A bartender wearing a face mask and gloves checks a patron's ID at Under the Volcano in Houston last month. Texas is one of the states seeing a big uptick in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images A bartender wearing a face mask…
SEOUL (Reuters) - Health authorities in South Korea said for the first time on Monday it is in the midst of a “second wave” of novel coronavirus infections around Seoul, driven by small but persistent outbreaks stemming from a holiday in May. FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a mask looks at her mobile phone amid…
A recent Census Bureau survey shows that nearly half of U.S. households have taken a painful hit to their pocketbook during the steep recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic, spurring calls for the federal government to offer Americans more direct financial assistance. While it's unclear whether Congress will approve a second stimulus check anytime soon, lawmakers are at…
Updated June 21, 2020 The Latest President Trump’s attempt to revive his re-election bid with a mass rally in Tulsa sputtered badly as he delivered a disjointed speech to a small crowd. Keep Up With Our Coverage Get an email recapping the day’s news Download our mobile app on iOS and Android and turn on…
Police said there was evidence of multiple shooters but no one was in custody as of Monday morning [File: Brandon Bell/Getty Images] Two people have been killed and seven others wounded in a shooting in Charlotte, North Carolina's largest city, police have said. Five others were hit by vehicles after the shooting that happened around midnight…
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…