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Another 91,000 Americans are projected to lose their life to the virus by June 1, the latest forecast from the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation shows. “The most uncertain driver of the trajectory of the epidemic over the next four months is how individuals will respond to steady declines in daily …

Protests across America after George Floyd’s death Demonstrators attend a rally at Washington Square Park in New York City on Saturday, June 6. Protests across America after George Floyd’s death Protesters stretch more than five blocks from Scott Circle NW to H Street NW during a protest near the White House in Washington, DC, on …

Danielle Nelson’s best monitor for the emissions billowing out of the oil refineries and chemical plants surrounding her home: The heaving chest of her 9-year-old asthmatic son. On some nights, the boy’s chest shudders as he fights for breath in his sleep. Nelson suspects the towering plants and refineries are to blame, rising like a …

THE PROGNOSIS A nasal ventilator on a patient suffering from the disease caused by the coronavirus. (Stephane Mahe/Reuters) Severely ill coronavirus patients will generate such costly hospital bills that it could drive up insurance premiums by double digits for tens of millions of Americans next year. That’s according to Peter Lee, director of California’s individual …

More than 20,000 PG&E customers are currently without power as the utility company starts its Public Safety Power Shutoffs across several regions of the San Francisco Bay Area early Wednesday morning. PG&E confirmed that they had begun phase one of the outages that could impact approximately 513,000 customers. RELATED: Are you ready for a blackout? …

Facebook—the social media company that has been under intense public criticism for not adequately safeguarding the personal information of its 2 billion users—has suspended tens of thousands of apps for a variety of violations, including improperly sharing private data. In a post published on Friday, Facebook VP of Product Partnerships Ime Archibong said the move …

MOSCOW—Tens of thousands of Russians on Saturday flooded a broad boulevard in the Russian capital, calling for an end to political controls under President Vladimir Putin and decrying police violence in previous weeks. The biggest protest movement in Moscow in years has gripped the capital in recent weeks as loyalty to Mr. Putin has been …

Image copyright davelogan Image caption Facial recognition cameras are used widely at border crossings Images of tens of thousands of people crossing the US border with Mexico have been stolen in a major hack, the US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) has said. The breach, which affected the network of a sub-contractor, also saw photos …