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Alaska earthquake: Anchorage rocked by aftershocks

11/30/2018

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46403405

Offshore temblor rattles Anchorage, Alaska area, knocks out power, rips up roads: 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Alaska on Friday morning, churning up roads in scenes locals described as pure "anarchy."

11/30/2018

www.foxnews.com/us/large-alaska-earthquake-jolts-residents-shakes-buildings

WHO...Measles infections surge in Europe in 2018: the World Health Organization has warned of a "dramatic increase" in measles infections in Europe in the first half of 2018. It said the situation was most alarming in Ukraine

11/30/2018

www.dw.com/en/who-measles-infections-surge-in-europe-in-2018/a-45146353

Is a space war brewing? Russia announces it will establish a lunar colony by 2040 just hours after NASA says it's returning to the moon 'to stay'

11/30/2018

www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6446333/Is-space-war-brewing-Russia-announces-establish-lunar-colony-2040.html

Warnings Grow Over Unsanitary Conditions In Tijuana Shelter: the overcrowding “can produce all kinds of infections, all kinds of things can spread and we have four cases of chicken pox. They are contained but it’s a risk.”

11/30/2018

inhomelandsecurity.com/warnings-grow-over-unsanitary-conditions-in-tijuana-shelter/

Marriott reports massive, extended data breach at Starwood hotels: The information of as many as 500 million guests at Starwood hotels has been compromised....since 2014

11/30/2018

www.apnews.com/d496fce7a77347d6aa058470d38a69bc

More trouble for malls: A new wave of closures from Gap, Victoria's Secret and others

11/30/2018

www.cnbc.com/2018/11/29/a-wave-of-closures-from-gap-victorias-secret-and-others-to-hit-malls.html

State’s first case of acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM confirmed in Nebraska child

11/30/2018

apnews.com/d650abfcb04b4a808345938265bc5ff6

US urged to send Ebola experts to Congo amid outbreak: U.S. experts have been sidelined for weeks, ordered away from the region due to State Department security concerns. Health workers have compared the area to a war zone.

11/30/2018

www.detroitnews.com/story/news/world/2018/11/30/us-urged-send-congo-experts-ebola-outbreak/38644701/

Yellow fever outbreak declared in South Sudan: outbreak located in Sakure, Nzara County, Gbudue state, general public urged to be vaccinated against yellow fever to protect themselves

11/30/2018

outbreaknewstoday.com/yellow-fever-outbreak-declared-south-sudan-95168/

Longhorned tick spread in the US: ‘The full public health and agricultural impact of this tick discovery and spread is unknown’: tick can cause massive infestations on animals, on people, and in the environment, is spreading in the U.S.”

11/30/2018

outbreaknewstoday.com/

Legionnaires’ disease cases linked to University of Wisconsin hospital: currently, the hospital is conducting tests to determine if the bacteria are related to the hospital water system.

11/30/2018

outbreaknewstoday.com/legionnaires-disease-cases-linked-university-wisconsin-hospital-91986/

We're heading for a new Cretaceous period: With no check on emissions, we are on course to see preindustrial levels of C02 double (from 280 to 560 ppm) by 2050 — and then double again by 2100, to reach over 1,000 ppm.

11/29/2018

theweek.com/articles/805382/heading-new-cretaceous-period

'Inaction is not an option': Cost to keep invasive Asian carp out of Great Lakes triples...if the voracious carp become established in the Great Lakes, they could out-compete native species and harm the region's $7-billion fishing industry.

11/29/2018

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/inaction-is-not-an-option-cost-to-keep-invasive-asian-carp-out-of-great-lakes-triples-1.4925164?cmp=rss

We’re studying collapsed civilizations so that ours can endure climate change: paleo-climatologists are digging into the connections between the collapse of Maya Civilization and extreme droughts.

11/29/2018

massivesci.com/articles/mayan-empire-collapse-drought-climate-change/

Awakening a sleeping lion: The US-China Cold War is upon us...“China is leveraging military modernization, influence operations, and predatory economics to coerce neighboring countries to reorder the Indo-Pacific region to its advantage.”

11/29/2018

www.rt.com/op-ed/445158-china-us-cold-war/

Japan to get its first aircraft carrier since World War II: The government is to upgrade its two existing Izumo-class helicopter carriers so they can transport and launch fighter jets, media reported.

11/29/2018

www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2018/11/30/2003705198

China aims to defeat the US Air Force without firing a shot. Here’s how: China is looking to build out its Air Force to the point that the U.S. would not be willing to take it on in direct conflict.

11/29/2018

www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2018/11/29/china-aims-to-defeat-the-us-air-force-without-firing-a-shot-heres-how/

One-third of migrants in caravan are being treated for health issues, Tijuana health official says: Migrants who came with the caravan are suffering from respiratory infections, tuberculosis, chickenpox and other serious health issues.

11/29/2018

www.foxnews.com/world/caravan-migrants-suffer-from-respiratory-infections-tuberculosis-chickenpox-other-health-issues-tijuana-government-says

Electric scooters are landing a lot of Americans in emergency rooms: first seen as a fun way to solve the last-mile puzzle are leading to deadly situations. (this is a must read)

11/29/2018

www.cbsnews.com/news/electric-scooter-accidents-americans-emergency-room-injuries-malfunction-misuse/

CDC says life expectancy down as more Americans die younger due to suicide and drug overdose: we are losing too many Americans, too early and too often, to conditions that are preventable," the CDC's director, said in a statement.

11/29/2018

www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-us-life-expectancy-declining-due-largely-to-drug-overdose-and-suicides/

Mexican resort served "poisonous" alcohol to woman who died, family says: The family of a young woman who died after possibly drinking tainted alcohol is now suing the Mexican resort that served her.

11/29/2018

www.cbsnews.com/news/abbey-conner-family-sues-mexican-resort-daughter-died-drinking-possibly-tainted-alcohol-iberostar-hotel/

2018 Is On Track To Be the Fourth Hottest Year On Record, Scientists Say: there is a high chance 2019 will be even hotter because of El Niño forming.

11/29/2018

www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/2018-is-on-track-to-be-the-fourth-hottest-year-on-record-scientists-say/ar-BBQfbDD?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=iehp

Quitting alcohol can be deadly: Hundreds in the US die each year...doctors say alcohol is often the most dangerous substance for the body to withdraw from.

11/29/2018

www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/quitting-alcohol-can-be-deadly-hundreds-in-the-us-die-each-year/ar-BBQ9OT8?li=BBnba9O&ocid=iehp

The Dead Sea is dying. A $1.5 billion plan aims to resurrect it: a $1.5-billion project to build a desalination facility in Jordan to transform Red Sea water into drinking water, while pumping the remaining salty brine into the Dead Sea.

11/29/2018

www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-dead-sea-is-dying-a-dollar15-billion-plan-aims-to-resurrect-it/ar-BBQeNIG?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=iehp

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