The California Department of Public Health’s effort to track thousands of travelers flying into the state this year not only failed to stop the coronavirus from entering, but used up limited time and staff at a time when the illness was first beginning to spread in communities. State health employees spent nearly 1,700 hours over…
Total deaths across the state during the COVID-19 pandemic are more than 9% higher than historical averages, according to newly released federal statistics, suggesting the toll could be hundreds or even thousands of deaths more than what’s been attributed to the disease thus far.The new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show…
The tony city of Newport Beach, California, on Tuesday decided to keep its beaches open despite weekend crowds that didn't always observe social distancing and facial-covering guidelines.Tens of thousands of people hit the Orange County shore during the weekend heat wave. To some the scene in Southern California looked like a reprise of the reopening…
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…