Thousands of people poured onto beaches in Orange County over the weekend as Southern California experienced its first major heat wave of the year, even as officials continue to urge visitors to avoid mass gatherings and practice social distancing due to the coronavirus outbreak. Photos and videos showed Huntington Beach and Newport Beach lined with crowds on Saturday. More…
Louisiana pastor Tony Spell defied the state's stay-at-home order and his own house arrest to hold church services Sunday, The Advocate reported.Spell was spotted leaving his home Sunday and preaching at his church Life Tabernacle Church where his congregants sang and lifted signs that said “I stand with Pastor Spell,” according to the newspaper. The pastor’s ankle monitor…
Eddie Rodriguez (R) and other City of Hialeah employees hand out unemployment applications to people in their vehicles in front of the John F. Kennedy Library on April 08, 2020 in Hialeah, Florida.Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesWhite House economic advisor Kevin Hassett warned on Sunday that unemployment could hit levels not seen since the Great…
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — His mother first fell sick a month ago with an illness she believes she caught at the Iowa egg factory where she works.His younger sister, 22, was next — a new mother who was soon on a ventilator fighting for her life. Then the coronavirus came for his father, Jose…
April 26, 2020 | 11:43am Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Sunday that he has put First Lady Chirlane McCray in charge of a special coronavirus task force — insisting her work with her embattled ThriveNYC initiative made her perfect for the new job. McCray will work with Deputy Mayor Phil Thompson in leading a task…
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…