Bronx 'city within a city' shaken by sickness, fearBy BRIAN MAHONEYMay 20, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Tarhia Morton and her family were planning to party this year.She is retired after 40 years with the U.S. Postal Service. Her sister is turning 70. A birthday bash in Las Vegas was booked for August.That was before…
Infectious disease expert Dr. Peter Hotez says people are "relaxing social distancing to a much greater extent than we thought" and warns of a second COVID-19 wave. HOUSTON — As Texas wraps up its first full weekend of partial reopening, Houston mayor Sylvester Turner is urging caution. "Don't act as if this virus is gone,"…
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…