The United States remains in the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, since cases never declined significantly to a good baseline, says Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious disease expe…
DHEC releases latest coronavirus data for Sept. 13 The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced 515 new confirmed cases and seven new probable cases of the novel coronavirus Sunday.They also announced 24 additional confirmed deaths and no new probable deaths.This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 129,484, probable cases…
Firefighters monitor a controlled burn along Nacimiento-Fergusson Road to help contain the Dolan Fire near Big Sur, Calif., on Friday. Nic Coury/AP hide caption toggle caption Nic Coury/AP Firefighters monitor a controlled burn along Nacimiento-Fergusson Road to help contain the Dolan Fire near Big Sur, Calif., on Friday. Nic Coury/AP Fire crews battling blazes across…
Amid rapidly spreading fires across California and other western parts of the United States, several medical professionals are warning unhealthy air quality from wildfire smoke can make people more s…
Hurricane Laura's heavy winds in Lake Charles, Louisiana (KPRC)HOUSTON – Hurricane Laura remains an incredibly destructive storm as it nears the Gulf Coast near Southwest Louisiana.At 10 p.m. Wednesday, Laura had sustained winds of 150 mph, making it a strong Category 4 storm.From Louisiana to Galveston, our KPRC 2 team is bringing the latest updates…
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…