HAYNEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Sparsely populated Lowndes County, deep in Alabama’s old plantation country, has the sad distinction of having both the state’s highest rate of COVID-19 cases and its worst unemployment rate. Initially spared as the disease ravaged cities, the county and other rural areas in the state are now facing a “perfect storm:”…
As more Coloradans receive antibody testing, the state is getting a better idea of how many people were sickened by the novel coronavirus. It's not a lot. DENVER — Dr. David Buether admitted the antibody testing program at National Jewish Health has been, in his words, “bursting a lot of bubbles” as of late. “Everybody…
By Kathleen Ronayne and Brian Melley | Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The first California county to backpedal on its reopening plan wasn’t one of the urban areas that agitated to reopen or a coastal area where beaches draw crowds but a remote outpost that didn’t have a single known coronavirus case until last week.…
Posted: Thu 7:06 PM, May 28, 2020  |  Updated: Thu 8:07 PM, May 28, 2020 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Gov. Mike Dunleavy said he will make an announcement surrounding the 14-day self-quarantine for people coming into Alaska from out of state on Friday. The quarantine is a part of Health Mandate 010 and is set…
May 28, 2020 | 8:33pm Enlarge Image Wulmer Hernandez self-administers a nasal swab as part of a screening for coronavirus at a portable testing site for maritime workers at Fisherman's Terminal in Seattle. AP The coronavirus is moving from older to younger residents in Washington state. Half of the confirmed cases in Washington by early…
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…