Like several states before it, Virginia is slowly allowing certain businesses and services that had been shuttered weeks before to re-open or allow more customers inside, but with restrictions. You’ll likely notice more mask-wearing, more space, more cleaning. Here’s our guide to what can reopen (outdoor dining areas at restaurants, outdoor fitness classes, indoor shooting…
Over the weekend, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Virginia soared past 8,500 and the death toll climbed to 277, according to information released by the Virginia Department of Health. The number of cases, which includes people who have tested positive and those who are symptomatic with a known exposure to a coronavirus case,…
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…