By Catherine Marfin2:13 PM on Jun 25, 2020 CDTEighteen members of a North Texas family tested positive for COVID-19 after a surprise birthday party in late May, WFAA-TV (Channel 8) reports.One of the people attended the party without knowing they had the virus, which resulted in seven relatives getting infected. Those seven then became ill…
A North Texas family is battling a health crisis they never expected to face together after 18 members were infected with the coronavirus.The family believes it all started May 30, when one relative who didn't know they were infected, interacted with several others at a surprise birthday party.Those family members spread the virus to 10…
June 16, 2020 | 2:46pm | Updated June 16, 2020 | 3:42pm At least four members of Congress, of both parties, benefited from the $670 billion stimulus fund program they voted to authorize — and there could be more, but the legislation does not allow them to be identified, according to a report Tuesday. The…
Republicans on the list include Rep. Roger Williams of Texas, a wealthy businessman who owns auto dealerships, body shops and car washes, and Rep. Vicky Hartzler of Missouri, whose family owns multiple farms and equipment suppliers across the Midwest. The Democrats count Rep. Susie Lee of Nevada, whose husband is CEO of a regional casino…
Rep. Tom Rice, R-S.C., said Monday that he, his wife and their son have the coronavirus illness, COVID-19.In a statement, Rice called the illness the "Wuhan Flu," a term that has been criticized as inaccurate and even racist."We are all on the mend and doing fine," Rice said.Several members of Congress have contracted COVID-19. Sen.…
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…