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Coronavirus Cluster Near Seattle Highlights Vulnerability Of Nursing Homes
The new coronavirus has spread among several residents of a Seattle-area nursing home. Are other elder care facilities prepared to stave off similar outbreaks? (Image credit: Ryan Henriksen/Reuters)
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Texas Criminal Trial Highlights Climate Liability For Factories In Floodplains
A criminal case in Houston alleges that employees at a chemical company should have prepared for the record flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey. (Image credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
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Coronavirus Testing: What To Know As It Becomes Available Across The U.S.
The tests will likely find infections around the country — including cases that had gone undetected. The CDC says it has enough kits to test at least 75,000 people and that more are on order. (Image...
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Coronavirus Update: Containment Is Possible, WHO Says
"We have never before seen a respiratory pathogen that is capable of community transmission but which can also be contained with the right measures," the WHO's Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. (Image...
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All Bushfires Extinguished In Australia's Hardest-Hit New South Wales,...
It's the first time since July that the state has been fire-free. "That's more than 240 days of fire activity" across the country's most populous state, New South Wales Rural Fire Service said. (Image...
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Mortgage Rates Are Near All-Time Lows As Coronavirus Worries Hit Markets
Coronavirus fears have sent stock markets reeling, but they're also pushing mortgage rates down near historical lows. That's an opportunity for homebuyers and homeowners. (Image credit: Steve...
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The Recording Academy Fires Deborah Dugan, Its Short-Lived Leader
The organization behind the Grammys announced Monday that it had fired Dugan, who was at the Academy for only five months, saying that an investigation found "multitudes" of complaints against her....
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Supreme Court Considers Writing Itself Out Of Speedy Deportation Cases
The Trump administration argued that U.S. courts have no role in deciding whether speedy deportations are constitutional. Will the Supreme Court agree? (Image credit: J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
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5 Chinese State Media Outlets In U.S. Told To Reduce Nationals On Staffs
The news organizations will be limited to 100 Chinese employees in the U.S. The State Department says the move is aimed at ending restrictions on U.S. journalists working in China. (Image credit:...
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Pence On Coronavirus: 'Risk Remains Low,' Says Treatments On The Horizon
As the national deathtoll rises to six, the vice president says most Americans using "common sense" are safe. Meanwhile, lawmakers remain at odds over a funding package to fight the epidemic. (Image...
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Coronavirus Spreads In Iran, Piling More Problems On The Sanctions-Hit Country
The country has been reeling from pressure reimposed by the Trump administration. Now it is scrambling to cope with the virus that has killed dozens of Iranians, including a senior official. (Image...
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9 Coronavirus Deaths Now Reported In Washington State
Two people who died on Feb. 26 were found to have had the coronavirus. They were residents of Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash., which is considered to be the site of an outbreak. (Image credit:...
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