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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's governor on Tuesday asked the White House to declare a major disaster in his state to free up more direct federal aid to cope with the surging coronavirus outbreak, warning that the New Orleans area could run out of hospital beds by early April.

BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Midday" game were:

NEW YORK (AP) — South by Southwest, the sprawling Austin, Texas, conference and festival, was one of the first major gatherings canceled by the coronavirus pandemic. But its organizers, eager to lend a hand to the movies that had been set to premiere at SXSW, on Tuesday went ahead with its film awards.

FORT KENT, Maine (AP) — The provost and vice chancellor for academic and student affairs at the University of Montana Western is headed eastward to serve as president of the University of Maine at Fort Kent.

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — To keep healthy literacy habits alive during COVID-19 school closures, the Portsmouth Pop-Up Library program has launched a virtual book mobile.

Santa Clara County has seen more COVID-19 cases and deaths than any other county in the state. On Monday, Santa Clara health officials reported three more deaths, bringing the county total to 13.

The Tokyo Olympics were postponed until 2021 on Tuesday, ending weeks of speculation that the Games could not go ahead as scheduled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Former Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt has snagged a buyer for his Scottsdale, AZ, home. The desert mansion sold for $2.54 million.

Espalier is a way of training and pruning plants so their branches lie in an orderly and ornamental two-dimensional form. The beauty comes from the tracery of the branches. Espalier is a way to create a living border in a garden, or decorate a fence or wall.

TX Houston/Galveston TX Zone Forecast for Tuesday, March 24, 2020

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Zone Forecast Product for Southeast Texas

National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX

757 AM CDT Tue Mar 24 2020

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Including the cities of Alvin, Angleton, and Pearland

757 AM CDT Tue Mar 24 2020

.TODAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly

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TX Forecast for Thursday, March 26, 2020

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City/Town;Weather Condition;High Temp (F);Low Temp (F);Wind Direction;Wind Speed (MPH);Humidity (%);Chance of Precip. (%);UV Index

Abilene;High clouds and warm;89;65;SSW;11;38%;0%;7

Abilene Dyess;High clouds and warm;88;65;SSW;11;32%;0%;7

Alice;Mostly sunny and hot;95;67;SE;8;64%;6%;8

Alpine;High clouds;89;53;SE;8;15%;0%;8

Amarillo;High clouds and warm;80;54;SSW;16;26%;0%;7

Angleton;Partly sunny;87;64;S;6;70%;0%;8

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Amazon has temporarily closed a Kentucky warehouse after an unspecified number of workers tested positive for the coronavirus.

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt will impose a two-week, nightly curfew in the Arab world's most populous country in an effort to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, its prime minister announced Tuesday as the International Monetary Fund warned that a shortage of medical supplies could affect the Mideast's poorest nations.

An employee at the Newport prison has tested positive for COVID-19, the Department of Corrections said.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina police officer accused of inappropriately touching a woman while responding to a 911 call was charged Monday with sexual battery, a police chief confirmed.

DETROIT (AP) — A member of the Detroit Police Department has died from the coronavirus, the department announced Tuesday, a day after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer told Michigan residents to stay at home to stem the virus’ spread.

Marybeth Linzmeier Dorst wasn’t always comfortable talking about the Olympics. “For 20 years it was difficult to hear Olympic music,” she says just hours after a report surfaced saying the 2020 Olympics would be postponed until 2021. That’s because the eight-time NCAA swimming champion had not one, but two Olympics stolen from her.

Bill Russell put together one of the most dominant performances in NCAA Tournament history and USF completed an unbeaten season by knocking off Iowa 83-71 on March 24, 1956, in Evanston, Ill.

Graham Cooper had left his previous job nearly a year ago to focus full time on training to climb Mount Everest. It would represent the pinnacle of his goal to reach the Seven Summits, a niche pursuit in the mountaineering community to ascend the highest peak on each continent. The trip was canceled this month in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Does a margarita sold in a sealed plastic storage container taste as sweet?

Unemployment is climbing as shelter-in-place orders change life around the nation. But for those seeking jobs, not all businesses are instituting hiring freezes or eliminating positions.

Dr. Lisa Dana has worked as a pediatrician in San Francisco for 20 years. She sees hundreds of local kids at Golden Gate Pediatrics with locations in both SF and Mill Valley, and is also part of the clinical faculty at UC San Francisco. In recent weeks, Dana has been fielding lots of questions from parents concerned about COVID-19, the highly contagious virus gripping our world. Below she answers some of the questions she’s getting from parents.

Remote work may seem like a godsend amid a wave of layoffs due to the coronavirus, but cybercriminals are also spotting an opportunity.

If you love the simple aesthetic and rustic charms of an A-frame, we've spotted seven shapely homes waiting for a buyer to make a timely offer.

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities said Tuesday they will end a two-month lockdown of most of coronavirus-hit Hubei province at midnight, as domestic cases of the virus continue to subside.