Los Angeles County health officials on Saturday reported 3,628 new COVID-19 cases and 53 related deaths, high numbers that in part reflect reporting delays in the state’s electronic laboratory system.The total number of cases in the county now stands at 172,325, with a cumulative 4,351 deaths, officials said in a statement. There have been 446,148…
Share This Article:San Diego County healthcare workers conduct COVID-19 testing at SDCCU Stadium. Photo by Chris Stone The San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency reported 603 new cases of coronavirus and nine more deaths Saturday while setting a testing record.Support Times of San Diego's growthwith a small monthly contribution Out of a record…
Nonpartisan organisation Bread for the World says Yoho agreed to step down following incident with congresswoman Ted Yoho, right, has been asked to resign from the board of a Christian organisation after being accused of using a sexist insult against Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, left. Photograph: AP A nonpartisan Christian organisation that seeks to end hunger says…
Hanna roared ashore as Texas is facing a huge surge in coronavirus infections.Houston: Hanna, the first Atlantic hurricane of 2020, slammed into the coast of coronavirus-hit Texas on Saturday, bringing heavy rain, storm surge and potentially life-threatening flash flooding.The Category 1 storm packed winds of around 90 miles (145 kilometers) per hour as it came…
Florida has overtaken New York to become the state with the second-highest number of coronavirus cases in the country.According to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, Florida has had 414,511 confirmed cases since the pandemic started, while New York, which was once the epicenter of the outbreak, has had 411,200 cases.Both states trail California, which…
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…