The sluggish storm veered east and intensified before making landfall near the Alabama and Florida state line. Residents and officials said they were not anticipating a direct hit.Joe Hernandez and his wife, Tammy Hurd, were assisted by members of the National Guard after Hurricane Sally came through Cantonment, Fla., on Wednesday.Credit...William Widmer for The New…
Attorney General William Barr suggested on Wednesday that the calls for a nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus were the "greatest intrusion on civil liberties" in history "oth…
CLOSE President Trump denied downplaying the threat from coronavirus during a town hall hosted by ABC News, despite his views 'to always play it down.' USA TODAYWASHINGTON – President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention misspoke when he testified that a coronavirus vaccine might not be widely…
The 55th annual Academy of Country Music Awards (ACMs) kicked off Wednesday night from Nashville, Tenn., with a slew of performances from the nominees for the entertainer of the year category.Singing to empty seats from music venues around the city, Luke Bryan opened one of country music's biggest nights by singing his song, "Rain Is a Good Thing,"…
The Gulf Coast is a popular vacation destination for many in Louisiana. And after Hurricane Sally many places residents loved to visit have been damaged.Below is a list of reports based on information from media outlets, the National Weather Service office in Mobile and accounts on social media.The Flora-BamaPink Pony Pub (Gulf Shores)Can't see photo…
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…