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Crowding at Los Angeles malls scrutinized by health inspectors

Health inspectors and authorities stepped up enforcement at restaurants and shopping malls over the post-Christmas weekend as they desperately seek to curb a coronavirus surge that already has filled some hospitals in California well beyond normal capacity.

 
Canada sees first cases of new coronavirus variant

Officials in Canada’s most populous province have confirmed the first two known Canadian cases of of a more contagious variant of COVID-19 that was first identified in the United Kingdom.

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‘Dixie’ controversy arises in Utah

Some institutions in southern Utah are moving away from the name Dixie because of its ties to the confederacy.

 
FBI at home of possible person of interest in Nashville bomb

Gov. Bill Lee asked the White House on Saturday for federal assistance due to the “severity and magnitude” of the explosion’s impact.