K in CT
@kinconn.bsky.social
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Pandemic perspectives, mostly.
Pandemic perspectives, mostly.
#H5N1
➡️ Avian flu suspected in up to 15 bird deaths at New York City zoos
www.wkbn.com/news/nationa...
➡️ Avian flu suspected in up to 15 bird deaths at New York City zoos
www.wkbn.com/news/nationa...
Avian flu suspected in up to 15 bird deaths at New York City zoos
At least three and possibly up to 15 birds have died of avian flu at two New York City zoos, according to the organization that operates the facilities.
www.wkbn.com
February 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
#H5N1
➡️ Avian flu suspected in up to 15 bird deaths at New York City zoos
www.wkbn.com/news/nationa...
➡️ Avian flu suspected in up to 15 bird deaths at New York City zoos
www.wkbn.com/news/nationa...
#H5N1
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➡️ Bird flu variant found in Nevada cows shows signs of adaptation to mammals
- a dairy farm worker in Nevada has screened positive for H5N1
By Brenda Goodman
www.cnn.com/2025/02/08/h...
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➡️ Bird flu variant found in Nevada cows shows signs of adaptation to mammals
- a dairy farm worker in Nevada has screened positive for H5N1
By Brenda Goodman
www.cnn.com/2025/02/08/h...
Bird flu variant found in Nevada cows shows signs of adaptation to mammals | CNN
The newer variant of avian influenza that recently infected dairy cattle in Nevada has a genetic change that’s thought to help the virus copy itself in mammals — including humans — more easily, accord...
www.cnn.com
February 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
#H5N1
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➡️ Bird flu variant found in Nevada cows shows signs of adaptation to mammals
- a dairy farm worker in Nevada has screened positive for H5N1
By Brenda Goodman
www.cnn.com/2025/02/08/h...
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➡️ Bird flu variant found in Nevada cows shows signs of adaptation to mammals
- a dairy farm worker in Nevada has screened positive for H5N1
By Brenda Goodman
www.cnn.com/2025/02/08/h...
#TB
➡️ There’s a Massive Tuberculosis Outbreak in the US
Wash your hands.
- Kansas state and county officials forbidding the mandate of testing, isolation, and closures due to infectious disease
By Luis Prada
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
➡️ There’s a Massive Tuberculosis Outbreak in the US
Wash your hands.
- Kansas state and county officials forbidding the mandate of testing, isolation, and closures due to infectious disease
By Luis Prada
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
There's a Massive Tuberculosis Outbreak in the US
Kansas is experiencing one of the biggest outbreaks of tuberculosis ever recorded in the United States.
www.vice.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
#TB
➡️ There’s a Massive Tuberculosis Outbreak in the US
Wash your hands.
- Kansas state and county officials forbidding the mandate of testing, isolation, and closures due to infectious disease
By Luis Prada
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
➡️ There’s a Massive Tuberculosis Outbreak in the US
Wash your hands.
- Kansas state and county officials forbidding the mandate of testing, isolation, and closures due to infectious disease
By Luis Prada
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
#H5N1
➡️ N. Ireland: Bird flu clampdown around Co Derry nature reserve
- Preliminary findings of bird flu have caused the introduction of a captive bird temporary control zone in Magherafelt.
www.roscommonherald.ie/bird-flu-cla...
➡️ N. Ireland: Bird flu clampdown around Co Derry nature reserve
- Preliminary findings of bird flu have caused the introduction of a captive bird temporary control zone in Magherafelt.
www.roscommonherald.ie/bird-flu-cla...
Bird flu clampdown around Co Derry nature reserve - Homepage - Roscommon Herald
Preliminary findings of bird flu have caused the introduction of a captive bird temporary control zone in Magherafelt.
www.roscommonherald.ie
February 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
#H5N1
➡️ N. Ireland: Bird flu clampdown around Co Derry nature reserve
- Preliminary findings of bird flu have caused the introduction of a captive bird temporary control zone in Magherafelt.
www.roscommonherald.ie/bird-flu-cla...
➡️ N. Ireland: Bird flu clampdown around Co Derry nature reserve
- Preliminary findings of bird flu have caused the introduction of a captive bird temporary control zone in Magherafelt.
www.roscommonherald.ie/bird-flu-cla...
Reposted by K in CT
In Texas -
NIH Awards Funding:
$1.85 B
Jobs Supported:
29,563
Economic Activity Supported:
$5.8 B
NIH Awards Funding:
$1.85 B
Jobs Supported:
29,563
Economic Activity Supported:
$5.8 B
In Connecticut -
NIH FUNDING:
$770M
JOBS SUPPORTED:
6609
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED:
$1.68B
NIH FUNDING:
$770M
JOBS SUPPORTED:
6609
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED:
$1.68B
In Georgia-
NIH FUNDING:
$780 M
JOBS SUPPORTED:
11,816
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED:
$2.18 B
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
NIH FUNDING:
$780 M
JOBS SUPPORTED:
11,816
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED:
$2.18 B
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
February 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
In Texas -
NIH Awards Funding:
$1.85 B
Jobs Supported:
29,563
Economic Activity Supported:
$5.8 B
NIH Awards Funding:
$1.85 B
Jobs Supported:
29,563
Economic Activity Supported:
$5.8 B
#H5N1
➡️ NJ: Avian flu suspected in deaths of 30 wild birds found on N.J. river banks
- Shark River in Monmouth County
By AJ McDougall
www.nj.com/monmouth/202....
➡️ NJ: Avian flu suspected in deaths of 30 wild birds found on N.J. river banks
- Shark River in Monmouth County
By AJ McDougall
www.nj.com/monmouth/202....
Avian flu suspected in deaths of 30 wild birds found on N.J. river banks
The birds — swans, geese and at least one duck, according to one witness — were collected and disposed of by public works employees wearing protective equipment.
www.nj.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
#H5N1
➡️ NJ: Avian flu suspected in deaths of 30 wild birds found on N.J. river banks
- Shark River in Monmouth County
By AJ McDougall
www.nj.com/monmouth/202....
➡️ NJ: Avian flu suspected in deaths of 30 wild birds found on N.J. river banks
- Shark River in Monmouth County
By AJ McDougall
www.nj.com/monmouth/202....
Reposted by K in CT
The first speculative bubble in history was caused by a virus.
Let's talk about 'Tulipmania', which shaped the economy of the Netherlands 1630-1637 CE.
The Dutch ambassador to Turkey's leader Suleiman the Great named a gifted flower "tulipant" a Turkish word for turban (often decorated w a flower)
Let's talk about 'Tulipmania', which shaped the economy of the Netherlands 1630-1637 CE.
The Dutch ambassador to Turkey's leader Suleiman the Great named a gifted flower "tulipant" a Turkish word for turban (often decorated w a flower)
February 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The first speculative bubble in history was caused by a virus.
Let's talk about 'Tulipmania', which shaped the economy of the Netherlands 1630-1637 CE.
The Dutch ambassador to Turkey's leader Suleiman the Great named a gifted flower "tulipant" a Turkish word for turban (often decorated w a flower)
Let's talk about 'Tulipmania', which shaped the economy of the Netherlands 1630-1637 CE.
The Dutch ambassador to Turkey's leader Suleiman the Great named a gifted flower "tulipant" a Turkish word for turban (often decorated w a flower)
#H5N1 #H7N8
➡️🇦🇺Australia: Strathbogie, Victoria: New detection of bird flu at farm in Northern Victoria
- H7N8
- a new case of bird flu just days after an outbreak last year was declared “eradicated”
By Liam Beatty
www.news.com.au/national/str...
➡️🇦🇺Australia: Strathbogie, Victoria: New detection of bird flu at farm in Northern Victoria
- H7N8
- a new case of bird flu just days after an outbreak last year was declared “eradicated”
By Liam Beatty
www.news.com.au/national/str...
www.news.com.au
February 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
#H5N1 #H7N8
➡️🇦🇺Australia: Strathbogie, Victoria: New detection of bird flu at farm in Northern Victoria
- H7N8
- a new case of bird flu just days after an outbreak last year was declared “eradicated”
By Liam Beatty
www.news.com.au/national/str...
➡️🇦🇺Australia: Strathbogie, Victoria: New detection of bird flu at farm in Northern Victoria
- H7N8
- a new case of bird flu just days after an outbreak last year was declared “eradicated”
By Liam Beatty
www.news.com.au/national/str...
Reposted by K in CT
Trump is revoking Pres. Biden’s security clearance, plans to fire the Kennedy Center leadership and make himself the chair, and demands WaPo columnist Eugene Robinson be fired for criticizing weak Republicans who don’t stand up to Trump. This miserable mam is a blot against America.
February 8, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Trump is revoking Pres. Biden’s security clearance, plans to fire the Kennedy Center leadership and make himself the chair, and demands WaPo columnist Eugene Robinson be fired for criticizing weak Republicans who don’t stand up to Trump. This miserable mam is a blot against America.
#H5N1
➡️ Colorado: H5N1 Avian Influenza confirmed in local water fowl in Chaffee County
- 20 dead or sick ducks and geese were found near Sands Lake in Salida
By Tyler Dumas
krdo.com/news/2025/02...
➡️ Colorado: H5N1 Avian Influenza confirmed in local water fowl in Chaffee County
- 20 dead or sick ducks and geese were found near Sands Lake in Salida
By Tyler Dumas
krdo.com/news/2025/02...
H5N1 Avian Influenza confirmed in local water fowl in Chaffee County
CHAFFEE COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) - The Chaffee County Public Health Department (CCPH) announced on Feb. 6, 2025, that they were notified by Colorado Parks and
krdo.com
February 8, 2025 at 4:59 AM
#H5N1
➡️ Colorado: H5N1 Avian Influenza confirmed in local water fowl in Chaffee County
- 20 dead or sick ducks and geese were found near Sands Lake in Salida
By Tyler Dumas
krdo.com/news/2025/02...
➡️ Colorado: H5N1 Avian Influenza confirmed in local water fowl in Chaffee County
- 20 dead or sick ducks and geese were found near Sands Lake in Salida
By Tyler Dumas
krdo.com/news/2025/02...
Reposted by K in CT
A measles outbreak is growing in a rural area of West Texas where vaccination rates are well below the recommended level.
Measles outbreak expands in West Texas around county with low vaccination rate | CNN
A measles outbreak is growing in a rural area of West Texas where vaccination rates are well below the recommended level.
www.cnn.com
February 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
A measles outbreak is growing in a rural area of West Texas where vaccination rates are well below the recommended level.
Reposted by K in CT
Excellent 🧵 on this evening's NIH announcement of a dramatic reduction in indirect rates for research institutions, which amounts to a generational restructuring of the US research and development ecosystem. These cuts are effective immediately, not just for new grants but for existing ones.
6. The policy does not just affect funding going forward. All existing NIH grants will have their indirect rates cut to 15% as of today, the date of issuance.
For a large university, this creates a sudden and catastrophic shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars against already budgeted funds.
For a large university, this creates a sudden and catastrophic shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars against already budgeted funds.
February 8, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Excellent 🧵 on this evening's NIH announcement of a dramatic reduction in indirect rates for research institutions, which amounts to a generational restructuring of the US research and development ecosystem. These cuts are effective immediately, not just for new grants but for existing ones.
#H5N1 #H1N2v
[We don't need this. Swine flu in a child. Iowa.]
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➡️ Weekly US Influenza Surveillance Report: Key Updates for Week 5, ending February 1, 2025
- One human infection with influenza A(H1N2) variant (A(H1N2)v) virus reported by Iowa
www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
[We don't need this. Swine flu in a child. Iowa.]
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➡️ Weekly US Influenza Surveillance Report: Key Updates for Week 5, ending February 1, 2025
- One human infection with influenza A(H1N2) variant (A(H1N2)v) virus reported by Iowa
www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
Weekly US Influenza Surveillance Report: Key Updates for Week 5, ending February 1, 2025
Key Updates for Week 5, ending February 1, 2025
www.cdc.gov
February 8, 2025 at 4:01 AM
#H5N1 #H1N2v
[We don't need this. Swine flu in a child. Iowa.]
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➡️ Weekly US Influenza Surveillance Report: Key Updates for Week 5, ending February 1, 2025
- One human infection with influenza A(H1N2) variant (A(H1N2)v) virus reported by Iowa
www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
[We don't need this. Swine flu in a child. Iowa.]
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➡️ Weekly US Influenza Surveillance Report: Key Updates for Week 5, ending February 1, 2025
- One human infection with influenza A(H1N2) variant (A(H1N2)v) virus reported by Iowa
www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
Reposted by K in CT
#H5N1
➡️ NIH plans to slash support for indirect research costs, sending shockwaves through science
- Capping these payments would ‘just grind our scientific complex to a halt'
By J. Wosen, M. Molteni, J. Mast, & U. fMcFarling
www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/n...
➡️ NIH plans to slash support for indirect research costs, sending shockwaves through science
- Capping these payments would ‘just grind our scientific complex to a halt'
By J. Wosen, M. Molteni, J. Mast, & U. fMcFarling
www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/n...
NIH plans to slash support for indirect research costs, sending shockwaves through science
The NIH said Friday night that it would slash support for indirect costs on all existing and future grants to 15%
www.statnews.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM
#H5N1
➡️ NIH plans to slash support for indirect research costs, sending shockwaves through science
- Capping these payments would ‘just grind our scientific complex to a halt'
By J. Wosen, M. Molteni, J. Mast, & U. fMcFarling
www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/n...
➡️ NIH plans to slash support for indirect research costs, sending shockwaves through science
- Capping these payments would ‘just grind our scientific complex to a halt'
By J. Wosen, M. Molteni, J. Mast, & U. fMcFarling
www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/n...
Reposted by K in CT
Reposted by K in CT
SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’
An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
wrd.cm
February 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
#H5N1
➡️ Health agencies told to rank some workers as fear of layoffs grows
- as much as 40 percent to be deemed not mission-critical
By Dan Diamond, Lena H. Sun & Emily Davies
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
➡️ Health agencies told to rank some workers as fear of layoffs grows
- as much as 40 percent to be deemed not mission-critical
By Dan Diamond, Lena H. Sun & Emily Davies
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Health agencies told to rank some workers as fear of layoffs grows
Leaders have been told urgently to rank thousands of their employees who are in probationary periods, with as much as 40 percent to be deemed not mission-critical.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2025 at 1:22 AM
#H5N1
➡️ Health agencies told to rank some workers as fear of layoffs grows
- as much as 40 percent to be deemed not mission-critical
By Dan Diamond, Lena H. Sun & Emily Davies
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
➡️ Health agencies told to rank some workers as fear of layoffs grows
- as much as 40 percent to be deemed not mission-critical
By Dan Diamond, Lena H. Sun & Emily Davies
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
#H5N1
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➡️ CA: San Mateo County cat diagnosed with bird flu as CDC deletes evidence on possible feline-human transmission
By Susanne Rust @susrust.bsky.social
www.aol.com/news/san-mat...
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➡️ CA: San Mateo County cat diagnosed with bird flu as CDC deletes evidence on possible feline-human transmission
By Susanne Rust @susrust.bsky.social
www.aol.com/news/san-mat...
San Mateo County cat diagnosed with bird flu as CDC deletes evidence on possible feline-human transmission
San Mateo County public health officials reported finding H5N1 bird flu in a pet cat and a backyard poultry flock.
www.aol.com
February 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
#H5N1
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➡️ CA: San Mateo County cat diagnosed with bird flu as CDC deletes evidence on possible feline-human transmission
By Susanne Rust @susrust.bsky.social
www.aol.com/news/san-mat...
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➡️ CA: San Mateo County cat diagnosed with bird flu as CDC deletes evidence on possible feline-human transmission
By Susanne Rust @susrust.bsky.social
www.aol.com/news/san-mat...
#H5N1
➡️ NY: Bird flu confirmed in Rockland; H5N1 suspected in other dead geese found in Spring Valley
- a wild Canada goose found in Lake Lucille in New City
- other dead geese found in Memorial Park in Spring Valley
- also Carroll Park in Thornwood
By Nancy Cutler
www.lohud.com/story/news/l...
➡️ NY: Bird flu confirmed in Rockland; H5N1 suspected in other dead geese found in Spring Valley
- a wild Canada goose found in Lake Lucille in New City
- other dead geese found in Memorial Park in Spring Valley
- also Carroll Park in Thornwood
By Nancy Cutler
www.lohud.com/story/news/l...
Bird flu confirmed in Rockland; H5N1 suspected in other dead geese found in Spring Valley
Bird flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide and is causing outbreaks in poultry and dairy cows with several recent human cases.
www.lohud.com
February 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
#H5N1
➡️ NY: Bird flu confirmed in Rockland; H5N1 suspected in other dead geese found in Spring Valley
- a wild Canada goose found in Lake Lucille in New City
- other dead geese found in Memorial Park in Spring Valley
- also Carroll Park in Thornwood
By Nancy Cutler
www.lohud.com/story/news/l...
➡️ NY: Bird flu confirmed in Rockland; H5N1 suspected in other dead geese found in Spring Valley
- a wild Canada goose found in Lake Lucille in New City
- other dead geese found in Memorial Park in Spring Valley
- also Carroll Park in Thornwood
By Nancy Cutler
www.lohud.com/story/news/l...
#H5N1
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2,633,900 table egg layers on one farm in Jackson, Indiana. ⚠️⬇️
aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
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2,633,900 table egg layers on one farm in Jackson, Indiana. ⚠️⬇️
aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
February 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
#H5N1
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2,633,900 table egg layers on one farm in Jackson, Indiana. ⚠️⬇️
aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
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2,633,900 table egg layers on one farm in Jackson, Indiana. ⚠️⬇️
aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
#H5N1
[NYC metro & Philly egg supply will now be affected]
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➡️ Bird flu detected at multiple Midstate Pennsylvania poultry farms
- a flock of 1,983,000 at a Dauphin County egg producer
- 30,000 broilers in Cumberland Co.
By Brady Doran
www.abc27.com/local-news/b...
[NYC metro & Philly egg supply will now be affected]
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➡️ Bird flu detected at multiple Midstate Pennsylvania poultry farms
- a flock of 1,983,000 at a Dauphin County egg producer
- 30,000 broilers in Cumberland Co.
By Brady Doran
www.abc27.com/local-news/b...
Bird flu detected at multiple Midstate Pennsylvania poultry farms
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM)– Avian influenza has been detected in two Midstate Pennsylvania commercial poultry facilities with a combined population of more than 2 million birds. According …
www.abc27.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
#H5N1
[NYC metro & Philly egg supply will now be affected]
⚠️
➡️ Bird flu detected at multiple Midstate Pennsylvania poultry farms
- a flock of 1,983,000 at a Dauphin County egg producer
- 30,000 broilers in Cumberland Co.
By Brady Doran
www.abc27.com/local-news/b...
[NYC metro & Philly egg supply will now be affected]
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➡️ Bird flu detected at multiple Midstate Pennsylvania poultry farms
- a flock of 1,983,000 at a Dauphin County egg producer
- 30,000 broilers in Cumberland Co.
By Brady Doran
www.abc27.com/local-news/b...
#H5N1 #flu
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➡️ CA: Three San Diego County teens died from the flu this season, health officials say
- ages 14 - 17
- teens were unvaccinated
- only one had underlying conditions
By Christina Bravo
www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/t...
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➡️ CA: Three San Diego County teens died from the flu this season, health officials say
- ages 14 - 17
- teens were unvaccinated
- only one had underlying conditions
By Christina Bravo
www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/t...
Three San Diego County teens died from the flu this season, health officials say
Three teenagers are among 73 individuals who have died from the flu this season, according to San Diego County’s latest respiratory virus data, a statistic that has prompted public health officials to...
www.nbcsandiego.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
#H5N1 #flu
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➡️ CA: Three San Diego County teens died from the flu this season, health officials say
- ages 14 - 17
- teens were unvaccinated
- only one had underlying conditions
By Christina Bravo
www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/t...
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➡️ CA: Three San Diego County teens died from the flu this season, health officials say
- ages 14 - 17
- teens were unvaccinated
- only one had underlying conditions
By Christina Bravo
www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/t...