(CNN)House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday said the Republican Party seems to have "a disdain" for working people in a searing assessment of the stalled negotiations for a sweeping stimulus deal. …
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden harshly criticizes President Trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic in remarks Tuesday at Alexis duPont High School in Wilmington, Del. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden harshly criticizes President Trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic in remarks Tuesday at…
Sunlight appears to inactivate the coronavirus which causes COVID-19, according to a study.Scientists found imitation sunlight "rapidly inactivated" SARS-CoV-2 on stainless steel coupons in a lab. The findings were published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.Past studies have shown that SARS-CoV-2 can linger in the right conditions on non-porous indoor surfaces for days, the authors…
The first months of the novel coronavirus outbreak likely led to only a small rise in deaths beyond normal levels in Washington this spring, even as the fatalities in other states soared, according to an analysis of preliminary government data.An analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates there were about 156 more deaths, or 4%…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWATCH: 'One of two things happened' US President Donald Trump has appeared to undercut his own intelligence agencies by suggesting he has seen evidence coronavirus originated in a Chinese laboratory.Earlier the US national intelligence director's office said it was still investigating the virus' origins.But the office said…
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…