April 24, 2020CAIRO — It was a rare moment in the 1,400-year history of Islam, and another sobering milestone in the march of the coronavirus.On Friday, the first day of Ramadan, silence shrouded the Kaaba, the black cube-shaped structure that Muslims face while praying, as the virus cast a long shadow over a sacred month…
CityWatch Published: April 20, 2020 at 7:19 p.m. ET The tests are lauded by officials as a crucial step in the process of restarting the economy A medical laboratory scientist examines plasma from donors who have recovered from COVID-19. The antibody test looks for the presence of antibodies, which are specific proteins made in response…
A nursing home resident | Getty Images New Jersey officials have begun identifying all of the state’s long-term care facilities and detailing coronavirus cases and deaths that have occurred in them after weeks of pressure from families desperate to know if the outbreak has reached their loved ones’ residence. “Repeatedly, we have reinforced their obligation…
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…