Parents send student to school while knowingly infected with coronavirus, mayor says
Almost 30 teenagers have to quarantine after parents sent their child to a Massachusetts school despite knowing they were positive with Covid-19,…
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Parents send student to school while knowingly infected with coronavirus, mayor says
Almost 30 teenagers have to quarantine after parents sent their child to a Massachusetts school despite knowing they were positive with Covid-19,…
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Pharma company drastically boosts its potential coronavirus vaccine production
German pharmaceutical company BioNTech, which is currently developing a possible vaccine against the novel coronavirus together with US drug giant…
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Testing deal promoted by White House failing to fix lack of Covid-19 screening strategy
A deal for 150 million rapid coronavirus tests the White House promoted last month as a potential game-changer in battling the pandemic fails to fix…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for September 17: Covid-19, Sally, census, William Barr, Venezuela
Cutting down on greenhouse gases is a huge environmental goal, but if the world wants to get to net zero emissions by 2050, it will cost a staggering…
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5 things to know for September 17: Covid-19, Sally, census, William Barr, Venezuela
Cutting down on greenhouse gases is a huge environmental goal, but if the world wants to get to net zero emissions by 2050, it will cost a staggering…
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Masked men, assault and abandonment
North Aegean Sea — The warm glow of a bright orange life raft lights up the pitch black night. A small hand opens the floating tent, revealing 11…
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Sally drenched parts of Florida with ‘4 months of rain in 4 hours,’ officials say
Hundreds of people near the Florida-Alabama border were being rescued from floodwaters brought on by Sally on Wednesday and authorities fear many…
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LeBron James sets records with 16th All-NBA team selection
For LeBron James, breaking NBA records has become a habit. And on Wednesday, he broke yet another, becoming the player selected to the most All-NBA…
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‘Mix of science and politics’ leading to people’s uncertainty about Covid-19 vaccine, NIH director says
The hesitancy of many people to get a Covid-19 vaccine when it becomes available is an issue that needs to be urgently addressed, National Institutes…
Continue Reading Only the US has more coronavirus cases than India. But unlike Trump, its leader seems immune from criticism
India is in crisis. Its economy has crashed, with the largest slump on record decimating millions of jobs. Its already fragile healthcare system is…
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Former head of world athletics Lamine Diack is jailed for corruption
The former head of athletics’ governing body, Lamine Diack, has been sentenced to two years in prison after being found guilty on charges of…
Continue Reading When does a good attitude become toxic positivity?
Between sleepless nights, diapers and feeding times, having small children at home could leave Priscilla Goins feeling exhausted. She loved her kids,…
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Snowflake shares more than double. It’s the biggest software IPO ever
It may still be the dog days of summer but there was a blizzard on Wall Street Wednesday. Shares of Snowflake, a cloud data warehousing firm that has…
Continue Reading Bacterial outbreak infects thousands after factory leak in China
Several thousand people in northwest China have tested positive for a bacterial disease, authorities said on Tuesday, in an outbreak caused by a leak…
Continue Reading Report noisy karaoke singers to help fight coronavirus, Philippine governor urges public
A provincial governor in the Philippines has set his sights on a set of people who he says are hurting the fight against the pandemic: karaoke…
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Report noisy karaoke singers to help fight coronavirus, Philippine governor urges public
A provincial governor in the Philippines has set his sights on a set of people who he says are hurting the fight against the pandemic: karaoke…
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Al Gore rips Trump’s Covid-19 response: ‘He’s trying to gaslight the virus’
Former Vice President Al Gore said Wednesday that President Donald Trump is “trying to gaslight” the coronavirus, in a scathing…
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Locomotive FC notch another win against Colorado Springs, 2-1; El Paso retakes lead in Group C
EL PASO, Texas – Entering their match against the Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC on Wednesday night, El Paso Locomotive FC trailed first place New…
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ACM Awards 2020: Check out who won
The Academy of Country Music Awards aired live Wednesday night, bringing together the biggest names in country music. Keith Urban hosted the event…
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Unmasking Trump’s real governing philosophy
Has America ever seen a presidential campaign like this one? One that involves a candidate as out-of-the-ordinary as President Donald Trump, with his…
Continue Reading Los Angeles deputy who was critically injured in Compton shooting was released from hospital, sheriff says
One of the two Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies attacked by an unknown gunman Saturday has been released from the hospital. The…
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Trillion-dollar global investment group moves mail processing operations to El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — A worldwide investment firm with over $6 trillion in assets and 30 million customers is now utilizing a west El Paso company to…
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‘El Paso is a ground zero for much of this’: DEA chief says meth is Borderland’s top drug threat
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Drug Enforcement Administration has seized hundreds of pounds of meth in the West Texas/New Mexico region already this…
Continue Reading California governor emphasizes wildfires show reality of climate change
Firefighters are making tremendous progress combating the huge wildfire complexes afflicting California — but the real battle is against…
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Kids, get in the car: Woman drives her 85 goats away from dairy farm threatened by wildfire
Click here for updates on this story MOLALLA, OR (KPTV) — A local cheese maker is sharing how she rescued her 85 goats…
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57 undocumented immigrants found by Border Patrol crowded inside Chaparral ‘stash’ house
CHAPARRAL, New Mexico – U.S. Border Patrol agents said Wednesday they had uncovered a a human smuggling operation that utilized a “stash” house in…
Continue Reading This man has an idea to keep trick-or-treating safe this Halloween
An Ohio man has an idea to keep the coronavirus from knocking on his door this Halloween. Andrew Beattie last Saturday shared on Facebook a photo of…
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