EL PASO, Texas — Fueled by rapid spread of the coronavirus among those under 40, El Paso public health leaders reported a pandemic record 441 new cases on Sunday. Following a week that saw 29 deaths, the start of the new week brought no additional fatalities. The death toll remained at 179. With Sunday's huge spike in…
Dr. Teresa Frankovich, Humboldt County’s public health officer, took numerous questions from local reporters on various aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic today — reopening, masking, bad kinds of hand sanitizers and more — and the county has released her answers to those questions in the video above.Below: A rough summary of questions asked and answers…
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer speaks to a group gathered for a vigil in memory of Breonna Taylor on June 6. Brett Carlsen/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brett Carlsen/Getty Images Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer speaks to a group gathered for a vigil in memory of Breonna Taylor on June 6. Brett Carlsen/Getty Images Louisville youth…
American sports leagues struggling with how to restart after the coronavirus crisis might find some pointers in the return to neighborhood parks and fields of youth soccer and Little League. Medical and sports authorities say the kids’ leagues are likely to return before the pros because community-based sports are better suited to improvise, incorporate new…
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…