George Washington University is "looking into the situation" of history professor Jessica A. Krug, after a blog post written under that name said that she had invented her Black Caribbean identity, despite actually being white. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images George Washington University is "looking into…
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TOPLINE As Congress is headed for an 11-day crunch to agree on a new rescue package and have it signed by President Trump before a key provision of the $2.2 trillion CARES Act expires—with millions of Americans unemployed and new cases of the coronavirus soaring to alarming levels—here’s what’s at stake in the next round…
The pathogen is proving a familiar adage: The dose makes the poison.Harry Henri, a research assistant, working with blood samples from coronavirus patients at SUNY Downstate’s BioBank in Brooklyn.Credit...Misha Friedman for The New York TimesMay 29, 2020, 3:20 p.m. ETWhen experts recommend wearing masks, staying at least six feet away from others, washing your hands…
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…