Can you compare different countries?Dr Deborah Birx, an expert on the White House Covid-19 task force, has said the country has "one of the lowest mortality rates in the entire world".On a per capita basis the current reported US death rate is lower than Spain, Italy, France, Belgium and the UK.A grim report - but…
TOPLINE North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un was absent from another important national event Saturday, fueling speculation about his health amid reports that a team of medical experts was sent by China to check on him. North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un has not been seen in public for weeks, sparking speculation about ... [+]…
The mayor of a southern Texas city apologized for violating her own stay-at-home order after a photo surfaced on social media of her at a nail salon.The trip Tuesday by Beaumont Mayor Becky Ames to the closed salon has sparked an investigation by the district attorney.In the image, the mayor is seen wearing a face…
A Michigan state senator apologized Saturday for wearing a face mask that resembled the Confederate flag during a vote at the state capitol.State Sen. Dale Zorn (R) had previously denied that the pattern on his mask was the flag but admitted Saturday he made an “error in judgement.”“I’m sorry for my choice of pattern on…
controversy over the governor’s order to let shops like his reopen in Georgia.And yet a modest stream of customers soon arrived, some braving the wait inside in chairs spread several feet apart, others hanging out just outside the door or in their cars.“I didn’t think I would be slammed,” Mr. Edwards, 47, said. “Some people…
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…