Houston Rockets’ star James Harden was back in the bubble for less than a day before a post shared by the team of the NBA scoring leader wearing a “Thin Blue Line” mask received major backlash.Harden didn’t travel with the rest of his team to Orlando last week following speculation that he had contracted COVID-19,…
Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper on Friday announced a new Pentagon policy that effectively prohibits the display of the Confederate flag at military facilities, but he stopped short of mentioning the specific symbol. In a memo, the Pentagon chief unveiled new guidance authorizing the display of specific flags, including the American flag, flags of the…
The Rev. C.T. Vivian, a beloved civil rights veteran who marched alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., died at his home in Atlanta, his loved ones said Friday. He was 95.Vivian's daughter, Denise Morse, confirmed her father's death and told Atlanta's NBC affiliate WXIA that he was "one of the most wonderful men who…
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, center and Vice Adm. Jerome Adams, arrive wearing protective masks to a 'Wear A Mask' tour stop in Dalton, Georgia, U.S., on Thursday, July 2, 2020.Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesGeorgia Gov. Brian Kemp urged residents Friday to wear a face mask when in public, two days after he blocked…
Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY Published 7:21 a.m. ET July 17, 2020 | Updated 10:20 a.m. ET July 17, 2020CLOSE The news cycle is jampacked with polls. But have you ever wondered how polls actually work and what they mean? USA TODAYWASHINGTON – Three months of crises – from the volatile economy to racial reckoning that’s grown…
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…