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Jae C. Hong / AP Updated at 9:12 p.m. ET Confirmed coronavirus infections and virus-related deaths are soaring in California, the nation's most populous state, setting new records as hospitals struggle to keep up with the onslaught of cases. It has prompted the state to activate its "mass fatality" program, which coordinates mutual aid across several governmental agencies. On Thursday, California reported 52,281 new daily confirmed coronavirus cases and 379 new virus-related deaths, according to state data. This brings the state's total number of cases to more than 1.7 million, with 21,...

Eric Westervelt Eric Westervelt is a San Francisco-based correspondent for NPR's National Desk. He has reported on major events for the network from wars and revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa to historic wildfires and terrorist attacks in the U.S. For a decade as a foreign correspondent, Westervelt served as NPR reporter and bureau chief in Baghdad, Jerusalem, and Berlin. He's covered the Pentagon, the war in Afghanistan, and the U.S. invasion and troubled occupation of Iraq, including the insurgency, sectarian violence, and the resulting social and political tumult. He has repo...

Doug McKnight Welcome to KAZU's weekly news roundup for 12/11/20. Here you'll find the top local stories of the week and a few select national stories from NPR. That’s it. We’ve decided to put 2020 in one of the 10,000 empty Amazon boxes along with a zillion Zoom invites and a dozen bad DIY haircuts. Then, put them all out for trash day. We are not waiting for the New Year. 2020 we are done with you! This year limps to a close similar to the way it began in March with stay-at-home orders, an economy in bad shape and a desperate longing for normal. But at least now we have a vaccine on t...