Republicans are planning to scale back their convention in Jacksonville next month, according to a letter from Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel sent to RNC members on Thursday. The convention will still take place from Aug. 24-27, but only regular delegates, or about 2,500 people, will be allowed to attend for the first three…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. | John Bazemore/AP Photo The CDC on Thursday released previously withheld guidance documents on reopening schools, restaurants and other institutions locked down during the pandemic, one week after the White House ordered the agency to revise an earlier draft it deemed "too prescriptive." The new CDC…
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…