Month: November 2020

Tracking COVID-19 in Alaska: 563 new cases reported Monday as hospitalizations continue to rise – Anchorage Daily News
16Nov By No Comments
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Tracking COVID-19 in Alaska: 563 new cases reported Monday as hospitalizations continue to rise – Anchorage Daily News

We're making this important information about the pandemic available without a subscription as a public service. But we depend on reader support to do this work. Please consider joining others in supporting independent journalism in Alaska for just $3.23 a week. Alaska reported 563 new COVID-19 cases Monday as hospitalizations reached yet another new high and one tribal health organization recommended a regional lockdown. Cases reported over the weekend -- 745 Saturday and 654 Sunday -- marked the highest and second-highest daily numbers in the state since the pandemic began in March. The state has reported weeks of climbing case numbers and rising death tolls across Alaska. Since March, 98 Alaskans with COVID-19 have died and on...
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Family: Comedian Sinbad recovering from recent stroke – The Associated Press
16Nov By No Comments
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Family: Comedian Sinbad recovering from recent stroke – The Associated Press

By MESFIN FEKADUNovember 16, 2020 GMT NEW YORK (AP) — The family of Sinbad says the comedian-actor is recovering from a recent stroke. The Adkins family says in a statement to The Associated Press on Monday that “it is out of sincere love that we share Sinbad, our beloved husband and father, is recovering from a recent stroke. “Sinbad is a light source of love and joy for many generations. While he is beginning his road to recovery, we are faithful and optimistic that he will bring laughter into our hearts soon,” the statement continued. More Entertainment Stories: The 64-year-old Sinbad, born David Adkins, is known for his stand-up work and appearances in the sitcoms “A Different World” and “The Sinbad Show.” The entertainer has also appeared in several movies. “Our family thank...
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Scooter Braun Sells Taylor Swift’s Big Machine Masters for Big Pay Day – Variety
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Scooter Braun Sells Taylor Swift’s Big Machine Masters for Big Pay Day – Variety

Some 17 months after Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings LLC acquired Big Machine Label Group and all of its recorded music assets, sources tell Variety the veteran manager and entrepreneur has sold the master rights to Taylor Swift’s first six albums. The buyer, an investment fund, is as yet unknown but the deal is believed to be north of $300 million and closed in the last two weeks. Ithaca purchased the Nashville-based independent record label Big Machine, founded by Scott Borchetta in 2005, in June 2019 for just over $300 million. The acquisition encompassed all aspects of BMLG’s business, including its client roster, distribution deals, publishing and owned artist masters. Swift signed with BMLG at the beginning of her career. Her contract with the label expired in fall 2018, a...
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Dont rely on a negative test result to see your family for Thanksgiving – CNN
16Nov By No Comments
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Dont rely on a negative test result to see your family for Thanksgiving – CNN

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Advocate Aurora Health to delay half of elective surgeries – Chicago Tribune
16Nov By No Comments
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Advocate Aurora Health to delay half of elective surgeries – Chicago Tribune

The system, which has 10 hospitals in Illinois, aims to reduce elective surgeries by 50% for patients whose surgeries would require overnight care, starting later this week, said Dr. Jeff Bahr, chief Aurora Medical Group officer, during a call with reporters Monday. The hospitals will look at the urgency of procedures and how many resources would be needed to do them, among other things, in deciding which should be delayed. Cancer treatments will not be postponed.
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Comedian Sinbad suffers stroke, family says – Fox News
16Nov By No Comments
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Comedian Sinbad suffers stroke, family says – Fox News

Sinbad has suffered a stroke, according to his family. The Adkins family said in a statement to The Associated Press on Monday that “it is out of sincere love that we share Sinbad, our beloved husband and father, is recovering from a recent stroke." “Sinbad is a light source of love and joy for many generations. While he is beginning his road to recovery, we are faithful and optimistic that he will bring laughter into our hearts soon," the statement continued. The 64-year-old Sinbad, born David Adkins, is known for his stand-up work and appearances in the sitcoms “A Different World"  from 1987 to 1993 and “The Sinbad Show" from 1993 to 1994. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER The family of Sinbad says the comedian-actor is recovering from recent stroke. ...
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Jim Edmonds Rips Ex Meghan King for Partying Before COVID Diagnosis – TMZ
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Jim Edmonds Rips Ex Meghan King for Partying Before COVID Diagnosis – TMZ

Exclusive Retired MLB star Jim Edmonds is pissed at his estranged wife for being reckless with COVID -- he claims her partying and jet-setting ways put his family in danger. Jim's estranged wife, "Real Housewives of Orange County" alum Meghan King, says she's isolating after testing positive for COVID-19. Jim's rep, Steve Honig, tells TMZ ... Jim thinks Meghan has a lot of explaining to do because she attended a major Halloween event in St. Louis before jetting down to Miami, where she continued to party. So, he says Jim's hardly surprised she announced she tested positive ... but he is pissed. Videos and pictures from the Halloween bash show Meghan rubbing elbow...
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