WASHINGTON – Leaders of four of the largest private prison companies that run immigration detention centers promised members of Congress Monday that all their employees should wear face masks and stay home from work if they are sick, such as the number of COVID-19 cases among recently detained immigrants crossed …
Read More »Governor Newsom announces more closings closed in Riverside County
Governor Gavin Newsom announced Monday that counties on the state’s watch list, which includes Riverside County, will have to close more indoor operations. The list of sectors affected includes gyms, worship services, personal care services, hair and barber shops, shopping malls and offices for non-critical sectors. Order affects 30 counties …
Read More »Amazing Sahara dust plume sweeping across the Atlantic is the largest on record
Columns of dust are a natural phenomenon, part of the Earth’s nutrient cycle. They occur when high-speed winds pick up small dry particles from the Earth’s surface and transport them over long distances. Every summer, columns of dust from the Sahara desert in Africa cross the Atlantic Ocean. They are …
Read More »Lyme disease cases double in Jackson County, and we’re only halfway through the tick season
JACKSON COUNTY, MI – Jackson County has more than doubled the number of Lyme disease cases observed in a typical year, and is only halfway through the active season. Jackson County has averaged two cases of Lyme disease per year for the past five years, according to the Jackson County …
Read More »‘People are dying and you are doing nothing!’: Florida governor interrupted during press conference
The Florida governor was interrupted at a press conference in Miami where he emphasized that the coronavirus pandemic was under control. When Ron DeSantis started his comments, a young man started teasing him and yelled, “People are dying and you are doing nothing!” The interlocutor continued: ‘You are falsifying information …
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