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By Rowan Hooper Chimps use twigs to fish for termitesAnup Shah/Nature Picture Library/Alamy How many ways are there to get a termite to run up a stick? A surprising variety, it turns out. A new analysis of how chimpanzees perform this “termite fishing” has revealed that different groups of animals have distinct dining cultures, similar…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.State and local governments across the country are expecting to lay off workers in the near future, lamenting that a new stimulus bill is not providing them with additional funds.Governors and Washington Democrats had called for federal aid to states…

Deadlier than the flu, local and NC public health focus on COVID-19 numbers, trends - WLOS

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — More than 2.4 million people worldwide -- including more than 760,000 people in the United States – have been infected with the new coronavirus, and the number of deaths from the outbreak continues to rise. Officials are attempting to contain the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S. as hospitals manage unprecedented patient surges.