Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.A defiant pastor, who flouted a prohibition on large gatherings by holding services that drew hundreds of followers in Louisiana, was arrested for nearly hitting a protester with a church bus over the weekend, video shows.Tony Spell, the pastor of Life Tabernacle Church in Baton…
Pastor Tony Spell talks to the media as he drives a bus of congregants from Life Tabernacle Church after Easter church services on April 12, in Central, Louisiana. Spell has been holding in-person services despite Governor John Bel Edwards' ban on gatherings of 50 or more people. Chris Graythen/Getty Louisiana Pastor Tony Spell was arrested…
A megachurch pastor in Louisiana who has defied stay-at-home orders intended to prevent the spread of the coronavirus by holding large worship services is facing criminal charges for driving a church bus backward toward a protester outside the church, authorities said Monday.Pastor Tony Spell has drawn nationwide attention for continuing to hold services attended by…
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…