The news media has been fixated by Joe Biden’s recent “double digit” lead over President Trump in the presidential race. That lead has shrunk to nothing according to Rasmussen Reports’ weekly White House Watch survey of 2,500 likely U.S. voters released Wednesday. The survey finds Mr. Biden with 47% of the vote, Mr. Trump has…
Chicago announced Monday it will tighten coronavirus restrictions, including for bars, restaurants, gyms and personal services, as it experiences a rise in COVID-19 cases.The city’s reinstitution of restrictions, which will go into effect Friday at 12:01 a.m., comes as Chicago has seen a boost in its seven-day average of new cases, reaching above 200 per day.“Throughout the…
TAIPEI — On the walls of the Protection Umbrella, a diner in Taipei, posters show protesters wearing gas masks and helmets battling police in Hong Kong.The restaurant was opened in April to provide jobs for protesters who fled to Taiwan to escape arrest during the demonstrations over the past year in the former British colony.Now…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board will be closing all athletic fields, courts, playgrounds and skate parks by Friday in an effort to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.The city also plans to remove or block basketball rims, take down tennis and volleyball…
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…