The father of a black teen murdered by an illegal immigrant in 2008 told "Fox & Friends" on Sunday that because his son's case was not a matter of police brutality, he received no support from the Black Lives Matter Movement and was forced to mourn on the "sidelines" by African-American leaders."It seems like Black Lives Matter only focuses on black people…
(Dennis Gleiss/Getty Images) CLAIRE CROSSAN, THE CONVERSATION 29 JUNE 2020 The novel coronavirus – SARS-CoV-2 – may have been in Europe for longer than previously thought. Recent studies have suggested that it was circulating in Italy as early as December 2019. More surprisingly, researchers at the University of Barcelona found traces of the virus when…
Sunday on the NewsHour... On this edition for Sunday, June 28, the number of coronavirus cases worldwide crosses ten million with the U.S. leading with over 2.5 million cases. Also, the race to change names and overhaul brands amid a historic reckoning over racism and how Samoa island is finding alternatives to plastic. Hari Sreenivasan…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo says she's in self-quarantine after a member of her office tested positive for COVID-19.According to a statement from Hidalgo issued on Sunday, she was potentially exposed to the virus on Monday, June 22.READ MORE: Harris Co. Judge Lina Hidalgo wants authority to issue 2nd stay-at-home orderThe…
Photo illustration. | Photo by Zubada/iStock/Getty Images Plus, St. George News ST. GEORGE — Southern Utah broke its one-day high for new coronavirus infections on Sunday, set just the day before, by eight cases. According to the Utah Department of Health, there were 67 new infections from the virus. Because the local Southwest Utah Public…
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…