Jeffrey Schweers, Tallahassee Democrat Published 10:58 a.m. ET April 17, 2020 | Updated 5:04 p.m. ET April 17, 2020CLOSE The U.S. coronavirus death toll is now the highest in the world. The toll surged past 30,000 on Wednesday, doubling after just a week. WochitOne of 11 hospitalized residents of the coronavirus-besieged Tallahassee Developmental Center has…
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…