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Houston Acting Superintendent Grenita Lathan announced that instruction will be fully online for the first six weeks of the school year. But even when schools reopen, only a fraction of the district’s 60,000 regular passengers will have a seat on the bus, to meet the guidelines of the Centers for …
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FILE PHOTO: Gov. Candidate Brian Kemp prepares to speak to volunteers and his campaign office staff as they conduct a phone banking event in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, November 5, 2018. REUTERS / Leah Millis ATLANTA (Reuters) – Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday withdrew his emergency request for a court …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Florida reported a record one-day increase in deaths from coronavirus on Tuesday, and cases in Texas passed the 400,000 mark, fueling fears that the United States was losing control of the outbreak and adding pressure on Congress to approve another massive aid package. FILE PHOTO: Emergency Medical …
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