Coronavirus “Many, like John, made statements early on not fully aware of the severity of COVID-19,” his grieving widow said. Posted on April 23, 2020, at 1:26 p.m. ET The journalists at BuzzFeed News are proud to bring you trustworthy and relevant reporting about the coronavirus. To help keep this news free, become a member…
President Donald Trump suggested the possibility of an "injection" of disinfectant into a person infected with the coronavirus as a deterrent to the virus during his daily briefing Thursday.Trump made the remark after Bill Bryan, who leads the Department of Homeland Security's science and technology division, gave a presentation on research his team has conducted…
The House on Tuesday overwhelming passed legislation on Thursday that will inject hundreds of billions more into a small business loan program. The vote was 388 to 5 on the legislation, with a total price tag of $484 billion. The Senate passed the bill earlier this week, and President Donald Trump is expected to sign…
New York’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, has angrily slammed as “irresponsible, reckless” and “one of the really dumb ideas of all time” Senate leader Mitch McConnell’s suggestion that states struggling to cope with the coronavirus should be able to file for bankruptcy rather than seek financial aid from the federal government. During an interview yesterday, McConnell…
Trevor Noah Trevor Noah called up New York’s governor, Andrew Cuomo for Wednesday’s Daily Social Distancing Show as the heart of America’s coronavirus outbreak, New York City, stares down a long road to recovery. Noah asked Cuomo how, over six weeks into mass shutdowns, he’s balancing the dueling pressures of keeping people safe versus reopening…
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…