CLOSE Approving a vaccine in the U.S. usually takes years, but COVID-19 vaccines are moving through in record time. What does that mean? USA TODAYThe global death toll from COVID-19 was on the brink of 1 million Monday, less than a year since the new disease was first reported in central China before spreading to Europe then…
New York|Warnings Issued as Virus Cases Rise in New YorkClusters of cases have emerged in Brooklyn and New York City’s northern suburbs, in areas with large Orthodox Jewish communities.The rise in positive test results comes as New York City prepares to reopen its public schools to more students and allow restaurants to permit some indoor…
The Trump campaign filed a lawsuit over the weekend challenging North Carolina’s new lenient vote-by-mail procedures, arguing the changes written by the Board of Elections open the door to fraud and violate the state’s own laws. It’s the latest lawsuit by the Trump team, and it follows warnings from President Trump that a rush to…
Fox News contributor Dan Bongino gave an update on his health on “Fox & Friends” Monday following a radiologist revealing a tumor on his neck last week.“I get lipomas -- fatty tumors once in a while," Bongino said. "They’re benign, I’ve never had any issue with them at all and I noticed there was a…
President Trump called Monday for an investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar, Minnesota Republican, after a Project Veritas sting alleged that her supporters are running an illegal ballot-harvesting operation in her Minneapolis district. “This is totally illegal,” Mr. Trump tweeted. “Hope that the U.S. Attorney in Minnesota has this, and other of her many misdeeds, under…
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…