Amy Coney Barrett, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals of the 7th Circuit, is reportedly one of the top contenders for President Trump's nomination to the seat vacated by the death of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.Ginsburg was the face of the liberal bloc on the Supreme Court, meaning that an appointment…
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, called out the NBA as he read a list of the names of law enforcement officers who have been killed in the line of duty in 2020 on Wednesday.Next to his podium, Roy had what appeared to be a basketball jersey with the No. 43 on it to represent the number…
With Illinois now more than a month into Phase Four of the "Restore Illinois" plan, where do each of the state's health care regions stand in key metrics related to the coronavirus pandemic? Here's a look at each region and its current performance on positivity rates and availability of hospital beds, ICU beds and ventilators,…
California TodayThursday: A conversation about navigating risk today. Also: Teachers push for limits, and Los Angeles basketball is almost back.July 30, 2020Updated 10:03 a.m. ETImageThe North Central neighborhood of San Mateo, Calif. Credit...Jim McAuley for The New York TimesFirst, I wanted to ask what you thought about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new focus on the Central Valley.If…
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…