Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.When Washington bailed out the finance world more than a decade ago after the most recent financial collapse, the government set limits on CEO compensation. And they did it for a reason. Taxpayer bailouts should be used for saving…
live updates on the current COVID-19 outbreak and visit our coronavirus hub for more advice on prevention and treatment.Coronaviruses are a family of viruses that comprise RNA enclosed within an envelope of protein and fat molecules. They commonly infect the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts of their mammalian and bird hosts.The coronavirus that causes COVID-19, known…
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a message for angry citizens who can’t pay their bills during the coronavirus pandemic: “You want to go to work? Go take a job as an essential worker.” The Democrat fielded questions Wednesday while angry protesters outside expressed their displeasure with ongoing shutdown policies. A reporter said she spoke…
April 23, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ETBy the time New York City confirmed its first case of the coronavirus on March 1, thousands of infections were already silently spreading through the city, a hidden explosion of a disease that many still viewed as a remote threat as the city awaited the first signs of spring.Hidden outbreaks…
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…