The World Health Organization said Friday that a vaccine will be a "vital tool" in the global fight against the coronavirus, but it won't end the Covid-19 pandemic on its own and there's no guarantee scientists will find one. World leaders and the public must learn to manage the virus and make permanent adjustments to their…
A group of protesters beat a man bloody and unconscious in the street after he crashed a truck during a confrontation that unfolded near a Black Lives Matter demonstration in downtown Portland late Sunday night, according to police, witnesses and multiple videos.A man suspected in a downtown beating that left a man bloody and unconscious…
Vice President Mike Pence accused CNN of getting “a lot” wrong in the early stages of the coronavirus during a testy interview on Friday morning.Pence joined CNN’s “New Day” to speak with co-host John Berman, who asked for a projection on the total number of Americans who will die from coronavirus. The vice president said that…
We continue our Hope Behind the Headlines series by exploring the most recent — and most hopeful — findings in the field of COVID-19 research.Share on PinterestComputer modeling has helped researchers find that a drug called Ebselen may be helpful in treating COVID-19.Hopefully, the COVID-19 pandemic will not last forever. Every 2 weeks, we round…
President Trump warned Friday that if there’s a significant delay in election results, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could become president. Speaking at the 2020 Council for National Policy meeting, the president referenced a “mad” theory — unsure if it is fact — that if there is no result in the Nov. 3 election by Inauguration…
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…