Cuomo threatens to close ALL New York bars and restaurants if 'stupid' crowds and business owners continue to ignore social distancing rules despite hospitalizations reaching their lowest since March 18Bars and restaurants in New York City can service people on an outdoor basisBut Cuomo said on Monday too many were ignoring social distancing rulesLarge crowds…
President Trump speaks during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, on Tuesday. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP President Trump speaks during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, on Tuesday. Evan Vucci/AP China on Wednesday promised to retaliate against "U.S. institutions and individuals"…
President Trump issued a warning Sunday morning to anyone who even attempts to harm federal monuments, including the Lincoln or Jefferson Memorials, saying that they will automatically face a substantial prison term.Historic monuments and statues have become the targets of anger and vandalism during protests in the wake of George Floyd's death while in police custody at the end…
In his push to get schools and colleges to reopen this fall, President Donald Trump is again taking aim at their finances, this time threatening their tax-exempt status. Trump said on Twitter on Friday he was ordering the Treasury Department to re-examine the tax-exempt status of schools that he says provide “radical indoctrination” instead of…
Determined to reopen America’s schools despite coronavirus worries, President Trump threatened Wednesday to hold back federal money if school districts don’t bring their students back in the fall. He complained that his own public health officials’ safety guidelines are impractical and too expensive.Shortly afterward, Vice President Mike Pence announced that the Centers for Disease Control…
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…