New York Andrew Cuomo on Sunday said the rate of coronavirus hospitalizations and deaths continue to decline, signaling his state is “past the apex” of the brutal outbreak. But it’s only “halftime” in the fight, he warned, as the state figures out how to stamp out the virus and return to normal life without squandering…
Cuomo: States need federal help on coronavirus New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Saturday that the state's coronavirus infection rate has decreased, but that it could increase again if the state's economy reopened too fast. "Everybody wants to reopen," Cuomo said. "The tension on reopening is: How fast can you reopen and what can you reopen without…
April 17, 2020 | 3:22pm | Updated April 17, 2020 | 5:01pm Gov. Andrew Cuomo again said Friday he would like to reopen New York’s shuttered economy, but reiterated once more that testing must dramatically expand before the Empire State can safely get back to work. “You only have a very slim margin to operate…
| April 16, 2020 01:17 PM Gov. Andrew Cuomo extended New York’s social distancing order until May 15 and expressed uncertainty about what actions the state will take next. Speaking at a news conference on Thursday, the governor said that New York has been able to control the "beast" coronavirus thanks to restrictions on nonessential…
The federal government has issued constantly evolving criteria for Americans to return to work safely during the coronavirus crisis, while various governors this week began adding their own layers of rules for reopening states for business — a process increasingly leading to partisan disputes in state capitals. The guidance has ranged from the Centers for…
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…