April 17, 2020 | 12:52pm | Updated April 17, 2020 | 1:18pm A billboard in Times Square thanks health workers on Thursday. ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Image A closed Saint Laurent store in Soho REUTERS/Bryan R Smith A worker prepares an order at Cassiana's Pizza in Manhattan. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images People wear face masks…
Six mourners all die from coronavirus in South Carolina after attending a funeral with a 'super-spreader who didn't realize they were infected'The funeral was held in Kershaw County in the first week of March - before mass gatherings were restrictedThe coroner believes the victims came into contact with a coronavirus 'super-spreader' at the funeral who…
Part of the coronavirus conversation in the US is turning to the question of when to start reopening the country. President Donald Trump certainly wants to do it as soon as possible, based on the theory that the public is demanding to be let back out into restaurants and retail stores so they can resume…
Girl wearing mask and gloves in grocery storePhynart StudioNew data shows the government's coronavirus stimulus checks are providing much-needed relief to Americans struggling with day-to-day living costs.Data compiled by digital bank Current found members who received stimulus payments over the past five days spent 16% of the money on food, including takeout and delivery. An…
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…