Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY Published 1:13 p.m. ET July 8, 2020 | Updated 3:06 p.m. ET July 8, 2020CLOSE Donald Trump's push to reopen schools comes amid a nationwide debate over whether it's safe for children to return to the classroom amid coronavirus. USA TODAYWASHINGTON – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is revising its…
(CNN)It may soon be illegal to make discriminatory, racially biased 911 calls in San Francisco. The "CAREN Act" (Caution Against Racially Exploitative Non-Emergencies) was introduced on Tuesday at a…
The Trump administration has begun the process of formally withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization.The president has accused the UN's health agency of being too China-centric, even though he praised Beijing's handling of COVID-19 in the early months of the initial outbreak.Legal scholars and global-health experts say President Donald Trump cannot unilaterally withdraw…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for the Trump administration to give the nation's employers more leeway in refusing to provide free birth control for their workers under the Affordable Care Act.The ruling is a victory for the administration's plan to greatly expand the kinds of employers who can cite…
Lawmakers are getting closer to sending more cash payments to American families, but a second stimulus check hasn't been approved yet.Democrats sent a bill to the Senate that would expand eligibility for stimulus checks outlined in the last emergency relief package, but GOP lawmakers appear split on the issue.Meanwhile, top economists are arguing for recurring…
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…