U.S.|Government Rescinds Plan to Strip Visas From Foreign Students in Online ClassesThe Trump administration said it would no longer require international students to attend in-person classes during the coronavirus pandemic in order to remain in the country.An empty Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on July 8.Credit...Tony Luong for The New York TimesJuly…
Frontier's decision came after Democratic lawmakers expressed concerns.May 7, 2020, 2:49 AM6 min read Frontier is rescinding plans to charge passengers extra to guarantee the middle seat next to them would be empty after the airline faced harsh criticism from lawmakers. Other major U.S. airlines announced over the last few weeks that they would block…
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…