The World Health Organization in April warned that alcohol consumption can put people at increased risk of contracting the coronavirus.
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The August Complex wildfire has topped 1M acres in California. That’s ‘proof’ of climate change, Gov. Gavin Newsom says.
The August Complex, at more than 1 million acres, is larger than all of California’s wildfires from 1932 to 1999, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday.
Hurricane Delta? New tropical depression is ‘strengthening’ and could make landfall in Gulf Coast this week, forecasters say
The newly formed tropical depression, which would be named Delta, could become the 25th named storm in the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season.
Nebraska bar owner Jake Gardner, charged in fatal shooting of unarmed Black protester, dies by suicide, attorney says
Jake Gardner was facing manslaughter and other charges in the fatal shooting of James Scurlock on May 30 during protests in Omaha, Nebraska.
Coronavirus updates: CDC reverses controversial testing guidance; public still split on COVID-19 vaccine; Las Vegas bars to reopen
USPS scrapped plan to send 650 million masks. Nearly half of Americans say they won’t get vaccinated. Bars in Las Vegas to reopen. Latest COVID-19 news.
Coronavirus updates: Robert Redfield touts masks again, this time on Twitter; NCAA basketball sets Nov. 25 start date; 196K US deaths
Donald Trump blames ‘blue states’ for U.S. coronavirus death toll. Big Ten football, NCAA college basketball to return this fall. Latest COVID news.
Utah police officer charged with assault for ordering K9 to bite Black man who was kneeling with his hands up, prosecutors say
Salt Lake City police officer Nickolas Pearce is facing a second-degree felony assault charge after ordering his K9 to bite Jeffery Ryans on April 23.
Coronavirus updates: CDC’s Robert Redfield likens masks to vaccine, sparking clash with Donald Trump; 2-month-old dies in Michigan
President Donald Trump clashes with CDC director Robert Redfield on vaccine, masks. Latest COVID-19 news.
US Marshals, Oklahoma police search for man accused of recording sexual assault of 6-month-old baby and posting it on social media
Brice Gage Watkins, 22, is facing charges for the distribution of child pornography, among others, according to Oklahoma police.
Nowhere to labor: The US oil industry, sapped by COVID-19, has lost hundreds of rigs in a ‘historic and troubling’ year
The national oil rig count has fallen nearly 30% since the end of August 2019, from 876 to 241, according to data from Baker Hughes.