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[ad_1] Inmate hand crew cuts through vegetation charred by the Cave Fire in Santa Barbara. David McNew/Reuters Prison lockdowns due to COVID-19 have severely limited the number of inmate hand crews to fight the California fires. “Some of the toughest work that’s done out there on the lines, some of the most important work, is […]

[ad_1] ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp defended his administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic in fiery remarks Wednesday after a report from the White House coronavirus task force said Georgia led the nation last week in new cases per capita. The White House report, dated Aug. 16, recommends several steps to curb the

[ad_1] Former President Barack Obama will accuse President Trump of not “taking the job seriously” and blame him for the coronavirus pandemic’s death toll during a Wednesday night speech at the Democratic National Convention. Excerpts released ahead of the broadcast of Obama’s taped remarks reveal he will blast Trump as he seeks to rev up

[ad_1] President Trump said he postponed trade talks with China over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic as the State Department is urging colleges and universities to divest from Chinese holdings in their endowments. But White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said officials from Washington and Beijing are still in touch about reviewing phase

[ad_1] Getty Images The University of Notre Dame has reported a record spike in Covid-19 cases as students began returning to the Indiana campus for fall classes despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. It was the largest single-day spike in cases reported by the university: On Tuesday, Notre Dame confirmed at least 147 Covid-19 cases on

[ad_1] This is one gathering that hasn’t gone up in smoke. The annual Weedstock music festival is set to go on in Oklahoma despite an ongoing coronavirus outbreak and pushback from elected officials. The three-day outdoor festival is expected to draw thousands to Stillwater, beginning Thursday, for “peace, love & music from your favorite red

[ad_1] As children and teachers started returning to classrooms over the past few weeks, new cases of COVID-19 emerged, forcing some schools to temporarily shift to online-learning only and hundreds of students to quarantine at home until their health was assured. While those developments have been well-documented, it’s what remains unknown that has been more

[ad_1] The University of North Carolina’s student newspaper is accusing the school of creating a coronavirus “clusterf–k’’ by pushing to return kids to campus — only to have to reverse course within days amid outbreaks. In a blistering editorial published in the Daily Tarheel on Monday, the writers said, “We all saw this coming” —

[ad_1] The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday became the first major college to pivot to online classes after reopening in person. The reversal took one week. Since the university started courses in person Aug. 10, it has reported at least four clusters of outbreaks of COVID-19 in student living spaces. Undergraduate courses will go

[ad_1] CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — First they came to campus, ready to begin classes after the University of North Carolina said the coronavirus would not stop in-person learning here. Then, after just one week, the virus took hold. And regular classes were halted, leaving students to face yet another state of confusion caused by COVID-19.