Texas pauses reopening as virus cases climb A sick family member and a surprise birthday party in Texas led to least 18 people getting infected with coronavirus, including a grandfather who is fighting for life. Now, the Barbosa family wants everyone to remember to take precautions as the state is halting reopening plans because of the…
Gorsuch?If the first shock Monday morning was that the conservative Supreme Court had delivered a landmark victory to gay and transgender workers, the second was the opinion’s author: President Trump’s first nominee for the high court, Neil M. Gorsuch.In his 38 months on the court, Gorsuch has shown himself to be one of its most…
The $3 trillion HEROES Act contains provisions to reform marijuana banking laws. For more than two months now, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has disrupted economic activity to a degree we've never previously witnessed. All told, the U.S. unemployment rate is nearing 15%, which is a level unseen since the Great Depression. With the…
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…