Monthly Archives: April, 2020

Richard Phillips survived the longest wrongful prison sentence in American history by writing poetry and painting with watercolors. But on a cold day in the prison yard, he carried a knife and thought about revenge.By Thomas Lake, CNNVideo by Matthew Gannon, …

As the novel coronavirus spread through New York City in late March, Dr. J Mocco, a Mount Sinai neurosurgeon took note of an alarming symptom in many of his patients.(SOUNDBITE) (English) MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM, SYSTEM VICE-CHAIR, PROFESSOR OF NEUROSURGERY, DOCTOR J MOCCO, SAYING:"We began to notice, as the curve and peak started to really…

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo tore into Sen. Mitch McConnell on Thursday over the Senate Republican leader's support for letting states declare bankruptcy as they grapple with the coronavirus pandemic."This is one of the really dumb ideas of all time," Cuomo, a Democrat, said during a press conference in Albany. "You will see a collapse of…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s oldest brother, Donald Reed Herring, died on Tuesday night, three weeks after testing positive for Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Warren shared the news in a short, photo-filled Twitter thread Thursday, praising her 86-year-old brother for serving in the Air Force and being “charming and funny, a natural leader.”…

President Donald Trump trails Democrat Joe Biden among registered voters in three Midwestern battleground states that he narrowly carried in 2016 and are seen as crucial to winning November’s election, according to an Ipsos public opinion poll conducted exclusively for Reuters.Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/reuterssubscribeReuters brings you the latest business, finance and breaking news video from around the…