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US Oil Company Fined for California Spill

Amplified Energy Corporation and two of its subsidiaries based in Texas, US, have been fined for discharging crude oil into the Californian waters illegally.

The company will be charged fines worth millions of dollars and probation up to five years.

The spill likely happened b...

Number of fires in the US touches the 100 mark

Wildfires may not be new news for citizens of the USA. The major causes of wildfire include uncontrolled debris burning, improperly extinguished, no extinguished or unattended campfire, and heat transfer from heavy machinery. The wildfire season for the year started around early April and has mos...

CALIFORNIA LAUNCHES VIRUS CONTACT-TRACING APP, BECOMES BIGGEST U.S. STATE TO DO SO

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• This app named as the CA Notify App has been launched and will become accessible to people from Thursday

• While Android users in California can download it from the Google Play store, iPhone users can activate the exposure notifications tool from the se...

OVERNIGHT CURFEW IMPOSED IN CALIFORNIA TO CURB CORONAVIRUS

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• Starting from Saturday, everyone except those working on essential jobs will compulsorily have to stay indoors from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.

• Gov. Newsom said “The virus is spreading at a pace we haven’t seen since the start of this pandemic, and t...

SUTTER COUNTY JUDGE OVERRULES CALIF. GOV. NEWSOM'S ORDER TO VOTE BY MAIL BALLOTS

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• According to the reports, Gov. Newsom had issued over 50 executive orders over the COVID-19 pandemic ever since declaring a state of emergency in mid-March

• A lawsuit was filed by Republican James Gallagher and Kevin Kiley against Democrat Newsom allegi...

MILPITAS RATTLED BY ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 3.3

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• The first earthquake of magnitude 2.7 was recorded at 8:16 a.m., while the most powerful in the series was felt at 9:02 a.m. and the remaining two quakes of magnitude 3.0 and 1.3 were also felt in between those two

• This is not the first time that the r...

OREGON WILDFIRES: STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED IN MARION COUNTY

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• On Saturday, the state of California saw wildfires that scorched over 7,000 acres of land and was caused by a pyrotechnic device at a gender-reveal party

• The commissioners in Marion County have declared a state of emergency

• All the peo...

CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM ASKS RESIDENTS TO EVACUATE DUE TO INCREASING WILDFIRE

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California Governor Gavin Newsom asks residents to evacuate due to increasing wildfire.
More than 6 have been killed in the wildfire burning across Central and Northern California.
The wildfire broke out over last week a...

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE KILLED 5, MORE THAN 30 INJURED

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Northern California wildfire killed 5, more than 30 injured.
A pilot on a water-dropping mission died in central California; helicopter crashed.
Gov. Gavin Newsom addressed the wildfires being clear evidence of cli...

CALIFORNIA APPEALS COURT HALTS LOWER COURT ORDER OVER UBER AND LYFT DRIVER-EMPLOYER ISSUE

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California appeals court halts lower court order over Uber and Lyft driver-employer issue.
Drivers wish to continue working as independent contractors.
The initial ruling forced the companies to treat their drivers as em...

COVID RESEARCH: PROGRESSION OF SYMPTOMS & IMMUNITY

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Even as the pandemic enters its 8th month of raging death and infections, researchers in the University of Southern California studied sample data to figure out the most common way that the coronavirus infection progresses.

The sample data was from China that had d...

APPLE FIRE CONTINUES RAGE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

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• Started as two small fires have now engulfed more than 20,000 acres land

• The local conditions are aiding in spreading the fire

What started off as two small fires at Bea...

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ASPIRANT JOE BIDEN AND CALIFORNIA SENATE KAMALA HARRIS: NO MORE HARD FEELINGS

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• Biden was asked by Harris why did he oppose mandatory busing in the US

• California Senator Kamala Harris is one of the contenders for the post o vice president when Biden comes he President

As Joe Biden cam...

U.S. REPORTS MORE THAN 1000 CORONA VIRUS DEATHS FOR FOUR CONSECUTIVE DAYS

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10 states have reported record daily corona virus deaths
Texas, California, and Florida have reported climbing cases for weeks

According to Johns Hopkins University data, on Friday, the U.S. reported more ...

NEW RULES FOR NEW INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

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ICE has re-worked its earlier rules for international students' change if in
Shift if classes to online classes will not affect students and they may continue living in the US

Recently a nation-wide protest made the current US governm...

NEW BACTERIA THAT CONSUMES BACTERIA FOR ENERGY DISCOVERED BY CALTECH MICROBIOLOGISTS

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The discovery of the bacteria was an accident
This new bacteria may be the answer to manganese oxide clogging of the drinking water systems

For hundred years microbiologists have suspected their existence but could never prove...

NEWSOM WILL NOT RELENT TO PROTESTERS: CALLS FOR “HARD CLOSE” ON BEACHES

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Newsom is being increasingly pressurized to open up California for business
The Governor is insistent on relying exclusively on scientific and medical data to take that decision

California is pushing to open up and Governor Newsom is pres...