The U.S. on Wednesday ordered China to close its consulate in Houston, citing efforts to protect American intellectual property. The move marks the latest in a series of increasing escalation between Washington and Beijing over trade, human rights, technology and national security. While the Trump administration did not provide details behind the reason it is…
Tarrant County public health reported 871 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, a record-high for the county in one day. The previous record-high number of new cases set in one day was set back on July 15 with 857 cases. Six additional deaths related to COVID-19 were reported Wednesday. That brings the total number of deaths…
In the race to find a vaccine for the coronavirus, a DeLand lab has been selected as a site for a clinical research trial. Accel Clinical Research has been chosen by the Biotech company Moderna to oversee trials of a COVID-19 vaccine."We've been absolutely ecstatic about it," said Dr. Bruce Rankin, the lab’s medical director.…
On Wednesday, Los Angeles Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer reported 3,266 new coronavirus cases in the region for a total of 164,870 cases. Ferrer said the 7-day average of daily new infections has more than doubled in the past month. The daily positivity rate of new tests is now 8.5 percent. “This week, I believe,…
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…