Scientists flag airborne coronavirus spread Scientists flag airborne coronavirus spread 03:39 Over the past several months, there has been controversy over the way SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, travels from an infected person to others. While official guidance has often been unclear, some aerosol scientists and public health experts have maintained that the spread…
At least seven people are dead including a 12-year-old boy and his grandmother as 200 wildfires continue to rage across California, Oregon and Washington after already decimating an area the same size as Connecticut.The youngster and his grandmother died in a wildfire burning near the Santiam Valley community of Lyons, about 50 miles south of…
September 5, 2020 | 10:01am | Updated September 5, 2020 | 10:03am Enlarge Image The Big Moose Inn Linda Coan O'Kresik/The Bangor Daily News via AP Three people have died of COVID-19 and 147 are infected as a result of an outbreak stemming from an indoor wedding and reception last month in Maine. Although the…
Although firefighters have seen a letup in the high winds and heat that plagued Central and Northern California for much of the week, another round of thunderstorms that will deliver little rain but lightning discharges that could start even more blazes is anticipated as early as Sunday and lasting through Tuesday.In seven days, the California…
(CNN)Three police officers in Cedar Park, Texas, were shot while responding to a call at a home Sunday, according to a tweet from the police department. The officers are in stable condition at a loc…
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…