Oregon Gov. Kate Brown met Friday with three Oregon State Police troopers who were seen on video earlier this week defying a mandated statewide mask order while visiting a Corvallis coffee shop.The incident occurred the same day the governor's mask order took effect as a response to the coronavirus outbreak.Brown said on social media that the…
Republican Greg Abbott had previously said government could not order people to wear masks Greg Abbott adjusts his mask after speaking in Austin, Texas, in June. Photograph: Ricardo B Brazziell/AP The governor of Texas has ordered that face coverings must be worn in public across most of the state, in a dramatic ramping up of…
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine stressed the importance of wearing a mask amid the state's coronavirus case surge. DeWine said, “We are in the fight of our lives” and ...
In an abrupt reversal, Gov. Greg Abbott directed Texans in all counties with 20 or more coronavirus cases to wear face masks in public places. He also authorized limits on public gatherings.VideotranscripttranscriptGovernor Orders Texans to Wear Masks As Virus Cases SurgeGov. Greg Abbott ordered residents to wear face coverings in public as the state confronts…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered much of California to shutter indoor operations at restaurants, museums, bars and other venues on Wednesday as the state’s coronavirus caseload continues to surge.The order applies to 19 of the state’s 58 counties and will remain in effect for three weeks. They range form Imperial on the Mexican border to…
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…