Sen. Cory A. Booker said Thursday that Democrats need to not only convince Americans to support presumptive presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden, but to also actually participate in the election. “I think the biggest persuasion we need is to convince people to come out and vote in the first place,” the New Jersey Democrat said…
President Trump participates in an event on how to safely re-open schools during the coronavirus pandemic at the White House Tuesday. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Trump participates in an event on how to safely re-open schools during the coronavirus pandemic at the White House Tuesday. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images…
ANALYSIS/OPINION: America is in a dangerous place. COVID-19 fear driven by our leaders has overtaken our great country. From a historical perspective, Americans have always been tough-minded, rugged individualists who have had the “Give me this mountain” mentality of Caleb in the Bible. When faced with taxation by a totalitarianism-minded King George, Americans had a…
Share on PinterestNew research suggests that deforestation increases animal-to-human disease transmission.A new study published in the journal Landscape Ecology has identified some factors that bring humans and nonhuman primates into contact.The researchers point out that the continued destruction of forest habitats, for agricultural use or human habitation, would cause this contact to become more frequent,…
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…