Democrats and activists who have long sought to update the Voting Rights Act say the proper way to honor the fallen civil rights icon is to pass it and name it in his honor. Republicans are opposed.Representative John Lewis and other House Democrats arriving at a news conference about voting rights outside the Capitol last…
CLOSE US top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, says a growing coronavirus surge means "the time has come to take a look at what's going on and see if we can intensify the things we do to prevent the resurgences that we're seeing." (July 17) AP DomesticWASHINGTON – Congressional Republicans may offer another round of…
CLOSEBILLINGS, Mont. – It was meant to be a last line of defense to protect the most vulnerable as the coronavirus spread across the USA: State officials offered free testing in May for staff and residents at assisted-living and long-term care facilities.Canyon Creek Memory Care was among 45 of 289 facilities that initially declined Montana's call…
U.S.|Man, 30, Dies After Attending a ‘Covid Party,’ Texas Hospital Says“I thought this was a hoax,” the man told his nurse, a hospital official said.The patient who died had attended a gathering with an infected person to test whether the coronavirus was real, the chief medical officer at Methodist Hospital said.Credit...Christopher Lee for The New…
Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., left, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., maintain social distancing as they attend a press conference after meeting with Senate Republicans at their weekly luncheon on Capitol Hill in May. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption toggle caption Patrick Semansky/AP Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., left, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell…
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…