(CNN)They are among the greatest victims of coronavirus, yet elderly people continue to be dismissed, despite growing evidence of the devastating effects the pandemic has had on them. Earlier this w…
In southern California’s Imperial county, the chuff-chuff of spinning helicopter blades has become a familiar noise. It’s the sound of coronavirus patients being airlifted out – 15 to 17 a day, on average. This remote region along the US-Mexico border is under siege from Covid-19, and hospitals are stretched to the brink. Imperial county, population…
A aerial view of floodwaters flowing from the Tittabawassee River into the lower part of downtown Midland, Michigan, on May 20. Thousands of residents were ordered to evacuate after two dams collapsed, causing flooding. Gregory Shamus/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Two crises collided this spring in Michigan. The state was already…
After largely staying out of the fray since leaving the White House, former President Barack Obama pointedly criticized the Trump administration on a range of issues while also sounding the alarm about the spread of misinformation ahead of the presidential election as he rallied former members of his administration to join him in doing all…
We could distract ourselves today with the bitter feud between Donald Trump and George Conway, or the weird Twitter spat between Steve Mnuchin and Axl Rose.But with the number of new jobless claims now surpassing 33 million, the state of the shuttered economy seems far more important.Pundits and politicians bat the ball back and forth…
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…