CLOSE Pandemics like the coronavirus can have crippling effects on our food supply. The bottleneck starts from the processing plants. USA TODAYWASHINGTON – Want tickets to President Donald Trump’s campaign rally next week in Oklahoma? Then you’ve got to agree you won't sue him if you contract coronavirus.The sign-up page for free tickets on the Trump…
A Republican lawmaker in Ohio was fired from his job as a physician for asking whether “African Americans or the colored population” have been disproportionately affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic because they “do not wash their hands as well as other groups.”State Sen. Steve Huffman, who represents a district north of Dayton, raised the…
HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont is not willing to lose federal education dollars over a state policy that allows transgender athletes to participate as girls in high school sports, he said Thursday. The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights last month said the Connecticut policy, which allows all athletes to participate as…
In a battle for control of six blocks in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood that has caught the attention of even President Trump, hip-hop artist Raz Simone has emerged as a leading figure of Black Lives Matter and radical leftist activists who say they are now in charge in the enclave. Mr. Simone’s Twitter feed and…
A suspect wanted for a shooting spree in California that left one man dead and multiple law enforcement officers wounded is "down," authorities said Thursday.The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office identified the alleged shooter as Mason James Lira, 26, of Monterey.Let our news meet your inbox. The news and stories that matters, delivered weekday…