Humboldt County’s total COVID-19 case count increased to 217 as 12 additional cases have been reported. While this is the largest single-day increase since the outbreak began, today’s report includes all new cases since Friday’s report. Since last Monday’s update of the age distribution, 28 cases have been diagnosed locally. …
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Royana Black Dead: ‘Brighton Beach Memories’ actress was 47
TV 10:55 AM PDT 07/27/2020 by Mike Barnes He also starred in a short 1988 sitcom, ‘Raising Miranda’. Royana Black, who appeared on Broadway in Brighton Beach Memories and starred in the main character in the short comedy Raising Miranda, has died. She was 47 years old. Black died July …
Read More »Wemo Wi-Fi Smart Plug Doubles Size and Affordability
The evolution of the smart home doesn’t always mean a new network for connecting devices or a new smart speaker with a new array of microphones. Sometimes evolutions come in the form of affordability and smaller designs. That’s the case with Wemo’s Wi-Fi smart plug, announced again at the Consumer …
Read More »Pfizer-BioNTech Begins Late-Stage Study of COVID-19 Lead Vaccine Candidate
By Vishwadha Chander and Carl O’Donnell (Reuters) – German biotech company BioNTech and U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc said Monday they would begin a critical global study to test their top candidate for the COVID-19 vaccine. If the study is successful, companies could submit the vaccine for regulatory approval as …
Read More »Trump elects anti-war favorite Douglas Macgregor as German ambassador
President Trump announced Monday that he will nominate retired Army Colonel Douglas Macgregor to be the next U.S. ambassador to Germany. Macgregor is a favorite among Trump supporters who want to pull American troops out of the Middle East and Afghanistan. As ambassador, he would oversee Trump’s plan to reduce …
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