Two new studies from Germany paint a sobering picture of the toll that Covid-19 takes on the heart, raising the specter of long-term damage after people recover, even if their illness was not severe enough to require hospitalization. One study examined the cardiac MRIs of 100 people who had recovered from Covid-19 and compared them…
Huge crowds gathered near the U.S. consulate in Chengdu, China, over the weekend as American officials packed boxes and prepared to move out ahead of Monday’s deadline to evacuate. Regional media reported that thousands of onlookers watched as U.S. officials vacated the premises with boxes and files in their hands, while buses and trucks moved…
The NYPD precinct boss who retired in protest this week blasted politicians for wanting to “vilify” cops during a raucous final walk-out celebration at his Bronx stationhouse Friday.Deputy Inspector Richard Brea rode off in a restored classic police car at about 3 p.m. after the celebration outside the 46th Precinct, which featured an NYPD helicopter fly by…
Europe|Stabbing at U.K. Park Leaves 3 DeadThe attack was in a park in southern England where a Black Lives Matter protest had been held earlier in the day. The police arrested a man on suspicion of murder and said it was not being investigated as an act of terrorism.Police officers at the scene of a…
Former and current city employees marching across Brooklyn Bridge. | Stephanie Keith/Getty Images NEW YORK — A senior official in the de Blasio administration has left the mayor's office over his handling of recent protests across the city — the first departure of a high-ranking aide since the start of the demonstrations demanding police reform.…
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…