[Link] Doctor Charged With False Report to Summon Helicopter on Denali

Read: 15/11/2021 www.nytimes.com

Federal prosecutors said the climber called rescuers to say that two other people on the mountain, the tallest in North America, were having a medical emergency. But it was a ruse. They said in a complaint that the doctor, Dr.

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[Link] Bubonic plague in chipmunks forces closure of top Lake Tahoe sites

Read: 4/8/2021 www.theguardian.com

Surrounded by fires, parched by drought, and shut down by the pandemic – residents of California’s scenic South Lake Tahoe thought they’d endured everything.

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