Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.The coronavirus pandemic has impacted the entire globe, resulting in at least 3 million infections and more than 228,000 deaths. However, young children have been impacted less than adults and a new study indicates children largely do not pass the…
Most districts have no plans to end online lessons soon, and reopening will bring significant changes, educators say.An empty playground at Kent Middle School in Kentfield, Calif. Only a few states are considering the possibility of reopening schools before the summer break.Credit...Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesSACRAMENTO — With students languishing, the economy stagnating and working parents straining…
Resident wear masks to buy vegetables in the market on January 23th, 2020 in Wuhan, China.Getty ImagesEvidence suggests the coronavirus originated in bats in China in late 2019 and was not manipulated or made in a laboratory, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday.The comment from the United Nation's health agency comes after President Donald…
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A voter in line in Milwaukee during this month's Wisconsin election. Voting took place after multiple lawsuits to change absentee ballot deadlines, a possible preview of legal battles to come in 2020. Morry Gash/AP hide caption toggle caption Morry Gash/AP A voter in line in Milwaukee during this month's Wisconsin election. Voting took place after…
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…