In the most ambitious plan of its kind, Los Angeles Unified has announced plans to test its roughly 600,000 students and 75,000 staff as the nation’s second-largest school district prepares for the eventual return to instruction. Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Austin Beutner said in a statement that the program will …
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A former CIA officer has been arrested and charged with selling secrets to China over several years, the justice department announced. According to prosecutors, the former US spy – identified as Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, 67 – conspired with an unnamed family member, also a former CIA officer, to sell …
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LebanonThe health minister warned Monday that hospitals are reaching maximum capacity to treat Covid-19. The country has seen a spike in coronavirus-related cases and deaths in recent weeks and its medical system has been under enormous pressure since the massive explosion that ripped through Beirut two weeks ago. The World …
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Black babies have a greater chance of survival if the hospital doctor responsible for their care is also black, according to a new study. In the US, color-faced babies have less severe clinical outcomes than white newborns. Earlier research by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published last …
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Iran is reportedly paying fines to a Taliban faction for killing US and coalition troops in Afghanistan, leading to six attacks last year, including a suicide bombing at the U.S. air base in Bagram. According to CNN, US intelligence estimates that Iran is paying the fines to the Haqqani network, …
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