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Dec 10 2025
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People who are not vaccinated are almost always infected after they’re exposed to the virus; measles is the most contagious known virus in the world and can hang in the air for hours.
MMR vaccines, given in two doses around a child’s first and fifth birthdays, provide 97% protection against the virus.
South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
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- Alcoa Hwy construction to extend to 2030 (3 replies)
- Happy 250th, pfft (2 replies)
- Smith & Wesson noise problem (3 replies)
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- It's time for new blood in Congress, Barnett in - Burchett out (1 reply)
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- Alcoa property taxes will probably not go up (BlountViews)
- Smith & Wesson not a good fit for Blount County (BlountViews)
- Pellissippi Parkway extension delayed again (BlountViews)
- Blount County early voting record turnout (BlountViews)
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- July 4, 2024 - aka The Twilight Zone (Joe Powell)
TN Politics
- America’s 250th birthday celebrated, despite extreme heat, canceled events (TN Lookout)
- Medicaid again to cover non-abortion care at Planned Parenthood as GOP ban ends (TN Lookout)
- Stockard on the Stump: Tennessee Republicans keep pushing for execution transparency (TN Lookout)
- Democrats, Republicans alike focus on states’ rights as a way out of America’s political woes (TN Lookout)
- Whose America is it? (TN Lookout)
- Tennessee’s emergency management agency becomes standalone state department (TN Lookout)
Knox TN Today
- Anniversary of Pat Summitt’s death becomes what she always wanted (Knox TN Today)
- Townsend concert + FLC boost for Maryville parks ++ (Knox TN Today)
- Dishing It Out: 4th of July Coconut Poke Cake (Knox TN Today)
- Zoo Knoxville celebrates birth of two Red Panda cubs (Knox TN Today)
- Prepare now: Keep your pets safe this Fourth of July (Knox TN Today)
- Dining Duo finds The Magic Wok (Knox TN Today)
- Paralyzed Veterans of America and Food City team up with NASCAR legends (Knox TN Today)
- 7/3 HEADLINES: News and events from Knox, World, USA, Tennessee & Historic Notes (Knox TN Today)
- Close to Home, Far from Ordinary: Revolutionary roots in Jonesborough and beyond (Knox TN Today)
- Hiking with Harrington: Curry Mountain Trail (Knox TN Today)
- New climate resource online (Knox TN Today)
- What the Fourth of July asks us to remember (Knox TN Today)
Local TV News
- Haunted house in Powell to close, looking to relocate (WATE)
- Knoxville Weather: Storm chances continue on Monday (WATE)
- Former Halls' decathlon star to compete for Team USA (WATE)
- 'Go Team USA' World Cup fans ready for Monday night watch party in Knoxville (WATE)
- Knoxville City Council to consider one-year data center moratorium (WATE)
- THP: Two dead after crash near Newport Highway in Greene County (WATE)
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State News
- Mona Petro wants smart growth in North Hamilton County - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Gene-o Shipley wants to keep advocating for northern Hamilton County - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Remember When, Chattanooga? Drought, war turned out the lights downtown in 1941 - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Letters to the editors: America at 250 needs work; clean energy still viable and more - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
Wire Reports
- Milions brace for flooding after heat and severe storms damper July 4th celebrations - CBS News (Business)
- National Mall fireworks reward those who had to sweat out a long wait - The Washington Post (US News)
- Super typhoon Bavi nears Pacific islands with huge wind gusts - BBC (US News)
- Trump touts America’s ‘golden age’ and his political agenda in a July Fourth speech roiled by severe weather - NBC News (US News)
- Mallory McMorrow ends her U.S. Senate campaign - The Detroit News (US News)
- The Supertanker Tycoon Making Millions on Hormuz Shuttle Runs - Bloomberg.com (Business)
- At least 25 people die in US as record heatwave scorches swaths of country - The Guardian (US News)
- 'Definitely felt a big bang': Delta plane hit by firework while landing in Chicago - BBC (Business)
- EasyJet Agrees to Castlelake’s Latest Bid Topping £5 Billion - Bloomberg.com (Business)
- Trump shares news of 'crystal clear' Reflecting Pool, calls for vandalism suspect's arrest - Fox News (US News)
- Their Seaplane Trip From the Hamptons Ends With a Scary 15 Seconds - The New York Times (US News)
- Oil prices hover near pre-conflict levels as OPEC+ boosts output again - Fox Business (Business)
- Despite stormy weather, America marks 250 years of independence, in photos - AP News (US News)
- Mark Zuckerberg takes business calls on a jet ski wearing his $800 Meta glasses - Fortune (Business)
- Union reports assaults as PECO strike nears 2nd day; company calls allegations ‘false' - NBC10 Philadelphia (Business)
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