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Bay Area health workers recommend masking indoors; the region has the highest infection rate in California On Friday, twelve Bay Area health workers recommended that people wear masks indoors amid a new surge of COVID cases and hospitalizations. The Bay Area now has the highest COVID infection rates in California, fueled by omicron subvariants, according … Read more
PHOENIX (AP) — Kari Lake, a former television anchor leading the GOP field in the campaign for governor of Arizona, called Thursday for higher teacher salaries and an expansion of teacher choice options. school for parents. Lake also called for bans on mask mandates, COVID-19 vaccine requirements, and teaching critical race theory, though the GOP-controlled … Read more
By KEVIN McGILL – Associated Press LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — A 24-state litigator on Friday urged a federal judge to block Biden administration plans to lift pandemic-related restrictions on migrants seeking asylum, saying the ruling had been made without sufficient consideration of the effects this decision could have on public health and law enforcement. Drew … Read more
Here is a brief summary of the latest COVID-19 statistics from each Australian jurisdiction today – Saturday May 14. You can get a more detailed visual breakdown through the ABC’s Charting the Spread story here. This will be updated throughout the day, so if you don’t see your state or territory, check back later. You … Read more
Communities in Southern California and across the country remember the million American lives lost to COVID-19 by lowering flags at half mast. Outside public buildings like LA City Hall and other locations, residents can expect to see flags flying at half mast for several days in honor of those who have died. Here’s what you … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention raised the risk of COVID-19 transmission at the “community level” in Nassau and Suffolk counties on Thursday, with public health officials now urging Long Islanders to wear face masks. indoors in all public places. The change, which puts Long Island in the highest-risk designation, comes amid a steady … Read more
DETROIT – As COVID-19 cases surge in Michigan, the CDC is again recommending everyone in Metro Detroit to mask up indoors and take necessary precautions. A recently released CDC map shows Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw, Livingston and St. Clair counties with a high level of community transmission of the virus, meaning there is a greater … Read more
World News at 5:30 Toronto A year after Toronto police emptied homeless encampments, the City of Toronto is considering hiring private security companies to guard major parks around the clock. As Sean O’Shea reports , the city wants to prevent the appearance of additional encampments, but some locals say it’s overkill.
By KEVIN McGILL – Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge is hearing arguments Friday about whether the Biden administration can lift pandemic-related restrictions on immigrants seeking asylum later this month. Migrants have been deported more than 1.8 million times since March 2020 under the federal Title 42 authority, which denied migrants the … Read more