Category Archives: Science
Trudeau calls for holiday caution as provinces respond to Omicron variant threat
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged Canadians to be cautious over the holidays as the country's two largest provinces started taking steps to slow surging cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant. "What choices we make as Canadians over the next week or
Engineer pleads guilty to terrorism for LA train derailment
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An train engineer who intentionally derailed a locomotive near a U.S. Navy hospital ship that was deployed in Los Angeles harbor to help during the COVID-19 pandemic pleaded guilty Thursday to committing a terrorist attack.
Alaska governor to propose splitting state health department
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy's administration plans again to pursue splitting the state health department into two after a similar proposal was withdrawn earlier this year for additional work.
Vaccinated California employees face workplace restrictions
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In a move criticized by business groups and hailed by labor advocates, California's workplace regulators on Thursday extended the state's coronavirus pandemic regulations into next year with revisions that employers said could...
Soaring infections rattle Europe, fuel dread about holidays
LONDON (AP) — Soaring infections in Britain driven in part by the omicron variant of the coronavirus rattled Europe on Thursday, prompting new restrictions on the Continent and fueling a familiar dread on both sides of the Atlantic about entering
EPA details push to tighten rules for lead in drinking water
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration took steps Thursday aimed at reducing lead in drinking water, announcing plans to release $2.9 billion in infrastructure bill funds next year for lead pipe removal and impose stricter rules to limit exposure t...
Awash in illegal pot farms, Oregon plans millions for relief
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Theft of water during a drought. Exploitation of immigrant laborers. Intimidation of residents by armed criminals. A Democratic state senator from southern Oregon
Across services, troops face discipline for refusing vaccine
WASHINGTON (AP) — All of the U.S. military services have now begun disciplinary actions and discharges for troops who have refused to get the mandated coronavirus vaccine, officials said Thursday, with as many as 20,000 unvaccinated forces at risk of
East Coast small businesses seek return of COVID aid amid latest restrictions
HALIFAX — Business groups in the Maritimes called on Thursday for a restart of provincial aid programs, as restaurants, retailers and other small operators began to record losses in Christmas sales due to the latest COVID-19 restrictions. Sue Uteck, ex...
France to restrict travel from Britain to fight omicron
PARIS (AP) — France will sharply restrict travel to and from Britain because of fast-spreading cases of the omicron coronavirus variant, putting limits on reasons for traveling and requiring 48-hour isolation upon arrival, the government said Thursday...
