Brussels Airport, Belgium.NurPhotoThe European Union is discussing how to reopen its external borders as the region looks to slowly revive its economy, with visitors from countries like the United States potentially still being barred from entering the bloc.Thirty European countries decided to close their external borders in March to contain the spread of Covid-19. The…
A 24-year-old real estate investor and motivational speaker in western North Carolina has defeated the candidate endorsed by President Trump in a Republican runoff to vie for White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows’s seat in Congress, marking another race this election cycle that has bucked the president’s influence.Madison Cawthorn, who turns 25 in August,…
The Upshot|Hospitals Sued to Keep Prices Secret. They Lost.The decision was a victory for the Trump administration, which sees pressure from patients as a way to control health costs.ImagePresident Trump last November, announcing the executive order on health care pricing transparency.Credit...Zach Gibson/Getty ImagesA federal judge has upheld a Trump administration policy that requires hospitals and…
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…