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In Logan County, Circuit Court, Magistrate Court and the circuit clerk's and magistrate clerk's offices are closing. County health officials said positive cases were increasing rapidly, with 21 cases from March 18 to June 21 and 119 from June 22 to July 30. There were 140 cases in the county as of July 31. … [Read more...] about Courts in 2 WVa counties closing due to coronavirus pandemic

A: Follow CDC advice: If you see symptoms, contact your pediatrician right away. A doctor may set up a telemedicine visit to assess, but don’t be afraid to go into the office, Anderson said. Seek emergency care immediately if your child is experiencing more serious symptoms, including trouble breathing. … [Read more...] about Kids and the coronavirus: What you need to know about infection risk

“They have emphatically shared that this pandemic is not going to get in the way of their wedding plans and that there will be no masks handed out and no signs promoting social distancing at their wedding,” she said. “The bride has said that when she shows her children her wedding video, she doesn’t want it to be a documentary of the 2020 pandemic.” … [Read more...] about ‘Too many are selfish’: US nears 5 million virus cases

Breitbart News has reported extensively on the Confucius Institute, an education organization backed by the Chinese government that has established partnerships with American universities around the country. Many universities and colleges cut ties with the Confucius Institute after evidence emerged that it was being used by China’s Communist Party to spread their influence throughout the world. … [Read more...] about Congress to Investigate Top University’s Financial Ties to China, Other Foreign Governments

When he compared states’ per-capita wine consumption with their percentage of votes for Trump in 2016, a clear pattern emerged. Washington, D.C., is the most prolific wine consumer, at over 25 liters per person per year, and also favored Trump the least, giving him just 4.1% of its votes in the last presidential election. Meanwhile, the state with the lowest per-capita wine consumption, West Virginia — about 2.5 liters per person — had the second-highest share of Trump votes of any state, at 67.9%, just barely trailing Wyoming’s 68.2%. With the exception of a few outliers, like New Hampshire, where wine consumption is high (close to 20 liters per person) but votes for Trump were also relatively high (46.5%), the data follow a more or less linear pattern. … [Read more...] about Bay Area vintners’ support of Trump clashes with politics of most wine drinkers