Public Safety
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The proposed legislation would require public agencies to delete any footage their license-plate-reader cameras, such as those sold by Flock Safety, collect within 72 hours. -
The Osceola County Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of new portable and dual band radios at a cost of $330,552 during its meeting Dec. 16, by a vote of 5-1.
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City Council is considering two options that would charge for paramedic care provided by the Monterey Fire Department when ambulance transport is needed. Some are concerned it would discourage people from calling 911.
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With Tuesday’s Tropical Storm Isaias barely gone from the radar, experts at Colorado State University released a forecast predicting the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season will be the second busiest on record.
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Officials in three Connecticut towns — Mansfield, West Hartford and Windham — wrote recently to state officials, asking them to reinstate stricter gathering restrictions in their towns to avoid potential super-spreader events.
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"I was trying to encourage people to maybe learn something that they might not know that they'd need, and maybe just ask people to reevaluate their individual situations" on whether to purchase flood insurance.
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The state is performing much better than its neighbors on a key coronavirus metric called the test positivity rate, which measures how many people who get COVID-19 tests turn out to have the disease.
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“I fear we may be an epicenter in the United States right now,” said Jabaar Edmond, an organizer for Florida For All. “When you drill down, Florida is now the epicenter. And St. Pete is one of the epicenters of Florida.”
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As of around 7:45 a.m., 12,574 households were still in the dark, most of them in Western Massachusetts, according to the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, which updates its online map every 15 to 30 minutes.
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Scientists believe the novel coronavirus is spread in three main ways: Through large droplets spread when people are in close contact, through fomites when droplets fall on surfaces and people touch the surfaces and via tiny droplets or aerosols.
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Isaias, which barreled through much of New England on Tuesday, brought wind gusts as high as 63 miles per hour to Massachusetts and caused notable damages in numerous communities across the commonwealth, uprooting trees and knocking power lines down onto roads.
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Testing company's lack of on-site support almost halted testing until the key players ironed out issues plaguing the system, including delayed results and struggles Iowans encountered trying to schedule tests.
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Models had predicted a manageable growth in new cases as society reopened, but this was based on assumptions that the state would conduct necessary and effective testing, contact tracing, quarantines and public outreach.
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“The impact from this storm, in terms of power outages, is greater than Superstorm Sandy. The fierce winds with this storm caused widespread power outages and historic damage, affecting customers in all of the 149 communities we serve in Connecticut."
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The proposed FY 2020-21 budget also includes a new staff position, called the technician for the outdoor warning system, whose job would be to install and oversee the emergency warning system.
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It’s been three months since Kevin Anderson was released from rehab at Memorial Hospital in Belleville, but he said his stamina is low, his breathing is labored, and he has chronic shoulder pain, even after cortisone shots.
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The state reported an additional 5,446 people had been diagnosed with the highly contagious respiratory disease. Other than Monday, when the number of new cases fell sharply, it is the lowest number of new infections reported on a single day since June 29.
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The governor said the tropical storm will intensify through the late morning and last into the evening, with the western parts of the state getting the heaviest rain and the Jersey Shore getting the strongest winds.
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As the virus infects Floridians at a record pace, wait times at test sites and long turnarounds for results have people taking multiple tests at multiple sites. Desperate for an accurate diagnosis, they strategize, and even pay, to get faster test results.
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Viral RNA fragments — parts of a large molecule (ribonucleic acid), which, like DNA, are considered the building blocks of life — are present in the feces, and can be used to identify communities with COVID-19, whether individuals have symptoms of the illness or not.
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Last week marked the deadliest week of the pandemic in Sonoma County since the virus was first detected locally March 2. On Tuesday, local health officials reported seven people had died within a week's time.
