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Dr. Barbara Ferrer, LA County's public health director, describes a recent spike in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations among Black residents and also county efforts to improve vaccination rates.

In Florida, a key river is undergoing the largest environmental restoration effort in the world. But when complete, a looming water shortage means the river's waters still face an uncertain future.

The announcement comes five years after the International Union for Conservation of Nature officially removed giant pandas from its endangered list.

According to statistics compiled through NPR number crunching and the SCOTUSblog Stat Pack, the justices swerved to the right, even by the standards of the traditionally conservative Roberts court.

Lawyers for victims' families suing Remington say the gun-maker is slowing the legal process by filing thousands of pictures, videos and emoji. Remington sources say that accusation is not fair.

The Alexandria Eviction Prevention Partnership in Northern Virginia is one of the divergent programs meant to help fight off evictions.

All the data so far shows the vaccines are highly effective at preventing serious disease or hospitalization, Dr. Anthony Fauci said. Vaccination is also imperative to preventing mutations, he added.

"It made me feel really proud," Zaila Avant-garde said after clinching the victory. The 14-year-old Louisianian crushed the competition with the winning word "murraya."

Severe weather in Delaware and New Jersey early Friday prompted tornado warnings.

On Friday, South Korea registered more than 1,300 coronavirus cases — breaking records for a second day in a row. Residents of the capital region are driving the surge.