Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday slammed President Donald Trump’s threats to withhold federal funding from her state as “ridiculous,” a “distraction” and “scary.”In an interview with “CBS This Morning,” Whitmer was asked about the president’s vow to withhold funding in response to Michigan's pursuit of mass mail-in voting.She did not spare words.“You can only…
NEW YORK (AP) — Amber Dean had recovered from a mild bout of the coronavirus and her family of five had just ended their home quarantine when her oldest son, 9-year-old Bobby, fell ill.“At first it was nothing major, it seemed like a tummy bug, like he ate something that didn’t agree with him,” said…
With two White House staff members testing positive, some officials fear the disease is already spreading rapidly through the West Wing.Katie Miller, Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary, has tested positive for the coronavirus.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York TimesMay 10, 2020Updated 7:26 p.m. ETWASHINGTON — The Trump administration is racing to contain an outbreak of the…
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…