Saturday, March 14, 2020

In the news, Wednesday, March 4, 2020


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from CBS News (& affiliates)

Coronavirus death toll rises to 9 in Washington state
The number of coronavirus deaths in the U.S. rose to nine on Tuesday, according to health officials. All of the deaths occurred in Washington state. There were more than 100 cases in 15 states as of Tuesday night, with New Hampshire, Georgia and North Carolina being the most recent to join the battle against the virus.

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from Episcopal News Service

The House of Bishops was scheduled to meet next week at Camp Allen in Texas, but "the benefits of an in-person meeting do not clearly outweigh the potential public and personal health risks," Presiding Bishop Michael Curry said on Wednesday.
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization

When they're not squished by big government.
In response to the 2008 recession, rising home prices, and a growing demand for mobility and sustainability, a new entrepreneurial movement burst upon the housing market: Tiny homes. Tiny homes are permanent living spaces usually running between 100 and 600 square feet. Offering relatively low-cost living, eco-friendly designs, and lifestyle flexibility, tiny homes have become a genuine phenomenon appealing to a wide range of consumers. Adventure seekers, the environmentally conscious, and people hoping to downsize their life have flocked to tiny home builders for their chance to “live small.” ... According to a survey by the National Association of Home Builders, more than half of Americans would consider living in a home that’s less than 600 square feet. For millennials, that number is even higher. Tiny homes are also a potential low-cost solution to the homelessness crisis. But despite widespread popularity and potential, there is a bevy of obstacles to tiny home living. State and local governments have been slow to facilitate the burgeoning market, which has made living in tiny homes illegal in many places.

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from Hoover Institution
Nonprofit Organization in Stanford, California

The Scourge Of Pandemics
The outbreak of Coronavirus has prompted a good deal of interest in the Spanish Influenza that killed so many people at the end of World War One. Catharine Arnold, author of Pandemic 1918 (St. Martin’s Press, 2018), reminds us that during the first twenty-five weeks of that pandemic, no fewer than 25 million people died of the disease, which eventually was to kill well over 50 million people and perhaps as many as 100 million globally, many more than the cataclysmic world war that overlapped it chronologically.

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from KOMO News (ABC Seattle)

King Co. advises high-risk residents to stay home as COVID-19 death toll reaches 10
King County has announced sweeping new recommendations for its residents to reduce their risk of exposure to COVID-19 as officials somberly announced a 10th death in the Puget Sound region with confirmed cases now reaching over three dozen. "We understand these actions will have a tremendous impact on the lives of people in our community," officials said. "We are making these recommendations in consultation with CDC based on the best information we have currently to protect the public’s health. "

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from KXLY 4 News (ABC Spokane)

‘Makayla was a bright light in everyone’s life’: Family remembers young woman murdered in N. Spokane
The family of Makayla Young said she always had a smile on her face. She was a bright light and her life was taken too soon. The 24-year-old woman was brutally murdered at the Rodeway Inn in North Spokane last Thursday and several questions still linger. Two men are facing murder charges in connection to Young’s death. They are both being held on more than $1 million bond.

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from NDTV (New Delhi Television Limited)
Media/News Company in New Delhi, India

A China Belt And Road Project Becomes A Corridor To Nowhere
Plans originally called for a seaport, roads, railways, pipelines, dozens of factories and the largest airport in Pakistan. But, almost seven years after the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor was established, there's little evidence of that vision being realized.

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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

Sens. Mark Schoesler and Mike Padden: Bill to alter Washington’s redistricting process isn’t needed
As the old saying goes, if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it. That adage certainly applies to our state’s voter-approved redistricting process and a bill moving through the Legislature that seeks to change it.

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