839 new virus cases reported in Texas as reopening continues – SF Gate

Updated 2:51 pm PDT, Sunday, May 24, 2020 People gather on the beach for the Memorial Day weekend in Port Aransas, Texas, Saturday, May 23, 2020. Beachgoers are being urged to practice social distancing to guard

John Kraskinski slammed as ‘sellout’ over ‘Some Good News’ deal with CBS

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox.  Sign up here. It's bad news for "Some Good News" host John Krasinski. As the coronavirus outbreak worsened around the…
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Coronavirus outbreaks hits Farmer John, 8 other plants in Vernon – Los Angeles Times

Outbreaks of COVID-19 have struck nine industrial facilities in Vernon, including five meatpacking plants, Los Angeles County health officials said Sunday.The largest outbreak occurred at the Smithfield Foods-owned Farmer John plant — producer of the beloved Dodger Dog — where 153 of 1,837 employees tested positive for COVID-19 between March and May, the Department of Public Health said. The other eight facilities with outbreaks are CLW Foods (meat), Vie De France Yamazaki (baked goods), California Farms Meat (meat), Takaokaya USA (green tea), F. Gavina & Sons (coffee), Golden West Trading (meat), Overhill Farms (frozen food), and Rose & Shore (deli meat and prepared foods).Between five and 24 employees at each of the facilities tested positive, county data show, although it wasn’t clear when those numbers were last updated. By the county’s standards, an outbreak has occurred when five or more workers have contracted the novel coronavirus. Though Vernon has just a few dozen res

‘Aggressive’ Rats May Increase During Pandemic, C.D.C. Says – The New York Times

“They’re simply turning on each other” after being deprived of food and waste generated by restaurants that have closed during the pandemic, an expert said.Whether in rural America or in urban areas, people who don’t ordinarily see rats might start noticing them.Credit...Damon Winter/The New York TimesMay 24, 2020Environmental health and rodent control programs may see an increase in service requests related to “unusual or aggressive” rodent behavior, the agency said on its website on Thursday.“The rats are not becoming aggressive toward people, but toward each other,” Bobby Corrigan, an urban rodentologist who has both a master’s degree and Ph.D. in rodent pest management, said on Sunday. “They’re simply turning on each other.”Dr. Corrigan said there are certain colonies of rats in New York that have depended on restaurants’ nightly trash for hundreds of generations, coming out of the sewers and alleys to ravage the bags left on the streets. With the shutdown

Ex-Independent Counsel Robert Ray predicts prosecutions from Durham probe: ‘Political scandal of the highes…

Former Whitewater prosecutor Robert Ray said the investigation by U.S. Attorney John Durham into the origins of the Russia investigation likely will spark indictments of bureau officials as new infor…
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Coronavirus In L.A. County: 14 New Deaths And 940 New Cases Confirmed – Deadline

As restrictions begin to slowly lift in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has confirmed 14 new deaths and 940 new cases of COVID-19. Of those who died, 10 were over the age of 65 years old with two between 41-65 years old. Nine had underlying health conditions with eight people over 65 years old and one person between 41-65. One death was reported by Long Beach and another by Pasadena. The news comes after Public Health confirmed 41 new deaths and 1,032 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday. As of today, Public Health has identified 44,988 positive cases of coronavirus across L.A. County and a total of 2,104 deaths, with 93% of people who died having underlying health conditions. L.A. County is currently in stage two of five to the “Roadmap to Recovery”. In order to slow the spread and prevent an overwhelming surge of COVID-19, Public Health will continue to implement directives until stage five.
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Great Clips customer who was possibly exposed to COVID-19 speaks out – KY3

Posted: Sun 9:42 PM, May 24, 2020 &nbsp|&nbsp Updated: Sun 9:53 PM, May 24, 2020 SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - A client who may have been exposed to COVID-19 at a Great Clips in Springfield is speaking out. One hair stylist worked for several days while sick with the virus. Now another stylist has also tested positive. "Now I'm someone directly affected by COVID and I never thought that it would be so close to home," said Erik Chase. Chase visited the Great Clips on S. Glenstone a week ago on Sunday, May 17. The following Saturday, Springfield-Greene County Health Department let him know he'd come in contact with someone who tested positive for the coronavirus. He's one of the 84 clients who had their hair cut by a stylist who was working while showing symptoms for COVID-19.