Joe Biden on Saturday offered a counterpoint to the dark and defiant Fourth of July message President Trump delivered at Mount Rushmore, striking notes of unity in a video and op-ed released on the nation’s 244th birthday.The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee noted that the Founding Fathers were flawed, pointing out that President Thomas Jefferson owned…
The Associated Press Updated 7:20 am CDT, Friday, June 26, 2020 Respiratory therapist Lisa Nguyen, left, nurse Simon Denton, center, and nurse Raymond Garcia, move a COVID-19 patient to an air mattress to prevent the formation of pressure ulcers. Respiratory therapist Lisa Nguyen, left, nurse Simon Denton, center, and nurse Raymond Garcia, move a COVID-19 patient…
EXCLUSIVE: The Republican National Committee and the Trump campaign posted their largest online fundraising day ever on Sunday, bringing in $14 million across three entities on the president's birthday — smashing their previous online fundraising record of $10 million on Oct. 19, 2016.The surge in cash comes as Republicans' war chest continues to dwarf Democrats' holdings, as…
TODAY'S L.A. NEWS Never miss a morning briefing, subscribe today to get our A.M. newsletter delivered to your inbox. As we’ve heard from many of you, the coronavirus is forcing everyone to alter their day-to-day lives in very particular ways. In today’s Mis Ángeles column, Erick Galindo examines how his 60-year-old mother went from scoffing…
CABARRUS COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- At least 18 COVID-19 cases have been linked to four small gatherings in one North Carolina County.Though most of the gatherings had less than 10 people--and therefore were within the guidelines of Gov. Roy Cooper's stay-at-home order--health officials said they were big enough to start outbreaks of the virus.CORONAVIRUS MAP:…
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…