The state has seen a rise in cases of the coronavirus, in part, experts say, because it is testing more than many states.Rhode Island’s first walk-up coronavirus testing site opened last week, in Providence.Credit...David Goldman/Associated PressApril 28, 2020Updated 12:13 p.m. ETRhode Island gives the appearance of a state where the coronavirus is a fire raging,…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.The coronavirus has killed a 100-year-old Long Island man who went through life remembering the twin brother he lost to the 1918-19 Spanish Flu pandemic when they were weeks-old infants.Philip Khan lived to become a decorated World War II veteran…
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…