The national oil rig count has fallen nearly 30% since the end of August 2019, from 876 to 241, according to data from Baker Hughes.
Author: Jessica Flores, USA TODAY
Coronavirus live updates: Google gives employees a COVID mental health day off ahead of Labor Day; Model predicts 410K US deaths by January
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Coronavirus updates: Rhode Island OKs most schools to reopen in-person; Louisiana gov. wary of COVID-19 spike after Laura
The U.S. Open tennis tournament, without fans, starts Monday. NJ allows indoor restaurant dining. Latest COVID news
California fire crews, aided by cooler weather, report ‘great progress’ against LNU, SCU lightning complex fires
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Coronavirus live updates: Judge nixes Florida’s school reopening order; First case of COVID reinfection reported
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Coronavirus updates: After only a week, UNC Chapel Hill to revert to online cases
The move comes after the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill reported a series of COVID-19 clusters. And here’s how the symptoms progress.
Southern California’s Lake Fire feeds on ‘decadent’ fuels, burns over 18,000 acres in Angeles National Forest
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Chicken wings from Brazil tested positive for COVID-19? Yes. But there’s no evidence of food transmission, experts say.
According to the World Health Organization: “Coronaviruses cannot multiply in food; they need an animal or human host to multiply.”
‘Latinx’ is mostly unknown term — even among US Latinos: Only 1 in 4 have heard of it, Pew study finds.
Only 23% of U.S. Latinos have heard of the term “Latinx” and just 3% use the word to describe themselves, according to the Pew Research Center.
Feds charge Florida man with fraud for buying Lamborghini with COVID relief funds
A Florida man was arrested and charged with fraud for buying Lamborghini sports car with Paycheck Protection Program loans, authorities say