SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The Springfield-Greene County Health Department has notified the public of possible community exposures of five new COVID-19 cases. Health officials shared the following schedule of possible exposures: -Thursday, June 18: I worked at Springfield Music on 3100 S Fremont from 9 am to 5 pm (infectious but …
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Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook will accelerate the crackdown on hate speech, less than an hour after consumer products giant Unilever announced that it was removing all Facebook ads for the rest of the year. Under pressure from a small but growing list of big advertisers, the 36-year-old Facebook chief said …
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Read More »Oregon, Oregon State rivalry will no longer reference civil war
Written by: Andrew Lind • Friday June 26, 2020 The long-running rivalry between the Oregon Ducks and the Oregon State Beavers will no longer be called the Civil War, the universities announced in a joint statement Friday afternoon. “Changing this name is overdue as it represents a connection to a …
Read More »FBI warns of potential fraud in antibody tests for COVID-19 – FBI
The Federal Bureau of Investigation warns the public about possible fraud schemes related to antibody testing for COVID-19. Scammers are marketing fraudulent and / or unapproved COVID-19 antibody tests, potentially providing false results. Additionally, scammers seek to obtain individuals’ personal information (names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, etc.) and …
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