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CLOSE If you can’t visit family due to the COVID-19 pandemic, host a virtual Thanksgiving dinner instead. USA TODAY The president and CEO of the Lee Health hospital system is urging Southwest Floridian’s to forgo “traditional” Thanksgiving celebrations this year to avoid unnecessarily exposing friends and relatives to COVID-19. Cases of the novel coronavirus have been increasing in …

Technology companies’ services could be banned from the European market if they do not follow European Union regulations, Europe’s industry chief Thierry Breton told German weekly Welt am Sonntag, as the European Commission finalises rules on internet companies. Breton will announce new draft rules known as the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act …

FBI Agents warned Wednesday, October 27, that a major ransomware assault is underway against American hospitals, some of which have already been attacked by a gang of cybercriminals. Ransomware is an increasing threat to US healthcare and has already cost hospitals tens of millions in recent years. A typical attack encrypts important data, such as …

KEARNEY, Neb. (KSNB) – Two Rivers Public Health Department in Kearney is reporting a local COVID exposure to COVID-19. Two Rivers has been notified that an individual with laboratory confirmed COVID-19 was present at a youth church camp event sponsored by Grace Fellowship Church in Kearney, at Camp Comeca Retreat Center near Cozad from Friday, …

Local health officials have warned of adverse mental health effects, holiday event risks and potential increased community spread during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially as weather cools and residents will be spending more time indoors. As of Oct. 15, The Boone County Health Department had reported 1,228 positive COVID-19 cases and 53 deaths, including the first …

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan House panel said on Tuesday that artificial intelligence, quantum computing, space and biotechnology were “making traditional battlefields and boundaries increasingly irrelevant” — but that the Pentagon was clinging to aging weapons systems meant for a past era. The panel’s report, called the “Future of Defense Task Force,” is one of many …

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A Winston-Salem woman shared the terrifying moments a man was seen creeping around her apartment window and on one occasion the person can be seen trying to break in. Winston-Salem police are investigating three reports of creeping and attempted break-ins on Winston Court inside of the Ardmore Terrace Complex. “It’s just a …

Image copyright PA Media Image caption Sir David said world leaders had a chance to make a difference Sir David Attenborough has called on world leaders to do more to protect nature. He made his plea as 65 heads of state and government, including the UK’s, signed a global pledge to reverse losses in the …

The updated FDA guidance said the filling material could lead to health issues for those with a hypersensitivity to mercury. Dental amalgam fillings are a mixture of silver, tin, copper and mercury. The FDA and American Dental Association have said for years the material is safe, but advocates have called for a filling material that …

Police tape off the intersection between Wabash Avenue and 8th and 9th streets to restrict vehicle and foot traffic. K’Von Jackson Shots were fired at 822 S. Wabash Ave. Wednesday, Sept. 23 just after 3 p.m., according to a collegewide alert sent to the Columbia community. The alert said the scene is now secured and …