Europe|Fighting Flares Between Azerbaijan and ArmeniaThe governments of both countries reported action with tanks, military helicopters and artillery in a rapid escalation of a long-simmering conflict.A military convoy the disputed mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in 2017. Fighting between Azerbaijanis and Armenians flared in the region on Sunday.Credit...Celestino Arce/NurPhoto, via Getty ImagesSept. 27, 2020Updated 9:52 a.m. ETMOSCOW —…
A Florida father is fighting for his life after contracting coronavirus from his son, who tested positive after ignoring his parents' advice to stay home and not gather with friends. John Place, from Plantation, is currently in the intensive care unit at Westside Regional Medical Center where he was put on a ventilator for more than…
As daily rates of new coronavirus infections surpass 60,000 across the United States, repeatedly shattering single-day records, the Trump administration’s narrative about the virus has shifted. What began as overconfidence intended to downplay epidemiologic data has now turned into fatalism, best captured in the recent Washington Post report that White House officials hope “Americans will…
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…