The Trump administration sought Friday to alleviate fears about the availability of mass testing for the coronavirus, with Vice President Mike Pence telling reporters that states "have enough tests to implement the criteria of phase one" of the White House plan to reopen the economy "if they choose to do so."A slide in the White…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Several states have started to outline how they will reopen after a month of lockdown measures designed to combat the coronavirus pandemic.While some states have yet to see their peak, others have managed to flatten the curve, with Gov. Andrew Cuomo saying…
The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that around 19 or 20 states might be ready to reopen their economies by May 1, weeks after dozens of governors implemented statewide stay-at-home orders to reduce the spread of the CCP virus. “There are a number of counties within this country…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a six-point plan this week all of whose conditions must be met before any modifications are made to the state's stay-home order. Newsom and the leaders of Oregon and Washington announced a regional pact this week to coordinate any loosening of social distancing restrictions. Connecticut Last week, Gov. Ned Lamont…
New York and other East Coast states are extending their shutdown of nonessential businesses to May 15 as officials grapple with how to reopen parts of the economy without leading to a resurgence in coronavirus cases, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday.Cuomo announced the move at his daily briefing in Albany and via Twitter,…
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…