California’s two largest school districts announced Monday that classes will be online only at the beginning of the school year, citing “dizzying infection rates” of the coronavirus in their areas. The Los Angeles and San Diego Unified School Districts, which issued a joint announcement, will begin online instruction in mid-August …
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FILE PHOTO: An employee of Southwest Airlines Co. wears a protective mask while assisting a passenger at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California, USA, May 23, 2020. REUTERS / Patrick T. Fallon CHICAGO / WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Southwest Airlines Chief Executive Gary Kelly told employees Monday that …
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More than a dozen tech companies filed a brief Monday in favor of a lawsuit to block a new Trump administration rule that requires in-person teaching for student visas. Under the rule, international students whose universities do not offer face-to-face classes this fall would be forced to return to their …
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The World Health Organization warned on Monday that any coronavirus vaccine is probably not “perfect”, in part because not “everyone will have access” to it right away. The WHO emphasized that other time-tested public health measures – handwashing, social distancing, quarantine, and wearing masks in public – can help reduce …
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Hong Kong Disneyland will close again on Wednesday to meet a government-led reversal of public activities in the region after a surge in coronavirus infections, the Walt Disney Company said Monday. Disney called the closure of the theme park “temporary” and said its resort hotels in the Lantau Island complex …
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