Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY Published 2:38 p.m. ET July 2, 2020 | Updated 2:48 p.m. ET July 2, 2020CLOSE Top health officials faced tough questions on Capitol Hill about a vaccine for the coronavirus and the need for transparency in the process. (June 30) AP DomesticSenators on Thursday grilled federal health officials on the logistics, cost…
An Ohio lawmaker was fired from his job as an emergency room doctor Thursday after he sparked a backlash by asking whether the "colored population" is more susceptible to the coronavirus because they "do not wash their hands as well as other groups."State Sen. Steve Huffman, a Republican from the town of Tipp City, asked…
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…