U.S. Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams on Friday said the timeline for a COVID-19 vaccine is based on science, not politics. “We’ve always said that we are hopeful for a vaccine by the end of this year or beginning of next year,” Dr. Adams said, bucking criticism of a potential November target date for a…
U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testifies before a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on slowdowns at the Postal Service ahead of the November elections on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., August 24, 2020 Tom Williams/Pool via REUTERS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy struggled to answer basic questions about the cost of postage for basic items…
11:09 AM DeJoy confirms that post-election he plans price hikes that will affect cost of mailing ballots After a brief struggle with technical issues that resulted in some profanity over a hot mic, Senator Tom Carper, a Democrat from Delaware, questioned DeJoy about a Washington Post report published Thursday that said he planned major…
Of the more than 1,000 arrests, roughly 217 are facing federal charges. August 19, 2020, 5:27 PM6 min read Attorney General William Barr announced Wednesday that there have been nearly 1,500 arrests across eight U.S. cities thus far under the "Operation Legend" law enforcement initiative launched roughly six weeks ago and highlighted by President Donald…
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…