Classrooms at Vista Middle School sit empty during the 2019 Los Angeles teacher strike. Los Angeles schools emptied out again in the spring because of the coronavirus. Roxanne Turpen for NPR hide caption toggle caption Roxanne Turpen for NPR Classrooms at Vista Middle School sit empty during the 2019 Los Angeles teacher strike. Los Angeles…
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany was asked Monday to explain why President Donald Trump retweeted former game show host Chuck Woolery’s claim that “everyone is lying” about the coronavirus, including the Centers for Disease Control, as a way to keep the economy coming back before the election. A reporter asked McEnany, “The president retweeted…
Gov. Andrew CuomoAndrew CuomoNew York City reports zero COVID-19 deaths for first time since pandemic hit Florida health officials agreed to receive remdesivir from New York before DeSantis dismissed offer Cuomo says Northeast will likely see rise in COVID-19 cases due to surge in other parts of country MORE (D) unveiled a poster Monday depicting…
Authorities said on Monday that they are "confident" a body found in California's Lake Piru earlier in the morning is former "Glee" actress Naya Rivera.An official ID will be made by the Ventura County Medical Examiner, authorities said. Rivera’s family has been notified of the discovery. Authorities said that there was "no indication of foul play and…
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…