MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) – Sixteen gallons of sanitizer was sitting in the foyer of the Alpha Epsilon Phi Sorority House at the University of Wisconsin as mother Karen Mullis set up tables in the dining room to maintain social distance. Erik Johnson, President of the Interfrateration Board at the University …
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(Reuters) – The number of new COVID-19 cases among children in the United States has increased 40% in the last two weeks of July, according to a report released just weeks before tens of millions of American students are scheduled to start the new school year. PHILO PHOTO: A child …
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WINNIPEG, Manitoba / BEIJING (Reuters) – Canadian canola prices have risen to their highest in nearly two years, despite a diplomatic dispute between Ottawa and Beijing as exporters find circular ways to reach top oil sellers in China. A heart feeds in a western Canadian canola field that is in …
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