SALEM, Ore. — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown now says more than 80,000 people have had to evacuate because of wildfires burning across the state. Brown said on Twitter that the evacuations were ongoing…
Puerto Rico on Sunday was forced to partially suspend voting for primaries marred by a lack of ballots as officials called on the president of the U.S. territory’s elections commission to resign.The primaries for voting centers that had not received ballots by early afternoon are expected to be rescheduled, while voting would continue elsewhere, the…
Couple forced to wear ankle monitors to self-isolate after Kentucky woman tests positive for COVID-19 Hide Transcript Show Transcript on Saturday, Elizabeth Lynne Scott of Heart and County got tested for Cove in 19 because she was planning to go visit her parents in Michigan. My grand parents wanted to see me, too. So just…
state mandate requiring nursing homes to accept those recovering from COVID-19, even if they still might be contagious.At the time, the Long Island nursing home had only one known resident who had contracted the virus, according to the facility’s president and CEO, Stuart Almer.A month later, Gurwin is battling an outbreak that’s killed 24 residents…
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…