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South by Southwest Fast Facts

Here is a look at South by Southwest, a collection of music, film and interactive conferences and festivals held annually in Austin, Texas. It is nicknamed “South by” and abbreviated SXSW. March 11-20, 2022 – The South by Southwest conference and festivals are scheduled to take place. March 16-20, 2021 – The South by Southwest

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How woman’s pandemic piñatas became a smash hit

Click here for updates on this story     MENLO PARK, California (KGO) — Handmade pandemic piñatas are becoming a smash hit for Menlo Park resident, Elizabeth McCarthy. She’s a full-time nurse at Stanford Hospital, and is now spending any free moment constructing giant germs, modeled after COVID-19. Necessary materials include corrugated cardboard, textured crepe paper and

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Single mom found dead leaves behind 4 kids

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Metro Police identified a woman found dead Sunday morning off Pennington Bend Road near Opryland. Police said the victim was 44-year-old Pamela Paz, of Smyrna, who was strangled to death. Kendall Smith, Paz’s 18-year-old daughter, said the family is going through a lot right

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Spontaneous combustion causes apartment fire

Click here for updates on this story     HILLSBORO, Oregon (KPTV) — Firefighters say spontaneous combustion is responsible for a fire at an apartment complex in Hillsboro that started Tuesday morning. At 10:30 a.m. fire crews got a report to an automatic commercial fire alarm at 305 Southeast Edgeway Drive in the Wyndhaven Apartment complex. More

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Portlanders head to Vancouver to escape shutdowns

Click here for updates on this story     VANCOUVER, Washington (KPTV) — Washingtonians have avoided further COVID-19 restrictions, but they aren’t moving any closer to fully reopening either, as Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday announced a “two-week pause” on moving between phases. It comes as COVID-19 case counts and hospitalizations have been on the rise, but

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What is the difference between mRNA and viral vector-based vaccines?

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — After the National Advisory Committee on Immunization recently doubled down on its recommendation that mRNA vaccines are “preferred” over their viral vector-based counterparts in the fight against COVID-19, questions have been raised about the vaccines’ differences. So far, Health Canada has currently authorized

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