LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - 80 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Lancaster County on Wednesday, marking the second highest case total for a single day. 90 new cases were reported in Lincoln on May 18. The new case total for Lancaster County sits at 2,597, up from 2,517 on Tuesday. Visit COVID19.lincoln.ne.gov to access a dashboard…
Former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb signaled Wednesday that the U.S. could reach 300,000 COVID-19 deaths by the end of 2020 if the country's death rate doesn't improve."Right now, we have close to 1,000 casualties a day, so if we don’t change that trajectory, you could do the math and see where we are…
California Governor Gavin NewsomAgustin Paullier | AFP | Getty ImagesCalifornia reported more than 12,800 coronavirus cases on Tuesday, the highest-reported daily tally the state has recorded so far, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday. California has now surpassed New York in total confirmed Covid-19 cases — more than 409,500 cases as of Wednesday — making it the state with…
During a private campaign meeting in the Cabinet Room in early June, Trump brought up the test unprompted. In an extended riff, he talked about how well he had done — boasting that he’d been able to remember five different words, in order — and suggested challenging Biden to take the assessment, saying he was…
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are considering a short-term extension of boosted federal unemployment benefits, just days before the payments are scheduled to expire for millions of Americans.Senators said Wednesday that talks are in the early stages and that there's no consensus on the size or duration of any extension. Out-of-work Americans are getting $600 a…
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…