Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday loosened his stay-at-home order that has been in place for more than a month by permitting hospitals to resume scheduled surgeries.Hospitals had stopped performing elective surgeries in March to make beds available for an expected surge…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. California officials who closed a popular skate park and filled it with 37 tons of sand in hopes of keeping residents away during the coronavirus outbreak have inadvertently turned the recreational site into a dirt biker’s paradise.A video posted on Instagram this week shows riders catching air at Ralph’s Skate…
April 22, 2020 | 2:18am Enlarge Image Nurses at Providence Saint John's Health Center were previously suspended for refusing to treat patients without N95 masks. Lizabeth Baker Wade via AP At least 10 nurses are heading back to the COVID-19 ward this week after being suspended for demanding protective respirator masks, the National Nurses United…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.California officials have discovered what are possibly the earliest known coronavirus deaths in the United States.Santa Clara County announced Tuesday that three people who died at home during February and March tested positive for COVID-19 during their autopsies. The deaths took place…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. San Bernadino County Sheriff John McMahon said California's decision to free inmates in the name of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) will endanger the public by recycling felons back into society.In a Tuesday interview with Fox 11, McMahon claimed repeat child abusers are able to…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…