President Trump plans this week to reverse an Obama-era regulation designed to encourage more low-income units in the country’s mostly White suburbs, putting him squarely at odds with Democratic rival Joseph R. Biden over affordable housing. The president is taking aim at the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule, a 2015 regulation requiring communities that accept…
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mr Biden has a healthy lead in the polls, with just four months to go till the election US Democratic challenger Joe Biden has said he will reverse President Donald Trump's move to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO) "on day one" if he wins November's election.Mr Trump formally…
Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered bars to be closed by noon on June 26 and for restaurants to be reduced to 50% occupancy.Sergio Flores | AFP | Getty ImagesGovernors in Washington, California, Florida and Texas are walking back some of their reopening plans as coronavirus cases rise in more than 30 states across the U.S.,…
Why an apple a day could keep multiple sclerosis away: Compound that gives the fruit's skin its sheen could help reverse devastating damage caused by the diseaseChemical found in apple peel could transform multiple sclerosis treatment Compound could be turned into the first drug that reverses disease's damage Testing on mice, paralysed animals given ursolic acid were…
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…