DAYS OF THE SESSION. TURNING TO THE LATEST IN COVID-19 COVERAGE. RALSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS CONFIRM THREE NEW STUDENTS HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 2 ARE BLUE TRIANGLE STUDENTS AND ANOTHER IS A BLUE TRIANGLE STUDENT AT MOCKINGBIRD ELEMENTARY. DOUGLAS COUNTY REPORTS ANOTHER 123 NEW CASES TODAY PUSHING THE DISTRICT OVER 12,000 NEW CASES SINCE THE…
as we see new cases rising and we're tracking them very carefully. There may be a tendency among the American people to think that we are. We are back to that place that we were two months ago. The reality is we're in a much better place. But yesterday we saw more new cases in…
By 6 News |  Posted: Sat 12:22 PM, May 09, 2020  |  Updated: Sat 5:37 PM, May 09, 2020 (WOWT) -- Lincoln reports 76 new cases The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department announced 76 new cases of COVID-19 Saturday, the community's highest single-day total of new cases. The community's total number of cases now stands at 606.…
What do New York City, a ski resort community in Idaho, the homes of two large Ohio prisons and a northeast Nebraska meatpacking center have in common?All rank among the American communities hit the hardest by the novel coronavirus.A World-Herald analysis of data for the nation’s counties shows those with the highest per-capita rates of…
By 6 News |  Posted: Fri 3:40 PM, May 01, 2020  |  Updated: Fri 10:16 PM, May 01, 2020 (WOWT) -- The Department of Health and Human Services has reported three COVID-19 related deaths Friday. Sarpy/Cass counties reported their fist death being a man in his 80s. Dawson County reported its second death, she was a…
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…