But scientists say the drivers of global warming could quickly bounce back as social distancing ends and economies rebound. Chris MooneyReporter covering climate change, energy and the environment. Brady DennisReporter focusing on environmental policy and public health issues John MuyskensGraphics editor specializing in data analysis and visualization May 19 at 11:00 AM Estimated daily carbon…
Viral videos from Missouri show Marcia Gray, 68, and son Derek, who are black, being thrown to the ground, causing severe injuries In this 23 March 2020 video grab, Marvia Gray, left and her son Derek Gray are arrested at a Sam’s Club store in Des Peres, Missouri. Photograph: AP A 68-year-old Missouri woman has…
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Annie Glenn, the widow of astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn and a communication disorders advocate, died Tuesday at age 100.Glenn died of COVID-19 complications at a nursing home near St. Paul, Minnesota, said Hank Wilson, a spokesman for the Glenn College of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University.At the time…
Ahmaud Arbery, the Georgia jogger who was gunned down by a father and son with ties to local law enforcement, was the target of a police officer in 2017 who tried to tase him in a park after accusing him of smoking marijuana, a newly released video shows.Footage from the November 2017 incident, obtained by the Guardian, shows…
William Cummings, USA TODAY Published 8:13 a.m. ET May 19, 2020 | Updated 8:57 a.m. ET May 19, 2020CLOSE President Donald Trump said Monday he is taking the anti-malaria drug despite warnings about its effectiveness. USA TODAYHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi said it was "not a good idea" for President Donald Trump to be taking a…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…