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By Laura Phillips    SEATTLE,WA (mocsnews.com)-Smoke from the wildfires burning across California and the Pacific Northwest has caused a drastic drop in air quality.     Residents of these areas have been advised by public health officials to stay inside their homes, keep their windows shut, and set their air conditioners to use …

By Chris Milligan Chattanooga, TN (mocsnews.com) – As the world slowly adjusts to the impact of COVID-19, many places in the world have instructed social distancing, staying six feet apart from one another, or issued stay-at-home orders, only going out when it is absolutely needed. This has left people turning …

By Farin Cloyd WASHINGTON (AP) – In response to George Floyd’s murder, protesters across the country have called for the government to “defund the police” in an effort to abolish police brutality. Along with Trump’s rejection, notable Democrats, including presidential nominee Joe Biden, also disagree with the movement. “I don’t …

NASVHILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Fiona Welhan, wife of John Prine, recommended that the absentee ballots be expanded in Tennessee. John Prine died from COVID-19 recently and his wife has now contracted it. FILE – In this June 20, 2017 file photo, John Prine poses in his office in Nashville, Tenn. …

By Haley Bartlett LONDON (AP)— The mayor of London announced that the city may begin to remove more imperial statues as the George Floyd protests progress around the world eliciting change. The death of Floyd, a Minneapolis resident who was killed by former police officers after being detained for an …

By Chris Milligan           Santa Monica, Calif. (AP) – Before the era of Civil Rights, a beach shore was nicknamed “The Ink Well” for its popularity among the black community. It is here many surfers come pay tribute to George Floyd and other members of the black community that have …

By Madison Gilliam  Buffalo, NY (AP) — All 57 members of the Buffalo Police Department emergency response team quit in opposition to the suspension of two officers involved in the hospitalization of a 75-year-old activist during a Black Lives Matter protest.  Following George Floyd’s death in Michigan, various cities have …

By WILL WEISSERT Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bernie Sanders, who saw his once strong lead in the Democratic primary evaporate as the party’s establishment lined swiftly up behind rival Joe Biden, ended his presidential bid on Wednesday, an acknowledgment that the former vice president is too far ahead for …

By TIM SULLIVAN and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press New York state moved to join California on Friday in ordering nearly all residents to stay in their homes, as governors undertook their most sweeping efforts yet to contain the coronavirus and fend off the kind of onslaught of patients that has …

Now, the party is suddenly and decisively over. Coronavirus dread has settled uncomfortably over this most social of cities, where public gatherings are banned and 15 of Louisiana's 20 COVID-19 deaths had been recorded as of Saturday.