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Officials have ordered evacuations for nearly 8,000 people in southern California, as the state continues to grapple with a rapidly growing number of COVID-19 cases. -
In a move to eliminate murder hornets in North America, the Washington State Department of Agriculture is utilizing a new technique to catch them. In July, trappers found their first one. -
Arizona Congressman Raúl Grijalva Tests Positive For COVID-19It's unclear how the Democrat, who says he is asymptomatic, contracted the virus, but earlier this week, he presided over a hearing that included another member who has since tested positive. -
Seattle Mayor Says Federal Deployments Are Part Of A Darker Political GoalJenny Durkan described the administration's sending of federal agents to U.S. cities to quell gun violence "a dry run for martial law" and warned the operation risked disenfranchising voters. -
The California State University system's new graduation requirement will take effect in 2023. Some faculty oppose the move because it does not ensure students take an actual ethnic studies course.
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There were more than 1,000 deaths in the U.S. for the fifth consecutive day Saturday. -
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan about his new book Still Standing: Surviving Cancer, Riots, a Global Pandemic, and the Toxic Politics That Divide America. -
ER Doctor Saw COVID-19 Devastate New York. Now, He's Doing It Again In CaliforniaNPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Dr. Louis Tran, an emergency physician in San Bernardino County, Calif. He spent much of May helping out in New York City ICUs grappling with COVID-19 patients. -
Some 200 federal law enforcement officers have been sent to the city as part of a controversial program to fight violent crime. Mayor Quinton Lucas says he did not request the support. -
Virginia Poultry Workers See Victory In New COVID-19 Protection RulesVirginia has become the first state in the nation to require businesses to to adopt protections for workers against the coronavirus.
