UPDATE: On Wednesday, the North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services reported 451,874 confirmed COVID-19 cases statewide, up 5,236. That number is a total of the Molecular (PCR) Positive Cases and the Antigen Positive Cases.
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Denmark’s prime minister Mette Frederiksen has announced a nationwide Christmas lockdown to try and deal with record rates of coronavirus cases. Speaking on a day that the country set a new daily record for coronavirus cases, Frediksen called the …
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Rideshare platform Lyft is teaming up with self-driving car company Motional, which operates in part out of Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood Green development, to launch fully autonomous vehicles on city streets in 2023. That means, unlike the test drives happening …
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A man in Portland, Maine was arrested Tuesday for reportedly chasing McDonald’s employees with a chainsaw. CBS Local 21 News reports Alice Sweet, 26, entered the McDonald’s location during the afternoon with the chainsaw in tow. Sweet then …
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Cerner Corp. is expanding its healthcare data and technology business with plans to acquire consultancy Kantar Health for $375 million, the companies said Wednesday. Kantar Health, a division of Kantar Group, focuses primarily on data, analytics and …
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