HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) – The COVID-19 testing degree of positivity is at its highest point yet in Texas. The Department of Health and Human Services reported that the rate for seven-day positive test on August 8 was 20.31%. The rate was increased from 12.05% on July 31st. As the pressure …
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Big Ten season is not dead yet
Big ten presidents apparently voted 12-2 to cancel the 2020 football season … other reports said they did not. Then there were reports that the presidents would meet again Monday night at 6 a.m. to deliver the absolute definitive plan ahead – it turned out to be a conversation among …
Read More »Apex Legends Season 6 will add a new Legend, a new crafting system, and a new weapon
Apex Legends Season 6 arrives new week on August 18, introducing “expert mud” Rampart as a new Legend, as well as a new crafting system, a new energy SMG weapon, and more.EA says new legend Rampart is an “expert mud who made her name in underground fighting clubs.” Rampart and …
Read More »A large hiring force of New York CEOs
Leaders of more than two dozen of New York City’s largest employers – including JPMorgan Chase, Ernst & Young, IBM, McKinsey & Company and Accenture – aim to earn 100,000 residents and people of color by 2030 and will help to prep them for technical jobs. Why it matters: When …
Read More »Belarussian opposition leader has bled to death after bloody clashes
MINSK (Reuters) – Belarussian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanouskaya said on Tuesday she had fled abroad for the sake of her children, after two nights of clashes following the contested re-election of strongman President Alexander Lukashenko. Tikhanouskaya, a 37-year-old former English teacher, came out of obscurity to reach the biggest challenge …
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