The FBI had closed its investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn nearly three weeks before his controversial January 2017 interview with agents, but top bureau official Peter Strzok ordered it reopened, according to court documents unsealed Thursday. The documents also suggest that Mr. Strzok edited the interview notes of his and another agent’s…
President Donald Trump speaks at the daily coronavirus briefing at the White House. | Alex Brandon/AP Photo President Donald Trump’s political fate now hinges on a simple premise: Everybody who needs a coronavirus test must be able to get a test. More than five weeks into a devastating shutdown of the U.S. economy, Trump’s aides…
“The data shows we’re still very much in the grips of a pandemic here in Massachusetts," he said. "Right now, the Commonwealth is still in the surge.”He said remote learning would continue in all districts.He emphasized that Tuesday’s announcement “does not mean it’s time to start summer vacation early.”Baker also said state officials are making…
Colleges across the United States have kicked residential students out of their dorms in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. But for 19-year-old John, who is transgender and gay, losing student housing has left him with a difficult choice: Go back into the closet or be forced to live on the streets.…
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…