Brazil’s government announced Friday that its coronavirus outbreak has surpassed a million cases, making it second-leading nation in the world to the United States in coronavirus infection rates."Almost half of the cases reported were from the Americas," World Health Organization General-Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual briefing. "The world is in a new and dangerous…
The coronavirus pandemic has entered a "new and dangerous phase" as daily Covid-19 cases hit record highs, the World Health Organization warned Friday.The number of new cases reported Thursday "were the most in a single day so far" at 150,000, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a press conference from the agency's Geneva headquarters. Almost half…
June 19, 2020 | 10:52am | Updated June 19, 2020 | 12:34pm Juneteenth will be an official holiday in New York City beginning next year, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday. “Starting next year, Juneteenth will be an official holiday and an official New York City schools holiday,” the mayor said at his daily press…
The U.S. Navy on Friday upheld the firing of Capt. Brett E. Crozier, who was relieved of his command aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt after a letter he wrote pleading for help for his coronavirus-stricken crew was leaked to the media. The former commanding officer of the coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier was more focused on the…
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (fifth from left) helps volunteers paint a Black Lives Matter mural in the borough of Staten Island on Friday, as the city marks Juneteenth. Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (fifth…
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…