A record number of new confirmed coronavirus cases were recorded across the globe on Saturday, with more than 250,000 cases reported, the World Health Organization said.It was the first time the number of new single-day infections topped a quarter-million, the health agency added, with 259,848 cases recorded.The United States, Brazil, South Africa and India, which…
Nearly 71,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, a new record that predates the Covid-19 crisis, which the White House and many experts believe will drive such deaths even higher. Prelimina…
SIGN UP FOR BREAKING NEWS Get local stories sent straight to your inbox as news breaks. Privacy Notice NEW RECORD: Oklahoma reports more than 1,000 new coronavirus cases, four additional deaths Hide Transcript Show Transcript LET’S GO THERE LIVE. GOV. STITT: AT BEDTIME -- AT THAT TIME, WE DID NOT HAVE A TESTING CAPACITY OR…
Florida shatters national record for new cases Florida shatters national record for new case... 02:17 The state of Florida reported 15,299 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours on Sunday, setting a new record for the largest number of new reported cases in a state in a single day since the beginning of the…
AP Images Florida’s test positivity rate is a whopping 19.60%, Johns Hopkins said. Florida Rep. Donna Shalala said the virus is “out of control,” and said it’s likely a second economic shutdown looms. “It’s out of control across the state because our governor won’t even tell everybody to wear masks. At least in Miami-Dade county,…
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…