A makeshift memorial is pictured after a Juneteenth demonstration in Palmdale, Calif., at the tree where Robert Fuller was found dead. Kyle Grillot/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kyle Grillot/AFP via Getty Images A makeshift memorial is pictured after a Juneteenth demonstration in Palmdale, Calif., at the tree where Robert Fuller was found…
President Trump has been hammered for declaring during his Independence Day address that 99% of novel coronavirus cases are “totally harmless,” but what the administration can say is that the U.S. death rate continues to plummet. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany made the point that daily U.S. deaths from COVID-19 continue to drop, and…
We're making coronavirus coverage available without a subscription as a public service. But we depend on reader support to do this work. Please consider joining others in supporting local journalism in Alaska for just $3.23 a week. In the run-up to the Independence Day weekend, Alaska recorded another death and another record-high daily count of…
As young patients fill new virus wards, Houston Methodist is calling nurses to work extra shifts and ramping up its testing efforts.Melissa Estrada, 37, receiving oxygen in a hospital room at Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston on Saturday.Credit...Erin Schaff/The New York TimesPublished June 28, 2020Updated June 29, 2020, 12:57 a.m. ETHOUSTON — Melissa Estrada had…
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…