Today is the COVID-19 update from the County Health and Human Services Agency with data up to October 16th. State metrics: Under the state monitoring metrics, San Diego County lives in Tier 2, also known as Red Tire. San Diego’s state-calculated, adjusted case rate is 6.8 per 100,000 inhabitants, up …
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New Zealand’s Arden wins 2G term in election landslide
CLAND, New Zealand – New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Arden won a second term in office on Saturday in the fall of a historic election. With a majority of votes counted, Arden’s Liberal Labor Party was winning 49% of the vote, compared to 27% for its main challenger, the hardline …
Read More »Colorado residents say plans to evacuate after woodwood fire erupts
The fire started around noon on Saturday in Jamestown, according to Gabby Boerkircher, a spokesman for Boulder Officer of Emergency Management. Nearly 900 homes are in the evacuation area, a tweet from Boulder Office Fees Emergency Management on Saturday night. Jametown is in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, 14 …
Read More »Alaska is approaching a three-digit four-week count of daily COVID-19 cases in an unprecedented surge
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Read More »NASA’s Osiris-Rex asteroid to land on Bennu: Here’s what will happen
The artist’s conception of NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft collects samples from the asteroid Bennu. NASA / Goddard / University of Arizona NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft Will briefly approach a giant planet next week and grab some rocks and dust from its surface to return to Earth for study. The event marks a …
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