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<p>Dianna Reyna waits for her flight to Houston that had been delayed from 1pm till 5pm at Midland International Air and Space Port on Friday afternoon. In the midst of nationwide flight cancellations, airports and airlines are facing a record breaking economic dilemma that has seen a drastic drop in air travelers due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the United States.</p>

The past few weeks have been a shock to the system for the Midland International Air and Space Port.

Posted: April 05
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Updated: April 05, 2020 - 7:46 am

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Saturday 04/04/2020

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Updated: April 04, 2020 - 5:33 pm

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Posted: April 04, 2020

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Updated: April 04, 2020 - 8:01 pm

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Updated: April 04, 2020 - 2:31 pm

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Updated: April 04, 2020 - 2:30 pm

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Updated: April 04, 2020 - 2:00 pm

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Updated: April 04, 2020 - 2:16 pm

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AP PHOTOS: Once-packed Peru beach emptied by virus outbreak

Updated: April 04, 2020 - 8:00 pm

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Fields of green: Mild winter, no games aid ballpark grass

Posted: April 04, 2020

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Nicole Sherry poked some holes in the turf at Camden Yards, cut the grass and then left the ballpark about the same time the Baltimore Orioles should have been wrapping up their season opener.

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Posted: April 04, 2020

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Updated: April 05, 2020 - 12:03 am

AP

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Virus alters Holy Week celebration worldwide, not the spirit

Updated: April 04, 2020 - 7:46 pm

AP

For Pope Francis at the Vatican, and for Christians worldwide from churches large and small, this will be an Easter like none other: The joyous message of Christ’s resurrection will be delivered to empty pews.

Dean Foods Receives Court Approval for the Sale of Substantially All of Its Assets

Updated: April 04, 2020 - 12:00 pm

AP

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 4, 2020--

The Class of 2020: A look at basketball's new Hall of Famers

Updated: April 04, 2020 - 11:46 am

AP

A look at the newest members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, announced on Saturday:

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Updated: April 05, 2020 - 7:46 am

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Updated: April 05, 2020 - 1:02 am

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is warning that the country could be headed into its “toughest” weeks yet as the coronavirus death toll mounts, but at the same time he expressed growing impatience with social distancing guidelines and said he’s eager to get the country reopened and its stalled economy back on track.

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Updated: April 05, 2020 - 12:30 am

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Posted: April 05, 2020

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Saturday 04/04/2020

Winning numbers drawn in 'All or Nothing Night' game

Updated: April 04, 2020 - 11:15 pm

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Night" game were:

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Updated: April 04, 2020 - 11:15 pm

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Updated: April 04, 2020 - 11:15 pm

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Night" game were:

Winning numbers drawn in 'Cash 5' game

Updated: April 04, 2020 - 11:15 pm

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:

Winning numbers drawn in 'Lotto' game

Updated: April 05, 2020 - 12:45 am

AP

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Lotto" game were:

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Updated: April 05, 2020 - 7:01 am

AP

President Donald Trump talked to many U.S. pro sports leaders about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, saying he was looking forward to the resumption of competitions “as soon as we can.”

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Updated: April 04, 2020 - 10:46 pm

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Updated: April 05, 2020 - 12:03 am

AP

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the "Powerball" game were:

Corpus Christi mayor asking tourists to not visit amid virus

Updated: April 04, 2020 - 9:00 pm

AP

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Officials in Corpus Christi said they’re looking at ways to discourage vacationers from visiting the popular South Texas city amid the coronavirus outbreak in the state.

New York gets Chinese ventilators; Trump wants more thanks

Updated: April 04, 2020 - 8:31 pm

AP

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York governor said Saturday the Chinese government was facilitating a shipment of 1,000 donated ventilators to his state, highlighting the extreme measures leaders are taking in what has become a cutthroat scramble to independently secure enough lifesaving devices during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Updated: April 04, 2020 - 8:45 pm

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This past week, New York got worse — far worse. In New York City, as morgue space ran out, people started wondering where the bodies will go and the funeral industry struggled to keep up. On the streets of a city accustomed to the exact opposite of social distancing, New Yorkers found a new, gentler reality.

What you need to know today about the virus outbreak

Updated: April 04, 2020 - 7:46 pm

AP

As the number of infections from the new coronavirus has grown to more than 1.1 million worldwide, health care systems are straining under the surge of patients and lack of medical equipment like ventilators, protective masks and gloves. The New York governor said the Chinese government was facilitating a shipment of 1,000 donated ventilators to his state.

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Posted: April 04, 2020

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Evening" game were:

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Posted: April 04, 2020

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:

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Posted: April 04, 2020

AP

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Evening" game were:

New coronavirus limits bring new religious freedom tension

Updated: April 04, 2020 - 6:31 pm

AP

NEW YORK (AP) — Despite state and local limits on public gatherings, some faith leaders have persisted in holding in-person services -- a matter of religious freedom, they say, as the nation approached its fourth Sunday battling the coronavirus pandemic.

Hidden suffering of coronavirus: Stigma, blaming, shaming

Updated: April 04, 2020 - 7:45 pm

AP

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — No one should have known Bella Lamilla’s name.

Wisconsin GOP appeals to Supreme Court on extended voting

Updated: April 04, 2020 - 6:16 pm

AP

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday to block extended absentee voting in Tuesday's primary, despite public health fears about in-person voting amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Union: 30% pay cut for EPL players would harm health service

Updated: April 04, 2020 - 6:02 pm

AP

English Premier League players failed to reach an agreement on Saturday with clubs to take 30% pay cuts during the coronavirus pandemic, escalating a bitter public row as their union claimed the government would lose out on more than 200 million pounds (around $245 million) in tax.

Trump, Dems clash on boosting mail-in voting during pandemic

Updated: April 04, 2020 - 7:46 pm

AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — While Wisconsin struggles to hold its primary on Tuesday, President Donald Trump and Democrats are bickering over how to provide voters with safe and secure access to a ballot as the coronavirus pandemic rages in the U.S. and threatens to extend into the fall, affecting the general election.

Ex-Honduran leader caught in FIFA scandal dies in U.S.

Updated: April 04, 2020 - 5:33 pm

AP

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A former president of Honduras who was convicted in the FIFA soccer bribery scandal died in the United States on Saturday.

The Latest: Grandmother of Baylor star Ursin dies from virus

Updated: April 04, 2020 - 5:15 pm

AP

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:

McLaughlin wins virtual IndyCar event racing from Australia

Posted: April 04, 2020

AP

Scott McLaughlin’s real IndyCar debut is on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Australian V8 SuperCars champion isn’t letting that stop him from learning how to virtually drive the cars.

Knifeman in France kills 2 in attack, terror inquiry opened

Updated: April 04, 2020 - 4:00 pm

AP

PARIS (AP) — A man wielding a knife attacked residents of a French town while they ventured out to shop amid a nationwide coronavirus lockdown Saturday, killing two people and wounding five others in an act that led authorities to open a terrorism inquiry.

Hunt for medical supplies creates marketplace of desperation

Updated: April 04, 2020 - 4:00 pm

AP

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Shady middlemen, phantom shipments, prices soaring by the hour, goods flown in on a private plane.

Jets' Perriman says late-season breakout was just sneak peek

Posted: April 04, 2020

AP

NEW YORK (AP) — Breshad Perriman insists his late-season breakout last year was merely just a promising start.

Kobe, Duncan, Garnett headline Basketball Hall of Fame class

Updated: April 04, 2020 - 8:01 pm

AP

Kobe Bryant’s resume has yet another entry to validate his greatness: He’s now, officially, a Hall of Famer.

Where will the bodies go? Morgues plan as virus grows

Updated: April 04, 2020 - 2:31 pm

AP

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — There are the new dead. And then there are the bodies waiting in overcrowded mortuaries to be buried as cities struggle to meet demand and families wrestle with rules on social distancing that make the usual funeral rituals impossible.

Reaction to the 2020 Basketball Hall of Fame selection

Updated: April 04, 2020 - 2:30 pm

AP

Reaction to Saturday's announcement of the 2020 enshrinement class for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame:

Medics at Egypt's main cancer center test positive for virus

Updated: April 04, 2020 - 2:00 pm

AP

CAIRO (AP) — At least 17 medics in Egypt’s main cancer hospital have been quarantined after testing positive for the coronavirus, officials said Saturday, raising fears the pandemic could prey on health facilities in the Arab world's most populous country.

Lives Lost: Detroit woman, mother of 4, loved ballroom dance

Updated: April 04, 2020 - 2:16 pm

AP

DETROIT (AP) — When Laneeka Barksdale got so sick from the coronavirus that she had to be hospitalized, she tried to keep family from driving her there so as not to put them in danger.

AP PHOTOS: Once-packed Peru beach emptied by virus outbreak

Updated: April 04, 2020 - 8:00 pm

AP

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Agua Dulce beach is usually a sea of humanity, packed with as many as 40,000 people a day at the height of Peru's Southern Hemisphere summer, which runs from December to March.

Fields of green: Mild winter, no games aid ballpark grass

Posted: April 04, 2020

AP

Nicole Sherry poked some holes in the turf at Camden Yards, cut the grass and then left the ballpark about the same time the Baltimore Orioles should have been wrapping up their season opener.

Winning numbers drawn in 'All or Nothing Day' game

Posted: April 04, 2020

AP

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Day" game were:

Winning numbers drawn in 'Pick 3 Day' game

Posted: April 04, 2020

AP

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Day" game were:

Winning numbers drawn in 'Daily 4 Day' game

Posted: April 04, 2020

AP

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Day" game were:

At funerals in virus outbreak, mourning is from a distance

Updated: April 05, 2020 - 12:03 am

AP

LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — No one stands in line to embrace the widow and share memories of her husband of 50 years. No rows of family and friends file toward the flag-draped coffin to pay their last respects. No symphony of sniffles is heard across the room as the minister gives a final prayer.

Virus alters Holy Week celebration worldwide, not the spirit

Updated: April 04, 2020 - 7:46 pm

AP

For Pope Francis at the Vatican, and for Christians worldwide from churches large and small, this will be an Easter like none other: The joyous message of Christ’s resurrection will be delivered to empty pews.

Dean Foods Receives Court Approval for the Sale of Substantially All of Its Assets

Updated: April 04, 2020 - 12:00 pm

AP

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 4, 2020--

The Class of 2020: A look at basketball's new Hall of Famers

Updated: April 04, 2020 - 11:46 am

AP

A look at the newest members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, announced on Saturday:

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Column: Virus will make the timeline for sports, too
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Chaos and scrambling in the US oil patch as prices plummet
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Trump uses coronavirus crisis to push his broader agenda
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States lack key data on virus cases among medical workers
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- Updated: 1:15 pm
Ex-NFL kicker, Saints hero Tom Dempsey dies at 73
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Amid coronavirus pandemic, black mistrust of medicine looms
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U.S. 'wasted' months before preparing for virus pandemic
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U.S. 'wasted' months before preparing for virus pandemic
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'Surreal': NY funeral homes struggle as virus deaths surge
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Jews prep for a pandemic Passover: Smaller but no less vital
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Biden raises idea of Democrats holding an online convention
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Doctors, nurses leave homes to protect families from virus
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Adapting aloha: Virus forces changes to Hawaii customs
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No COVID-19 testing at home yet but quicker options coming
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Sidewalk notes bring smiles to hospital staff during virus
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Grocery workers are key during the virus. And they're afraid
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Coronavirus pandemic disrupts Appalachian Trail dreams
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In years before outbreak, investment in public health fell
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Trump says 'toughest' weeks ahead as coronavirus spreads
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Trump suggests firing watchdog was payback for impeachment
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Trump talks with US pro sports leaders to discuss virus
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