Toronto, Canada’s largest city, was placed into lockdown for 28 days on Friday, with officials shutting shops, businesses and restaurants and banning indoor gatherings to curb a growing spike in Covid-19 cases.
West Nile virus detected in 2 New York City residents as infected mosquito population soars
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Two human cases were reported as the city's five boroughs deal with 1,068 mosquito pools that have tested positive for the virus, according to the city's health department. Compared to last year, NYC had a West Nile ...
Californians are urged to conserve electricity today as temperatures could soar to triple digits
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With temperatures in parts of California expected to exceed 100 degrees Wednesday, Golden State residents are being asked to conserve electricity to ensure the power grid isn't pushed over the edge. The manager of 8...
New York City reports 2 human cases of the West Nile virus as the city sees record number of infected mosquitoes
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Two human cases of West Nile virus have been reported in New York as the virus has been detected in a record number of mosquitoes in the city, health officials said Tuesday. Across the city's five boroughs, 1,068 m...
Shoppers rush for the exits as Shanghai Ikea goes into lockdown
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Panicked shoppers rushed for the exits at an Ikea branch in Shanghai on Saturday after city health authorities ordered the store to lock down after a close contact of a Covid-19 case was traced to the location. Mult...
Seattle bar shooting caught on camera as violent crime plagues city
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Police reported that a 21-year-old woman and a 27-year-old man were shot in the Hillman City neighborhood on Friday night after 11:20 p.m. They were taken Harborview Medical Center in stable condition. Shortly after,...
Mexican troops sent to border city after deadly cartel clash
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Hundreds of Mexican soldiers were sent to the border city of Juarez Friday after a prison face-off between members of two rival cartels caused a riot and shootouts that killed 11 people, most of them civilians, auth...
Galveston City Council weighs banning golf cart rentals after fatal accident involving suspected drunk driver
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The victims from Rosenberg, which included two children ages 14 and 4, died last Saturday around 11:30 p.m. after Miguel Espinoza, who was drunk, blew through a stop sign in his SUV and crashed into a Dodge pickup tr...
World’s largest ice sheet crumbling faster than previously thought, satellite imagery shows
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Los AngelesAntarctica's coastal glaciers are shedding icebergs more rapidly than nature can replenish the crumbling ice, doubling previous estimates of losses from the world's largest ice sheet over the past 25 years...
Protesters disrupt Los Angeles City Council vote on banning homeless encampments near schools
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A recess was called just before the council voted 11-3 to extend an existing ban on homeless encampments within 500 feet of schools and day care centers in Los Angeles, as protesters who claimed the initiative would ...
The recent killings of four Muslim men in Albuquerque have shaken the city. Here’s what we know
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The ambush-style shootings of three Muslim men and the recent killing of a fourth in Albuquerque have alarmed the city's Muslim community and triggered warnings for mosque-goers as police investigate how the shootin...
Belarusian tennis star Victoria Azarenka forced to withdraw from Toronto tournament due to visa issue
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Belarusian tennis star Victoria Azarenka has been forced to withdraw from the National Bank Open in Toronto after her visa application to enter Canada was rejected, she wrote on Twitter. The two-time grand slam cham...