WHO warns Zika spreading explosively across Americas
The World Health Organization says Zika is spreading rapidly and may infect 3 million to 4 million people in a year. Thirty countries report local transmission. the United States sees 31 travel-related cases across 11 states plus 21 related cases in territories. An emergency meeting is planned to decide whether to declare a global public health emergency.
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Americas
Margaret Chan
The
WHO
Geneva
Chan
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
United States
District of Columbia
CDC
Lyle Petersen
U.S
Puerto Rico
U.S. Virgin Islands
Affluenza teen Ethan Couch returns to Texas from Mexico
Ethan Couch, the so called affluenza teen, flies from Mexico City to Dallas Fort Worth arriving 11 a.m. local time. He faces a February 19 court hearing to decide if his case will be transferred to adult court with MADD seeking the change.
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Texas
Ethan Couch
Mexico
Couch
Mexico City
Dallas- Fort Worth
INM
Instituto Nacional de Migracion
Mothers Against
Madd
Tonya Couch
Puerto Vallarta
Tarrant County
Babylonian tablets reveal advanced geometry foresaw calculus
Four clay tablets dating 350 to 50 BC show Babylonian astronomers tracking Jupiter with geometric methods akin to later calculus. Mathematician Ossendrijver notes the tablets produced planetary tables and tied Earth events to celestial motion, challenging the medieval European view. The tablets were found around 1880 and housed at the British Museum.
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Washington
Mathieu Ossendrijver
Humboldt University
Berlin
University of Oxford
Merton College
Ossendrijver
B.C
The
British Museum
Earth
London
FBI releases video of fatal shooting at Oregon refuge
FBI released aircraft video showing Robert Finicum exiting a white pickup at a highway stop near Malheur Refuge. An Oregon State Police officer shot him after Finicum raised his hands and moved toward his body while carrying a loaded handgun his pocket.
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Ore
FBI
Oregon Wildlife
Robert “LaVoy
Finicum
Oregon
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
High Desert
Fourth-largest Northeast snowstorm since 1950 hits 30 inches
Baltimore brief notes a weekend blizzard dumping over 30 inches on 1.5 million people and affecting nearly 103 million, rated crippling on NOAA's Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale. It ranks behind the 1993 Storm of the Century, January 1996 blizzard, and March 1960 nor'easter.
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Baltimore
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA
Public shows satisfaction with health coverage and ad spending data rules
A Kaiser poll finds 71 percent of insured under 65 rate their care as excellent or good, while federal regulators vote to require pay TV and radio to post political ad spending data online before the upcoming elections. Dennis Hastert's sentencing is postponed to April 8 as he recovers from a stroke and a rare blood infection.
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Chicago
Dennis Hastert
U.S
Hastert
Durkin
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