Republican plan $1.1 trillion Already passed $3.2 trillion Democratic plan $3.4 trillion Small-business aid $158 billion $1,010 billion $0 billion Other measures 81 627 302 203 346 36 Business tax breaks Stimulus checks 300 293 436 111 277 382 Health care 110 274 437 Unemployment benefits State and local aid 105 256 1,118 Safety net…
The closer humans are to animals, the greater the opportunity for zoonotic spillover, where a pathogen jumps from animal to human. Zoë van Dijk for NPR hide caption toggle caption Zoë van Dijk for NPR The closer humans are to animals, the greater the opportunity for zoonotic spillover, where a pathogen jumps from animal to…
The gunman in December’s shooting, a Saudi cadet who had trained with the U.S. military, had been in contact with the terrorist group, officials said.Three sailors were killed in the mass shooting in December at a naval air station in Pensacola, Fla.Credit...Kyle Grantham for The New York TimesMay 18, 2020Updated 9:53 a.m. ETWASHINGTON — Federal…
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…