Houston Livestock and Rodeo will be shut down
March 11, 2020
The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, which draws hundreds of thousands of visitors, will be canceled about halfway through its run as a precaution against the new coronavirus, city and county officials said Wednesday. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Judge Linda Hidalgo said they...
WHO declares virus crisis a pandemic, urges world to fight
JAMEY KEATEN, MARIA CHENG and JOHN LEICESTER, Associated Press
March 11, 2020
GENEVA — Expressing alarm both about mounting infections and inadequate government responses, the World Health Organization declared Wednesday that the global coronavirus crisis is now a pandemic but added that it's not too late for countries to act. By reversing course and using the charged word...