A disaster has been declared in a Texan city after a brain-eating amoeba was found in their local water supply - tested after a six-year-old boy died.Josiah McIntyre died on September 8 after playing in the water in Lake Jackson.Officials believe the amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, either entered his body at a splash pad in the…
Los Angeles homeowners who violate the city’s coronavirus-related safety measures may find themselves on the receiving end of some unwelcome consequences.During a press conference Wednesday night, Mayor Eric Garcetti authorized the city to shut off power and water to properties, including houses and businesses, that are in violation of gathering regulations as a means to…
Water and electricity were shut off Thursday at a Massachusetts gym that has for a month opened its doors in violation of state restrictions due to coronavirus.David Blondin, the owner of Prime Fitness Gym in Oxford, opened the center up on May 18 even though the state had only entered phase 1 of business reopening…
They’ll need all those new voters. The number of white, non-college educated voters in the state — Trump's demographic sweet spot — suggests a wholesale defection from the president may be unlikely. At the liberal think tank Center for American Progress, Ruy Teixeira and John Halpin wrote last year that if Trump "can maintain or…
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Hundreds of boaters who support President Donald Trump hit the water in Charleston Harbor over the weekend. A crowd of boats packed into Charleston Harbor for a parade. Organizers told local news outlets they planned it online and more than 700 people showed up. They said the Coast Guard approved their parade…
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…