Record-breaking heat to blast the Pacific Northwest as wildfire risks soar

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Record-breaking heat to blast the Pacific Northwest as wildfire risks soar

Government officials, wildlife managers and utility workers across the Pacific Northwest were trying to keep people and animals safe as a historic heat wave scorched the region Saturday. The heat…

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China risks isolation by opposing virus origin probe, White House says

China is facing mounting international pressure and isolation unless Beijing cooperates with efforts to uncover the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic, the White House said Monday. “We’re going to work…

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Indians Run for the Exits, Taking COVID Risks to Nepal, Dubai, Maldives From a Dying Nation

As India logs another 400,000 new infections in a 24-hour period, efforts to contain the worsening crisis have failed and now everyone from middle- class Indians to migrant workers are…

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China’s push to cut carbon emissions boosts risks for the north

Workers cut up coal carts in Dec. 2019 at a coal mine in Mentougou, west of Beijing, where many mines have been shut as China scrambles to cut carbon emissions.…

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Whistleblower says FDA minimized safety risks at Merck vaccine plant

The special counsel details what Menachem allegedly found during a 2018 inspection, including that Merck improperly disposed of biohazard bins used to collect employees’ waste and that employees were “soiling…

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Opinion | The Risks of the Covid Vaccine, in Context

At this point, most of us have heard about allergic reactions to Covid-19 vaccines: the doctor in Boston who had to administer his EpiPen, the hospital worker in Alaska who…

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Audit finds risks with Baltimore County schools network

TOWNSON, Md. — A state audit has concluded that the computer network of Baltimore County Public Schools did not safeguard… TOWNSON, Md. — A state audit has concluded that the…

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Schiff says FBI hasn’t probed national security risks of Trump’s foreign financial ties

“The Committee’s investigation remains urgent and necessary, particularly in light of the apparent lack of any such inquiry by the Executive Branch,” Schiff wrote in his analysis. Schiff made the…

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John Bossange: UVM risks outbreak by opening for fall

Editor’s note: This commentary is by John Bossange, who is a lead donor to the College of Education and Social Services and the University of Vermont Foundation, and is the…

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Flooding in China ruins farmers and risks rising food prices

“The crops have completely failed,” Bao told CNN Business in an interview over the social media app WeChat, adding that his family has already lost roughly 200,000 yuan ($28,000) worth…

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