At some point, this will happen again. There will be another new virus and another pandemic. And while every pandemic is different, there are some universal, concrete things we can do to try to weather that storm better than we've weathered this one.The big picture: Here are nine things the U.S. should do in the…
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Republican lawmakers are set to reveal their stimulus package this week. Here's a sneak peek at what it might entail. For the past week, lawmakers have gathered to discuss a matter of extreme importance in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent recession it's spurred: a second relief package. In March, the CARES Act…
HOUSTON — Elaine Roberts, a longtime bagger at a supermarket, tried to be so careful. She put on gloves and stopped riding the bus to work, instead relying on her father to drive her to keep their family safe. She wore masks — in space-themed fabrics stitched by her sister — as she stacked products…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionBoris Johnson: We followed scientific advice Boris Johnson has admitted the government did not understand coronavirus during the "first few weeks and months" of the UK outbreak.The PM told BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg there were "very open questions" about whether the lockdown had started too late.Mr…
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…