There's just a handful of interventions proven to curb the spread of the coronavirus. One of them is contact tracing, and "it's not going well," White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday. Contact tracing occurs when trained personnel contact infected people to investigate where they might have been infected and who they might have exposed…
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo took steps Saturday to squelch a coronavirus outbreak in the Westchester town where Bill and Hillary Clinton have a home.Cuomo directed the state Department of Health to investigate the outbreak tied to a high school student who attended a June 20 high school graduation “drive-in” ceremony in Chappaqua after visiting Florida, where…
The White House said Saturday that President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence were not briefed on U.S. intelligence that Russia offered bounties to militants in Afghanistan to kill coalition forces, including U.S. troops. “While the White House does not routinely comment on alleged intelligence or internal deliberations, the CIA Director, National Security Advisor, and…
TOPLINE With Joe Biden surging in the polls, Wall Street executives are preparing for a potential scenario where he becomes president—with some firms warning clients the stock market could take a hit. As Biden surges in the polls, Wall Street grows more concerned about a likely corporate tax hike. Joshua Roberts/Getty Images KEY FACTS The…
New York Daily News | Jun 27, 2020 at 12:22 PM Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a news conference at Orlando Regional Medical Center June 23, 2020 in Orlando. (John Raoux/AP) Florida announced more than 9,500 new cases of coronavirus Saturday, marking a new daily record for the state, a day after Gov. Ron…
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…