The Internal Revenue Service began distributing $290 billion in direct cash payments to tens of millions of Americans on April 15, as part of the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or Cares Act.American adults who earned less than $75,000 are supposed to receive a $1,200 payment, and a married couple filing…
Devon Link, USA TODAY Published 4:02 p.m. ET April 15, 2020 | Updated 4:23 p.m. ET April 15, 2020CLOSE University of Massachusetts Lowell professor Michael Ellenbecker demonstrates how to properly wear and remove face masks, saying proper devices and wearing them properly are key to ensuring safety during the coronavirus crisis (April 14). AP DomesticThe…
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…