The first study to analyze the structure of the novel coronavirus from two waves of infection in a major city found that a more contagious strain dominates recent samples, researchers from Houston Methodist Hospital said on Wednesday. They examined more than 5,000 genomes from viruses recovered in the earliest phase of the pandemic in Houston, an ethnically diverse city of 7 million, and from an ongoing more recent wave of infections.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Yahoo News

Most people don't start a full-time career in their 60s. Lyle See isn't most people. At 80 years old, he’s been an EMT for decades alongside a career in human resources and working as a firefighter. His first run was in 1962, shortly after he graduated from Olivet College, responding to the call of a woman with a heart issue.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lansing State Journal

Protesters set fires outside the East Precinct on Capitol Hill Thursday night, then started launching fireworks at the building until police moved in to clear the streets. The demonstration had been peaceful through much of the evening. A crowd of about 150 people or more marched out of Cal Anderson Park and wove through the surrounding neighborhoods, calling on residents to leave their homes and join them in the streets.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

A fire burned down an abandoned house and spread to a nearby home and other properties causing people to leave the area, according to Zillah Fire District 5. On Thursday, at about 6:30 a.m. fire units arrived at the 500 block of A St. in White Swan. Fire crews say the fire burned a small abandoned house to the ground leaving just the chimney and remnants behind.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS/CW+ 29 Yakima

A man involved in a timber poaching effort in Olympic National Forest that started a big wildfire has been sentenced to more than two years in prison. Shawn Williams, 49, pleaded guilty to theft of public property and setting timber afire charges in U.S. District Court in December 2019, The Kitsap Sun reported.
- PUB DATE: 9/24/2020 12:57:24 PM - SOURCE: Everett Herald