The guidelines, however, leave perhaps the biggest question unanswered: the exact date when students will actually return to in-class instruction. State Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley in an open letter that precedes the guidelines tells school leaders they will need to prepare three possible approaches to instruction for this fall: a full-scale return to school, a…
Sally Beauty's in Salt Lake City is one of many establishments across the country requiring patrons to wear face coverings. Utah Gov. Gary Herbert previously paused the state's reopening, but tweeted on June 22 that he has "no plans to shut down Utah's economy." Rick Bowmer/AP hide caption toggle caption Rick Bowmer/AP Sally Beauty's in…
Masks must be worn in Nevada’s public indoors spaces, the state’s Governor has ordered. That means casino visitors anywhere in the state must cover up except when eating or drinking. The ruling goes into effect at 12:01 AM on Friday and follows a lax approach in which masks were not mandatory in every casino, although…
Problems at a Massachusetts veterans home -- where 76 deaths were linked to a coronavirus outbreak -- began when patients from two dementia units were combined into one, a 174-page state report says.“This decision was catastrophic,” the report on the Holyoke Soldier’s Home says, according to FOX station WFXT-TV in Boston. “Staff described the move…
The police chief of Tucson, Arizona, has offered to resign after a Hispanic man, 27, died in handcuffs while pleading 'I can't breathe' more than two months ago.Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus made the offer during a press conference Wednesday where he released disturbing bodycam footage showing Carlos Ingram-Lopez's 'horrible' death while being detained by…
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…