Stay-at-home orders and social distancing measures in Tarrant County have helped in slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus. The next few weeks will be "critical" in determining if relaxed restrictions will cause a surge in cases, according to the latest University of North Texas Health Science Center report. "The data I really want to…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Despite driving rain and a heavy police presence, hundreds of protestors once again descended on the steps of the Michigan Capitol Thursday morning to protest Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-at-home orders during the coronavirus pandemic.The protest, which is one of many…
TOPLINE The stay-at-home orders, initially issued in March and still in place in Los Angeles, are fully expected to be extended for the next three months, according to the county’s public health director, Barbara Ferrer. People visit Santa Monica Beach in Santa Monica, California on May 11, 2020, despite a sign ... [+] mentioning beach…
As coronavirus pandemic restrictions on retailers and public spaces loosen up, L.A. County’s top medical official said today that stay-at-home orders could still remain in place well into the summer. “I do think recovery will be months-long, based on the tools we have at hand today,” declared the region’s Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer…
For Gov. Brian Kemp, the cost of fighting the coronavirus pandemic became too steep to pay. So on Thursday, hoping to revitalize a reeling economy, Kemp lifted a shelter-at-home mandate for most Georgians, ending the state’s most ambitious attempt to slow the virus’ spread. However, Kemp ordered elderly and medically fragile residents to stay home until…
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…