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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Temple is reporting an increase in convalescent plasma donations, as COVID-19 recoveries increase in Bell County.
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The Texas Department of State Health Services is now reporting 739,743 coronavirus cases in the state as of Monday afternoon, adding a total of 1,397.
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The City of Copperas Cove is reporting 369 total cases, 59 active cases, 307 recoveries and three deaths, according to a news release from the city on Monday.
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A temporary COVID-19 state testing site has been established in Killeen and will run through Oct. 10. It will be open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Killeen Special Events Center, 3301 S. WS Young Drive. Tests are free, and registration is open now, according to a news …
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As coronavirus cases rise in the surrounding counties — Bell, Coryell and Lampasas — cases are rising within the Killeen Independent School District.
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After a few days without updates, Lampasas County Judge Randall Hoyer said the county is now reporting some new cases.
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Bell County logged two new COVID-19 related deaths Thursday, as the county surpassed 5,300 known infections.
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The Coryell County coronavirus numbers remained the same on Thursday. The county last updated the numbers on its website Tuesday.
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A temporary COVID-19 state testing site will be established in Killeen Sept. 28 through Oct. 10. It will be open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Killeen Special Events Center, 3301 S. WS Young Drive. Tests are free, and registration is open now, according to a news release f…
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The Texas Department of State Health Services is now reporting 719,252 coronavirus cases in the state as of Wednesday afternoon, adding a total of 2,977 on Wednesday.
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The Coryell County coronavirus numbers remained the same on Wednesday as Tuesday on its website.
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Bell County Health District Director Amanda Robison-Chadwell said the county is experiencing a “potential upward swing” in COVID-19 cases, as two new deaths were identified on Tuesday — pushing the total to 79.
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MITO, Japan (AP) — Japanese telecoms giant Nippon Telegraph & Telephone, or NTT, announced Tuesday it will spend 4.3 trillion yen ($38 billion) to buy out and take private its mobile unit NTT DoCoMo as it restructures for the 5G era.
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JERUSALEM — Israel's health minister says the country’s nationwide lockdown is likely to be extended.
BEIRUT (AP) — The past year has been nothing short of an earthquake for Lebanon, hit by an economic meltdown, mass protests, financial collapse, a virus outbreak and a cataclysmic explosion that virtually wiped out the country’s main port.
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EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — The joyful yells from the bench could be heard in the empty arena in the final seconds and the roar from players when Commissioner Gary Bettman called for Steven Stamkos to accept the Stanley Cup echoed even louder.
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Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday after Wall Street recovered some of this month's losses as investors looked ahead to a debate between President Donald Trump and his challenger in the November election, Joe Biden.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of elementary school students are heading back to classrooms Tuesday as New York City enters a high-stakes stage of resuming in-person learning during the coronavirus pandemic, which is keeping students at home in many other big U.S. school systems.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Seven candidates are facing off in Tuesday's special election to become the short-term successor to the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis in Georgia.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The modest cash grant Iguehi James received from the Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce helped the clothing designer defray costs, including surge prices on elastic and fabric that jumped dramatically due to the pandemic.
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NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, will meet on the debate stage for the first time Tuesday night in Cleveland. Millions of voters will get their first opportunity to compare the candidates' policies and personalities side by side on national tel…
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — One southern Philippine province and its war-battered capital will be placed under a mild lockdown next month and the rest of the country will be under more relaxed restrictions to boost the battered economy of the country counting the most coronavirus infections i…
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NEW DELHI (AP) — Joginder Chaudhary was his parents’ greatest pride, raised with the little they earned farming a half-acre plot in central India to become the first doctor from their village.
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NEW DELHI (AP) — The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus has eclipsed 1 million, nine months into a crisis that has devastated the global economy, tested world leaders’ resolve, pitted science against politics and forced multitudes to change the way they live, learn and work.
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