in Connection with Costa Rica-based Business Opportunity Fraud Ventures

A British citizen charged in connection with the operation of a series of fraudulent business opportunities was arrested Thursday evening in Miami following his indictment by a Miami federal grand jury on June 9, 2009.



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Boston-Based Bus Company Agrees to $650,000 Penalty for Violating the Clean Air Act and Anti-Idling Regulations

Paul Revere Transportation LLC, a bus company based in Boston, has agreed to pay a $650,000 civil penalty after being found liable by a jury in June for violating federal and state clean air laws for idling their buses for extended periods of time. The company was found liable on June 8, 2009, after a six-day trial in U.S. District Court in Boston, for 234 separate violations of the Clean Air Act and a Massachusetts anti-idling regulation.



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Justice Department Obtains $35,000 in Disability-Based Housing Discrimination Settlement with Apartment Complex in Longview, Washington

The Justice Department announced an agreement with the former owners and managers of Valley View Apartments in Longview, Wash., to settle allegations that they violated the Fair Housing Act by intentionally discriminating against an individual with a disability.



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Justice Department Files Lawsuit Alleging Disability-Based Housing Discrimination Against Idaho Condominium Developer

The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against the developer of the Riverwalk Condominiums, a condominium apartment complex in Post Falls, Idaho, for violating the Fair Housing Act by constructing apartments that do not have required accessibility for individuals with disabilities.



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