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California power operators plead for conservation, Gov. Newsom declares emergency over wildfires

By Janie Har, Associated Press

Gov. Gavin Newsom declared an emergency Tuesday over wildfires burning throughout California as the state's power grid operator pleaded for continued conservation to avoid rolling blackouts.

Oleandrin is a deadly plant poison, not a COVID-19 cure

By Cassandra Quave, The Conversation

Consuming the plant can be lethal to animals and humans.

WHO says COVID-19 herd immunity 'not a solution we should be looking to'

By Associated Press

Most studies conducted to date have suggested only about 10 percent to 20 percent of people have antibodies.

Indigenous protesters in Brazil demand COVID-19 protection

By Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press

Dozens of Indigenous people have blocked a major highway in Brazil's Amazon to pressure the government for help in protecting them from COVID-19.

Trump rule on transgender health blocked a day before it would take effect

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a new regulation that would roll back health care protections for transgender people. It would have taken effect Tuesday.

News Wrap: UNC-Chapel Hill returns to remote learning due to outbreak

In our news wrap Monday, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has returned to all-remote learning after an outbreak of the novel coronavirus. It was one of the largest schools in the country to bring students back to…

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How COVID-19 is affecting the British music scene

By Taryn Siegel, Associated Press

But the music scene some Brits know and love may soon be unrecognizable because of the coronavirus pandemic, which has plunged the U.K. economy into its worst recession on record.

WATCH: California governor demands probe of power blackouts

By Janie Har, Adam Beam, Associated Press

The governor warned that customers could again lose power Monday. Newsom also sent an letter to state energy overseers demanding to know why blackouts occurred with such little notice to the public.

Virus clusters erupt at U.S. universities as semester begins

By Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press

From the dorms at North Carolina to the halls of Notre Dame, officials at universities around the U.S. scrambled on Monday to deal with new COVID-19 clusters at the start of the fall semester.

Hundreds help clean up site of fatal Baltimore explosion

By Associated Press

News outlets report that more than 400 people showed up to a northwest Baltimore neighborhood on Sunday to help clear away debris from the scene where three row homes were leveled.