A federal judge in Louisiana said an oil-safety regulator must turn over internal memos, texts, chats and other communications as part of a lawsuit over the Trump administration’s rollback of a major rule passed in response to the Deepwater Horizon spill. The court sided with plaintiffs challenging the rollback, who […]
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U.S. Sets Records for Newly Reported Covid-19 Infections, Deaths
LOS ANGELES — Intensive-care unit capacity in Southern California hit 0% on Thursday, the latest indication that the recent surge of Covid-19 cases could overwhelm the health-care system here. Although officials have said that hitting 0% doesn’t mean that no beds are available, Southern California’s ICU capacity has steadily eroded […]
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Covid-19 Live Updates: U.S. Sets Records for Newly Reported Infections, Deaths
LOS ANGELES — Intensive-care unit capacity in Southern California hit 0% on Thursday, the latest indication that the recent surge of Covid-19 cases could overwhelm the health-care system here. Although officials have said that hitting 0% doesn’t mean that no beds are available, Southern California’s ICU capacity has steadily eroded […]
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The Day – The pandemic hit working moms hard. In her new TV role, Danielle Brooks records the toll
Danielle Brooks wanted to find a way to stay creative during quarantine. So she’s starring in a TV show about it. Set in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, “Social Distance” is an eight-part anthology series — focusing on one person or family each episode — about navigating the […]
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Courts temporarily block fee hike for genealogy records | Tracing Our Roots
Breathe easy, family historians, at least for a time. Judge Jeffrey S. White from the U.S. District Court for the District of Northern California placed an injunction on the Department of Homeland Security’s outrageous fee hike for United States Customs and Immigration Services records. The injunction remains in effect until […]