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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Wednesday announced the city was taking action against those who throw large parties.” data-reactid=”28″ type=”text”>Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced on Wednesday that the city will be taking action against those who throw large parties in violation of health orders due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Garcetti said: “While we have already closed all bars and nightclubs, these large house parties have essentially become nightclubs.” He then indicated he would hold them to similar scrutiny. “The same thing we would do with businesses.”

Garcetti added that when the LAPD verifies that there have been violations at a home, the city will within 48 hours have the DWP shut off service at that home. The mayori also indicated that county health inspectors and other city representatives would be on the lookout for violations.

warned that the large parties seen of late were not only dangerous, but also now illegal.” data-reactid=”45″ type=”text”>In addition, the director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Barbara Ferrer, warned that large parties were not only dangerous, but illegal. Ferrer said, “These parties and gatherings hurt all of us. We ask that everyone make good decisions. Don’t host large parties and don’t attend one if you’re invited.”

Los Angeles to cut water and power to homes hosting large parties

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Former Vice President Joe Biden said he will not be travelingl to Wisconsin for the quadrennial Democratic National Convention, according to a release from its committee Wednesday, citing health concerns with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

The release from the committee said: “After ongoing consultation with public health officials and experts — who underscored the worsening coronavirus pandemic — the Democratic National Convention Committee announced today speakers for the 2020 Democratic National Convention will no longer travel to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in order to prevent risking the health of our host community as well as the convention’s production teams, security officials, community partners, media and others necessary to orchestrate the event.”

Biden was scheduled to accept the party’s nomination on Aug. 20, but will now accept the nomination from Delaware. The convention was initially scheduled to take place in mid-July, but was pushed back to August over concerns about the coronavirus outbreak back in April. Over the last two months organizers scaled back the event, urging members of Congress, state delegations and delegates not to travel to Wisconsin. Delegates are also voting entirely by online ballot, which began on Aug. 3 and will run until Aug. 15, two days before the convention kicks off. The results are expected to be announced on Aug. 17, the first night of the event.

Biden won’t be traveling to Milwaukee for convention

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“I think it’s the right thing to do,” Biden said Wednesday. “I’ve wanted to set an example as to…

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As of Tuesday night, Tropical Storm Isaias killed at least six people as it made its way up the U.S. Atlantic Coast, including two deaths in North Carolina from a tornado due to the hurricane-strength winds.

Isaias was briefly a Category 1 hurricane when it made landfall in North Carolina. North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper said on Twitter that more than 172,000 homes remained without power, even as Isaias moved northward and skies cleared. Cooper said he had spoken with U.S. President Donald Trump, who had pledged aid.

Tornadoes in Cape May, Marmora and Long Beach Island along New Jersey’s southern shore, and tornado damage in Dover, Delaware were reported. New York City, much of New Jersey, all of Massachusetts and other parts of New England went under a tornado watch.

At least 6 dead after Tropical Storm Isaias sweeps up East Coast

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At least six deaths have been linked to the storm, which made landfall as a hurricane in North…

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A massive explosion near the centre of Beirut killed close to 80 people, injuring thousands across the Lebanese capital on Tuesday.

The most powerful explosion to hit Beirut in years occurred in the city’s port area. Lebanon’s interior minister said initial information indicated highly explosive material, which had been seized years ago and stored there, had blown up.

Lebanon’s health minister Hamad Hasan told Reuters late Tuesday that at least 78 people had been killed and nearly 4,000 injured. Hasan said, “There are many people missing… People are asking the emergency department about their loved ones and it is difficult to search at night because there is no electricity. We are facing a real catastrophe and need time to assess the extent of damages.”

Officials expected the death toll to rise further as emergency workers dig through rubble to rescue people and remove the dead. 

Massive warehouse explosion rocks Beirut, causing thousands of injuries and widespread damage

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At least 3,000 people have been injured and 50 have been killed. The numbers are likely to rise…

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