Music|BTS Fans Say They’ve Raised $1 Million for Black Lives Matter GroupsThe fund-raising campaign led by fans of the K-pop group was energized this weekend as protests continued worldwide after the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis.Waiting for the K-Pop group BTS to perform in Central Park last year.Credit...Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesJune 8,…
More than seven million people have been infected with coronavirus across the world - and two in every three cases are in Europe and the US. At least 7,003,851 cases have been officially recorded, alongside a staggering 402,867 deaths.Europe has had the largest number of infections at 2,275,305, and has suffered 183,542 deaths. The US has recorded…
Another 2.1 million jobless claims filed More than 3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, raising to more than 42 million the number of workers who have lost jobs since the coronavirus crippled the economy. Some 2.1 million people filed for unemployment benefits in the week ending May 23, the Labor Department said Thursday. Another…
In this March 17, 2020, file photo, people wait in line for help with unemployment benefits at the One-Stop Career Center in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File) more > By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times - Thursday, May 28, 2020 More than 2.12 million Americans filed claims for unemployment benefits last week, the…
Nurses working with the WHO (World Health Organization) administer the Ebola vaccine to a local doctor at the town all of Mbandaka on May 21, 2018 during the launch of the Ebola vaccination campaign.Junior D. Kannah | AFP | Getty ImagesAt least 80 million children under a year old could be at risk of diseases…
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…