Finally! This was the week millions Americans were expecting to receive their $1,200 stimulus payments from the federal government. The funds, part of the $2.2 trillion-dollar Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, are meant to provide a much needed cash infusion for individuals struggling due to the economic downturn. "We expect over 80…
April 16, 2020 | 7:04am | Updated April 16, 2020 | 7:11am Enlarge Image US Navy Captain Brett Crozier US NAVY/AFP via Getty Images The Navy may reinstate the captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, who was removed from his post after he pleaded for help with the coronavirus outbreak aboard his aircraft carrier, according…
A man with a plan. Mandel Ngan/Getty Images At his coronavirus press conference on Wednesday, President Donald Trump issued a stunning threat-slash-promise-slash-constitutional fantasy. Complaining that Democrats were blocking his judicial appointees, the president said that the Senate should either end its current pro forma session and come back to Washington amidst a pandemic to approve…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Quarantine Routine is a regular feature that asks political, business, sports and entertainment power brokers how their daily lives have changed -- and how they're still doing their jobs -- during the coronavirus crisis.Just like everyone else across the United States, Jack Youngblood…
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…