Alaska Life Harry and Carrie Dott wear masks during the 1918 Influenza pandemic in Southeast Alaska. (Credit :P593-09 Alaska State Library Harry & Carrie Dott Photo Collection) ONE TIME USE Part of a continuing weekly series on local history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage history or an idea for a…
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…