For the second consecutive day, Alabama has set a record for new coronavirus cases. The Alabama Department of Public Health reported 859 new cases of the virus on Friday afternoon, bringing the state total to 23,333. On Thursday, the state reported 848 new cases, which at that point was by far the highest daily total…
A member of the Alabama National Guard work to disinfect a nursing home in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19.Army Sgt. Jaccob HearnMost Southern states now report data about coronavirus cases in state-licensed nursing homes, but not Alabama.Mississippi became the latest state required to publish the number of coronavirus cases in each facility…
623K Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Sign in Like this video? Sign in to make your opinion count. Sign in Don't like this video? Sign in to make your opinion count. Sign in Published on May 29, 2020Steven Reed, Montgomery mayor, discusses the state's decision…
Alabama hit an all-time high this week in its seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases, as the state neared the two-week mark since Gov. Kay Ivey reopened most businesses.“We’ve had this week a couple of the highest days we’ve seen in number of cases, and that’s certainly concerning to us,” said State Health Officer Dr.…
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…