More than 200 scientists from over 30 countries are urging the World Health Organization to take more seriously the possibility of the airborne spread of the novel coronavirus as case numbers rise around the world and surge in the United States.In a forthcoming paper titled “It is Time to Address Airborne Transmission of Covid-19,” 239 signatories…
President Donald Trump on Saturday criticized American progressives, protesters and the media as he celebrated the Fourth of July with a "Salute to America" on the White House South Lawn.He continued the attack he started Friday night at the foot of Mount Rushmore, portraying those protesting the death of George Floyd and toppling monuments as…
Cadets participate in the Class of 2019 Graduation Parade, May 24, 2019, at West Point, N.Y., a day prior to Graduation.Matthew Moeller | US Army photoWEST POINT, N.Y. — Less pomp, more circumstance.Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the United States Military Academy at West Point on Saturday will graduate more than 1,000 cadets in an in-person ceremony, albeit one…
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…