Maine CDC reports 44 new cases of coronavirus, no new deaths The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported 44 new cases and no new deaths on Sunday.The additional 44 cases brings the total since the outbreak began to 5,079.No new deaths since Saturday, when the CDC reported a man in his 80’s from…
Washington (CNN)Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Sunday that she opposes taking up a Supreme Court nomination prior to Election Day, becoming the second GOP senator this weekend to voice oppositio…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) arrives at a weekly Senate Republican Policy Luncheon at Hart Senate Office Building August 4, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.Alex Wong | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesAlaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski said on Sunday that she will not support President Donald Trump's nomination of a replacement to fill…
Moderate Republican Govs. Phil Scott of Vermont and Charlie Baker of Massachusetts separately pushed for the Trump administration to hold off on filling Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat until after Election Day.GINSBURG VACANCY PUTS PRESSURE ON TRUMP-CRITIC REPUBLICANS IN SENATE"The passing of Justice Ginsburg is not only a loss for the court but for…
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…