And House Democrats on Sunday announced plans for an emergency hearing on mail delays later this month.“He is undermining the safest voting method during a pandemic and forcing people to cast a ballot in person,” said Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D). “It is reprehensible.”The race to action comes amid escalating worries that even…
August 16, 2020 | 1:21pm | Updated August 16, 2020 | 1:37pm An Oklahoma State University sorority house is under quarantine after nearly two dozen members contracted coronavirus, school officials said. There have been 23 cases detected at the Pi Beta Phi chapter, an off-campus sorority house, according to the university on Saturday. “Due to…
A Wisconsin state agency is reportedly mandating that its employees wear face masks during video conferences, even if they are home alone.In a July 31 email, the Department of Natural Resources Secretary Preston Cole reminded employees that the governor's mask order, which requires anyone over the age of 4 to wear a face-covering while indoors, was…
WE’RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS, THE STATE REPORTING ITS FIRST CASE OF TRIPLE E IN A HUMAN THIS SEASON. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS A MALE UNDER 18 FROM PLYMOUTH COUNTY HAS TESTED POSITIVE. THE TOWN MANAGER IN MIDDLEBOROUGH WHICH IS IN PLYMOUTH COUNTY DID REPORT A CASE OF TRIPLE E TODAY. WE ARE WORKING TO…
Politics|John Lewis Is the First Black Lawmaker to Lie in State in the Capitol RotundaThe pandemic has dictated an unusual public mourning process for the civil rights icon. He will lie in state briefly under the Capitol dome and then move outside so the public can pay respects safely.VideoThe civil rights icon Representative John Lewis…
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…