New York|These N.Y.C. Neighborhoods Have the Highest Rates of Virus DeathsRace and income are the key factors that decide who dies from Covid-19 and who survives, city data shows.The ZIP code that includes Spring Creek Towers, a subsidized housing development in Brooklyn better known as Starrett City, had the highest death rate from the coronavirus…
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…