Desert Sun staff Published 12:22 p.m. PT May 9, 2020 | Updated 8:53 p.m. PT May 9, 2020CLOSEAutoplayShow ThumbnailsShow CaptionsLast SlideNext SlideNew California data released Saturday show how the majority of cases and deaths, as well as current hospitalizations, are concentrated in Southern California.California on Saturday said it has 2,678 fatalities from coronavirus, up 93 from…
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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…