HARTFORD, CT — On April 1, Gov. Ned Lamont shared the news that a 6-week-old baby from the Hartford area died from the new coronavirus. When Lamont made the announcement he said the baby is believed to be the youngest coronavirus victim in the country. "This is absolutely heartbreaking," Lamont said at a news conference…
As South Floridians eat at restaurants, shop for groceries and try to live normal lives during the pandemic, many are bringing coronavirus back home, spreading it to family members before their symptoms arise. As many as 80% of the Broward County residents who got COVID-19 in recent weeks likely caught it from someone they live…
Three staff members at Quincy Public Schools have tested positive for COVID-19, including two from the summer school program, officials said in a letter to the community Friday. Special education staff teaching at North Quincy High School and the Della Chiesa Early Childhood Center informed administrators that they had tested positive on July 11 and…
Federal officers use tear gas and other crowd dispersal munitions on protesters outside the Multnomah County Justice Center on July 17, 2020 in Portland, Oregon. Mason Trinca/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mason Trinca/Getty Images Federal officers use tear gas and other crowd dispersal munitions on protesters outside the Multnomah County Justice Center on July…
Robert Miller, a Pittsburgh area restaurateur, has watched with sadness as some of his favorite local eateries closed for good in recent weeks.Union Standard, Pizza Taglio, Spoon — just a handful of the businesses lost in the age of the coronavirus pandemic."They're all places people would know by name," Miller said.Miller, 45, expects his restaurants would…
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…