Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez declared Tuesday that “defunding police means defunding police” and that proposed budget cuts to the New York City Police Department aren’t enough to combat inequality. “Defunding police means defunding police,” the Democrat said in a statement Tuesday to the Gotham Gazette, Fox News reported. “It does not mean budget tricks or funny…

The government’s disease-fighters told Americans Tuesday to wear masks and take “personal responsibility” for stamping out the pandemic, saying the nation is heading in the wrong direction as hospitalizations rise in a dozen states and Arizona sees more deaths per day. Dr. Anthony Fauci, who leads infectious-disease research at the National Institutes of Health, said…

The Supreme Court gave a boost to school choice advocates Tuesday by ruling that barring a state scholarship program from religious institutions violated the U.S. Constitution. The ruling was 5-4, with the conservative majority finding Montana violated the First Amendment when it excluded religious schools from a state scholarship program. “No comparable ‘historic and substantial’…

These days hearing someone cough or sneeze in public can cause instant anxiety if you’re nearby, especially in closed spaces.But how often do you think of the other major route for COVID-19 — the simple act of talking to another person? Droplets spewed during speech are believed to be the key transmission vector for COVID-19…

Dallas County is reporting a record 601 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday along with 20 deaths and more hospitalizations, according to Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins. The number of new cases marks the first time the county has topped 600 cases in a day and is the fifth straight day the county has set a new…