The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will take steps this week to assess whether a deadly pathogen has infected the Quilomene bighorn sheep herd in Kittitas County. The Quilomene is one of the state’s largest bighorn sheep herds, numbering between 220 and 250. WDFW biologists anticipate having to lethally […]
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NORTH CALDWELL, NJ — Gould and Grandview schools in North Caldwell will close for two weeks starting Monday and switch to all-online classes amid an outbreak of the coronavirus in the region, officials announced. Part of the reason for the shutdown is that parents and guardians in the district aren’t […]
CLOSE Buy Photo The entrance to the Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution as seen, Thursday, October 1, 2020, near Glenbeulah, Wis. (Photo: Gary C. Klein/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin) SHEBOYGAN – With two in five inmates at the Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution infected with COVID-19 in the state’s largest prison outbreak, officials can no longer isolate […]
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Old Dominion University says there is a 14-person coronavirus outbreak at a residence hall. The outbreak is in the Whitehurst residence hall, which is home to 389 students. “As part of Old Dominion University’s commitment to transparency and the timely sharing of information, we want to […]
First, the University of North Carolina. Now, North Carolina State University. A day after university officials in Chapel Hill decided to pivot to online classes after at least four clusters of outbreaks of COVID-19 in student living spaces, the Raleigh university reported its first cluster of positive cases that included some of […]
Editor’s Note: The list is constantly updated. Dates refer to when announcements were made. The Coronavirus outbreak is disrupting entertainment events in Hollywood and around the world, from the theatrical releases of major studio tentpoles to the launch of film festivals and TV conferences. IndieWire will continue to update this […]
President Donald Trump is considering executive action as congressional leaders and White House officials struggle to reach a deal on the next coronavirus relief package. Trump, in an interview with Axios, defended his administration’s effort to beat back the U.S. outbreak that has shown little signs of easing. “They are […]
Around 40 individuals living near the USC campus on fraternity-filled 28th Street have tested positive for COVID-19. Nearly 150 student and faculty have contracted the virus. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) USC is dealing with an outbreak of the coronavirus spread across the university’s Greek row. The […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday defended the Trump administration’s guidance to states on ramping their economies back up amid the spread of the coronavirus, saying it was based on the best information at the time and a spike in recent cases shouldn’t mean more shutdowns. […]
(Bloomberg) — Florida reported 15,300 new virus cases, the biggest one-day rise since the coronavirus pandemic began in the U.S. The number exceeds records from New York, California and Texas, all of which have reported daily counts at almost 12,000. Reported deaths in Florida dropped to 44, from 95 the […]
China is facing the worst resurgence of the coronavirus since it quashed nearly all of its cases months ago, adding pressure to the rollout of vaccines to its vast population. Amid this pressure is recent news from Brazil that a Chinese-developed vaccine showed significantly lower efficacy rate in very mild […]
Tampa, Fla. — Some are elderly and figure they don’t have many Christmases left. Others are trying to keep long-distance romance alive. Some just yearn for the human connection that’s been absent for the past nine months. Millions of Americans are traveling ahead of Christmas and New Year’s, despite pleas […]
The rest of the passengers were confined to their cabins for the following three days, disembarking on Saturday, November 14. During the isolation everyone was tested, which resulted in further cases being uncovered. Although the 66-strong crew all returned negative results at first, the line has since confirmed that two […]
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Excerpts and summaries of news stories from the former Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster New Era and Sunday News that focus on the events in the county’s past that are noteworthy, newsworthy or just strange. Rockvale Square Outlets held a groundbreaking ceremony in November 1995 for an expansion – but this one […]
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain declared a second nationwide state of emergency Sunday and ordered an overnight curfew across the country in hopes of stemming a resurgence in coronavirus infections, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said. The Socialist leader told the nation in a televised address that the extraordinary measure will […]