JUNEAU, Alaska — An abandoned bus in the Alaska backcountry, popularized by the book “Into the Wild” and movie of the same name, was removed Thursday, state officials said.The decision prioritizes public safety, Alaska Natural Resources Commissioner Corri Feige said.The bus has long attracted adventurers to an area without cellphone service and marked by unpredictable…
June 19, 2020 | 1:23pm | Updated June 19, 2020 | 2:13pm Enlarge Image People at Clearwater Beach in Clearwater, Florida. Getty Images Florida broke another single-day record for coronavirus cases Friday morning when the Sunshine State’s health department confirmed 3,822 new infections — the third time it hit a new high this week, reports…
The White House memoir is withering in its scorn for Mulvaney. Bolton describes a conversation with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, whom he says “thought Mulvaney would do essentially whatever Ivanka [Trump] and [Jared] Kushner wanted him to do” as acting chief of staff, “which worried both of us philosophically.” Bolton also suggests Mulvaney may…
One day after a number of Atlanta police officers called in sick, prompting rumors of a mass walkout in protest of murder charges filed against a former officer, a police foundation announced Thursday that it had given every officer in the city a $500 bonus.The bonuses, which reportedly total more than $2 million, are part…
Senator John Cornyn, R - Texas, soon will introduce a bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.President Donald J. Trump should hold a prime-time speech from either the Oval Office, on his own, or in the East Room, with an audience, and call for this bill’s passage, with overwhelming bipartisan support, so that he can sign…
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…