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 […]
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The boats made it real. For years two Jacksonville-area rowing teams have been planning and fundraising for a 3,000-mile charity race across the Atlantic Ocean that begins in December. The turning point, they said, was the arrival of their specially designed boats last fall. “It was a tangible representation of the reality of the event: Our […]
The 109th National Cherry Blossom Festival kicks off Saturday, but for the second consecutive year officials in the nation’s capital are urging people to avoid visiting Washington’s famed cherry trees due to the coronavirus pandemic. “We’re encouraging the public to experience the cherry blossoms virtually this year to help avoid […]
At best, it signals a call into action, albeit with a foggy head and a scrambled mind. At worst, the incessant ringing or buzzing represents news of a dreadful event, or an impending one. “Oh my God,” Harrison declared on a video recording that she made of the incident, “I’m […]
Travellers to the UK face being bussed from the airport to hotels around the country amid a Cabinet row over whether compulsory quarantine should be enforced at the border. Boris Johnson is under pressure from ministers to toughen border controls to prevent new variants of coronavirus from reaching the UK. […]