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There have been further calls for the Georgia prosecutors who first handled the case of Ahmaud Arbery to be removed from office, as a criminal investigation into their actions is launched.Georgia's Attorney General Chris Carr has requested that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) investigate how Glynn County District Attorney Jackie Johnson and Waycross District…

(CNN)Georgia lawmakers are calling for changes to the state code to include hate crimes after the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, who was killed while jogging through a neighborhood. Jasmine Arbery, Ahmaud's sister, told CNN she thought the shooting was a …

The declaration is the foundation for Whitmer’s stay-at-home measure, which will remain in effect through May 15, and other directives aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus. It has infected more than 41,000 Michigan residents and contributed to the deaths of 3,789. The virus and the steps taken to curb it, including the closure…

House lawmakers have joined growing calls from influential scientists to approve controversial 'challenge trials' of coronavirus vaccines, that involve deliberately infecting people with the deadly virus. Pressure is mounting on federal agencies to approve the process, as experts say thousands of lives could be saved by speeding up the race to get a vaccine to market.The idea has…

(Newser) – Thirty-five House members have expressed support for intentionally infecting a few hundred people with the coronavirus in an effort to develop a vaccine as quickly as possible. The young and healthy volunteers would first be given either the drug being tested or a placebo, the Hill reports. The alternative is giving subjects the…