Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday announced an expansion of coronavirus testing capability throughout California, saying the findings will be critical to deciding when to ease the state’s strict stay-at-home order and allow people to return to work.Newsom’s announcement comes as more and more cities and counties have urged him to modify the restrictions, which they…
Missouri's Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed a lawsuit against the Chinese government Tuesday, accusing it of lying and covering up the danger posed by the coronavirus when it first emerged in late 2019.Chinese officials dismissed the lawsuit as "absurd" on Wednesday."The Chinese government lied to the world about the danger and contagious nature of COVID-19,…
TOPLINE Congressional leaders have reached a bipartisan deal to replenish funds for emergency small business lending programs, national coronavirus testing, and hospitals after days of tense debate, according to multiple news reports. Schumer: “There’s still a few more I’s to dot and T’s to cross, but we have a deal. And I believe ... [+]…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Oklahoma is set to become the latest state to reopen some businesses on Friday amid the coronavirus pandemic after Gov. Kevin Stitt announced that hair salons, spas, nail salons and pet groomers can open their doors.Stitt’s announcement, in which he said that…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Dr. Marc Siegel told “Outnumbered’ on Wednesday that while the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believes the coronavirus will have a second wave later in the year, the “good news” is that the United States is seeing “flattening…
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…