NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The Tennessee Department of Health has reported an additional 728 cases of COVID-19 across the state, bringing the total number to 40,172. The department reported 584 deaths as of Saturday. TDOH officials said of those total cases 39,848 are confirmed and 324 were probable. The department reported 2,564 hospitalizations and said…
By Gary McWilliams and Nathan LayneHOUSTON (Reuters) - Florida and four other states recorded daily highs for cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, highlighting the worsening spread of the coronavirus in parts of the U.S. South and West, prompting some officials to roll back their reopening plans.The number of confirmed U.S. cases of the virus rose…
(CNN)Princeton University will remove the name of President Woodrow Wilson from its school of public policy and a residential college, the school said in a statement Saturday. The Princeton Universi…
In the hours before his rally in Tulsa, President Trump’s campaign directed the removal of thousands of “Do Not Sit Here, Please!” stickers from seats in the arena that were intended to establish social distance between rallygoers, according to video and photos obtained by The Washington Post and a person familiar with the event.The removal…
Mississippi lawmakers on Saturday took the first step toward changing the state flag, after nationwide protests of racial injustice refocused attention on the last in the country to continue featuring a Confederate emblem.Applause broke out when the House of Representatives voted 85 to 35 to suspend rules and allow consideration of a bill creating 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…