WASHINGTON — In one of the most revealing 24 hours of the general election and the sprint to Election Day, one presidential nominee condemned violence and destruction from all sides of the political spectrum. “Violence will not bring change, only destruction. It's wrong in every way. It divides instead of unites,” Joe Biden said Monday…
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States gave China 72 hours to close its consulate in Houston amid accusations of spying, marking a dramatic deterioration in relations between the world’s two biggest economies. The U.S. State Department said on Wednesday the Chinese mission in Houston was being closed “to protect American intellectual property and Americans’ private…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- If the crowd at Houston's Mexican Consulate any indication, the demand for COVID-19 tests is high.This free testing is a partnership between the Mexican Consulate and United Memorial Medical Center. It's the second time free tests have been offered.A man that stood in line said he spent five days in the…
Her baby was coming, and her complications were growing more dangerous. But nowhere would take her — an increasingly common story as India’s health care system buckles under pressure.Patients waiting to get examined for fever and other symptoms at a government-run homeopathic hospital in New Delhi in March.Credit...Manish Swarup/Associated PressJune 21, 2020Updated 6:22 p.m. ETNEW…
CLOSE How does coronavirus enter the body, and why does it become fatal for some compared to just a cough or fever for others? USA TODAYAbby Adair Reinhard pressed her iPhone tighter to her ear, straining to hear the soft rhythm of her father's breath.In. Out. In. Out.Five miles away, in a hospital bed in…
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…