Tropical Storm Elsa makes landfall in Cuba, eyes Florida

disasters Elsa made landfall in Western world-regions Monday afternoon as it barreled toward us-regions Heavy raina> from the storm will hit Cuba and the Cayman Islands through Monday night, which the <a href="https: warned could cause significant mudslides in Cuba. This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken Monday, July 5, 2021, at 4:50 p.m. EDT, and…

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Pfizer vaccine protection against infection declines to 64% in Israel

world-regions on Monday said the Pfizer/BioNTech infectious-disease infectious-disease was still very effective in preventing serious illness, while also reporting a decrease in preventing infections and symptomatic illness. The observation coincided with the ending of social distancing requirements and the spread of a new Delta variant.  The vaccine effectiveness of preventing infection and symptomatic disease fell…

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Big Jake, world's tallest horse dies at age 20 in Wisconsin

The world’s tallest horse-racing” target=”_blank”>horse <icon Big Jake lived on Smokey Hollow Farm in Poynette. WHO REPORTS CORONAVIRUS DISCOVERED AMONG MINK POPULATIONS IN 6 COUNTRIES Valicia Gilbert, wife of the farm’s owner, Jerry Gilbert, said Big Jake died two weeks ago but declined to give the exact date of death when The Associated Press reached…

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Houston police officer shot responding to dispute over parking spot

A houston-and-galveston” target=”_blank”>Houston< was crime” target=”_blank”>shot< Houston Police Chief Troy Finner holds a news conference following the shooting of one of his officers Monday morning. (Houston Police Department) When the shots rang out, another officer “immediately engaged with his hands” to take custody of the 26-year-old suspect, Finner said. His name will be released once…

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Yale offering course comparing US prison system to those of Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, Communist China

Starting this fall, education will be offering a course comparing prison systems in the United States, the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, and Communist world-regions in the 20th century.  Led by professor of history Timothy Snyder and professor of philosophy Jason Stanley, “Mass Incarceration in the Soviet Union and the United States,” sets out to investigate…

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Chicago violence spikes over July 4 weekend with up to 88 shootings

chicago” target=”_blank”>Chicago< saw around 88 people shooting” target=”_blank”>shot< in crime” target=”_blank”>crimes< called the city a “war zone” and slammed local leaders for the increase in crime.  The Chicago Police Department (CPD) tweeted photos of guns confiscated during Sunday’s celebrations: The cache included shotguns and rifles along with a number of pistols.  Reports on the total…

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