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United States
County-Level Risk Mapping
The risk of contracting COVID-19 is extremely high in most counties across the United States according to an interactive map from the New York Times in collaboration with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Resolve to Save Lives. Risk levels ranging from low to extremely high are determined through analysis of newly reported cases and positive test result rates. Counties designated with extremely high risk of transmission have more than 640 cases per 100,000 people or 10 percent of tests had a positive result over the past two weeks. Public health experts advise avoiding all indoor activities, non essential travel, and multi person events in areas of extremely high transmission risk. Although newly reported COVID case rates have been falling across the country, risks remain much higher than in late September, when this rating system was first established.
This map depicts the risk of COVID-19 transmission in counties across the U.S. Click on the map to learn more.
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United States
Deadly FBI Raid
Two Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents were killed while attempting to serve a search warrant in Sunrise, Florida yesterday morning. A team of officers approached the home of a man suspected of violent crimes against children when the suspect opened fire on the agents, killing two and wounding three others. Following the attack, the suspect was found dead of apparent suicide and barricaded inside his apartment, located 30 miles north of Miami. The incident was the first time an FBI agent had been killed while performing law enforcement duties since 2008, and one of the deadliest in the agency’s history. The shooting was compared to a an attack on agent 35 years ago in a Miami suburb that left two agents dead and another five wounded.
This map depicts the location of yesterday’s deadly shooting in Florida. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: NewsBreak
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Iran
Academic Escapes to UK
Kameel Ahmady, a British-Iranian academic, escaped from Tehran, Iran after being sentenced to 9 years in prison. Ahmady escaped on foot through the mountains via dangerous routes reportedly used by Turkish smugglers. Originally detained by Iran in 2019, Ahmady faced approximately $700,000 in fines for collaborating with a hostile government. Ahmady denies the charge, and decided to flee the country in December 2020 while out of prison on bail. Successfully avoiding Iranian border guards and traveling over 4,398 km (2,733 miles), Ahmady ultimately concluded his journey in London, England. Ahmady is one of multiple British-Iranian dual-national citizens that have been detained in recent years, adding to the growing tensions between Iran and the West.
This map depicts the route Ahmady took to escape from Tehran, Iran. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: Swift ocean current carrying sands to depths of 2.5 miles (4,000 meters), creates the illusion of an underwater waterfall off the coast of what island nation?
A: Mauritius
Mauritius is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about 1,200 miles (2,000 kilometers) off the southeast coast of the African continent. It’s a relatively young island and was formed around 8 million years ago. The island sits atop the Submarine Plateau or Ocean Shelf no deeper than 500 feet (150 meters) below sea level. Located at the southwestern tip of the island, runoff of sand and silt deposits are forced off the plateau the the ocean floor by oceanic currents, creating the impression of an ‘underwater waterfall’.
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Q: Which mountain, with an elevation of over 15,000 feet (4,700 meters), supplied an estimated 80% of the world’s silver between the 16th to the 18th century?
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