William Cummings, USA TODAY Published 10:43 a.m. ET April 23, 2020 | Updated 12:44 p.m. ET April 23, 2020CLOSE The White House and congressional leaders reached a $484 billion deal to help small businesses, hospitals and coronavirus testing. USA TODAYSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell drew scathing criticism from a Republican lawmaker Wednesday for saying he would…
A vial of prescription hydroxychloroquine. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo The doctor in charge of the federal agency helping to develop a coronavirus vaccine said he was forced out of his job this week because his opposition to use of the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine that President Donald Trump has casually pushed as a possible treatment for the…
ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo has little patience, and a little advice, for protesters upset over New York’s strict stay-at-home orders. The governor bristled Wednesday when asked about the dozens of demonstrators who took to the streets outside the Capitol Building to voice their opposition to the state’s coronavirus response. “You want to go to work?…
Facebook said it will begin publishing the location information of high-reach Facebook pages and Instagram accounts to help combat foreign influence efforts and provide more transparency. The piloting of the new feature will focus on foreign Facebook and Instagram accounts with a large audience in the U.S. “We want to make sure people use our…
County health officials around California reported more deaths from COVID-19 on Wednesday than any single day since the outbreak began. And while the surge wasn’t fueled by the Bay Area, the region wasn’t spared, either. The death toll in the state rose to 1,433, while the number of confirmed cases climbed to 37,679, according to…
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…