WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump announced Thursday he is canceling the Jacksonville portion of the Republican National Convention that had been planned next month because of the coronavirus pandemic, a major setback in his effort to energize his struggling bid for reelection. "The timing for this event is not right," Trump told reporters at the White House…
July 10, 2020 | 1:27pm | Updated July 10, 2020 | 2:24pm WASHINGTON — President Trump has been forced to cancel an outdoor rally scheduled for New Hampshire this Saturday, his campaign blaming “safety reasons” from Tropical Storm Fay. In a statement, Trump 2020 communications director Tim Murtaugh said the rally would be rescheduled. “The…
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has canceled all large events and gatherings through September to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus — except Black Lives Matter protests. Mr. de Blasio put the kibosh Thursday on all street fairs, outdoor concerts, parades and other mass get-togethers until at least Sept. 30, saying “it’s…
July 6, 2020 | 1:06pm | Updated July 6, 2020 | 2:21pm Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday said no decision has been made about whether schools will be back in session but said the state had hit a pandemic low in new hospitalizations as New York continues reopening businesses and easing restrictions. “What does that…
CLOSE Take a brief tour of Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. BEDMINSTER, N.J. – President Donald Trump has canceled a weekend trip to his private golf club in New Jersey, where the state has implemented a mandatory 14-day quarantine for visitors who've come from states with a high number of coronavirus cases.Trump…
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…