Critics have called Attorney General William Barr too willing to do the bidding of President Trump. Justice Department attorneys say they've seen political pressure in big cases. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP Critics have called Attorney General William Barr too willing to do the bidding of President Trump. Justice Department attorneys say…
ANALYSIS/OPINION: Just in case we needed a reminder, the debate over the desirability and duration of stay-at home orders during the current coronavirus pandemic has exposed the uncomfortable relationship that exists between science and democracy. Science points in the direction of the rule of the expert while democracy is rooted in the principle of popular…
The World Health Organization's top official said Monday that partisan politics and lack of global solidarity are helping to fuel the coronavirus pandemic.He urged countries to work together as Covid-19 continues to spread throughout the world."The cracks between people and the cracks between parties is fueling it," WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. "Don't use this…
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…