Cordy Alpers, 15, plays with her family’s kitten, Artie, at their home in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. Cordy wears a mask at school, where she finds there is less space for social distancing than last year. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette) Cordy Alpers, 15, helps her dad, Dan […]
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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 […]
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England and Wales get smartphone contact tracing for over-16s
Users will be told to self-isolate if the app determines they are at high risk of being infected People living in England and Wales are being urged to download the government’s contact-tracing app following its official release. NHS Covid-19 instructs users to self-isolate for 14 days if it detects they […]