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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Californians packed beaches, lakes and recreational areas Sunday in search of relief from a record heat wave that stretched the power grid and threatened to trigger a third round of rolling power outages. The heat wave brought down triple-digit temperatures and reduced the risk of wildfires …

Copyright PA Media Image by image There have been widespread concerns about the honesty of the ‘calculated’ results A-level degrees awarded in colleges in sixth form this year fell below the average of the last three years in England, new analysis suggests. The Sixth Form Colleges Association said its research …

SAN DIEGO (CNS) – For the fifth day in a row, San Diego County Public Health officials have reported a case rate of less than 100 positive COVID-19 tests per 100,000 people – however, the state said it needs the data check before removing the province from its watchlist. Earlier, …

The announcement on Tuesday that locally purchased coronavirus cases had been confirmed in New Zealand’s largest city, Auckland, called on the government to introduce strict level three exclusion measures on 12 August. This comes after about 100 days without dispersal from the community. The rest of the country was locked …

Now Uber (UBER) en Lift (LIFT) bet again on a version of this playbook, as they face a heated legal battle in their home state over a new law that affects how much of the economy on demand classifies its workers. The two companies have said they can stop their …