As coronavirus cases increase, California again faces a paucity of tests and delays reminiscent of the first weeks of the pandemic in March. Those problems, health care providers say, are hitting the state’s most vulnerable first. This week, California marked a record number of Covid-19 cases and deaths, with more …
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Hawaii prepared for Hurricane Douglas on Sunday, with predictions of high winds, rain, and storm surges. “It’s definitely going to be a triple threat,” said National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologist Vanessa Almanza, adding that the rain could be 5 to 15 inches. Douglas weakened to a Category 1 hurricane on …
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Staff at the U.S. consulate in Chengdu have been making final efforts to clean up the facility ahead of Beijing’s closed Monday as relations with Washington continue to worsen. Security remained tight outside the facility on Sunday, as bystanders shared space with dozens of uniformed and civilian-clad police officers outside …
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Seattle police withdrew to an compound early Sunday.just hours after declaring a riot during the large protests in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, near where weeks earlier people established a “busy protest zone” that spanned several blocks. Some protesters lingered after officers entered the department’s East Precinct around 1 a.m., but …
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The Wisconsin Republican Party has called for a federal investigation into a fatal shooting, to determine if it was motivated by animosity toward Donald Trump. Bernell Trammell, a 60-year-old African-American man who was a well-known figure in Milwaukee’s Riverwest neighborhood, was shot to death around 12:30 p.m. Thursday. Police did …
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