Texas on Saturday reported its largest daily rise in confirmed coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic -- 8,258 -- following a facial mask mandate from Gov. Greg Abbott in an effort to slow the uptick in cases.Texas health officials said the state’s total number of confirmed cases is now up to 191,790, The Associated Press reported.In addition, there were reportedly 33…
Early in the pandemic, much of rural Texas had low case counts and few worries. Now, conservative areas are seeing a surge in cases, but distrust in government mandates endure.A group of families gathered at a restaurant in Lubbock, Texas, for a gathering for locals who home school.Credit...Dylan Cole for The New York TimesJuly 4,…
Hospitals in at least two counties in Texas are at full capacity as the Lone Star State sees an alarming spike in coronavirus cases.Judges in Starr and Hidalgo Counties sounded the alarm Friday, alerting residents that hospitals in the Rio Grande Valley were at capacity. Judge Eloy Vera of Starr County wrote in a Facebook post…
Hospitals in at least two Texas counties are at full capacity heading into the Fourth of July holiday weekend, with county judges urging residents to shelter in place.
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…