Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is being accused of abusing the state’s cellphone emergency alert system after she used it to inform Michigan residents of a new statewide mandate requiring face masks. Cellphone-owning Michiganders received an emergency text message Monday informing them they must now wear face coverings in all indoor public spaces and in crowded outdoor…
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at an an event about affordable healthcare at the Lancaster Recreation Center on June 25, 2020 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.Joshua Roberts | Getty ImagesJoe Biden and his joint fundraising committees combined to raise close to $100 million in the second quarter on the backs of many new…
An empty bed is moved back to the emergency room after brining in another COVID-19 patient. At United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, Dr. Joseph Varon leads a team to fight the increasing number of coronavirus patients in the expanded Covid-19 ward on July 1, 2020.Carolyn Cole | Los Angeles Times | Getty ImagesPreviously…
CLOSE The top infectious disease expert in the U.S. issued a warning to young people as cases of the coronavirus continue to climb, with many infections occuring in younger Americans. (June 26) AP DomesticFlorida's record-setting spike in COVID-19 cases hasn't stopped visitors from partying in Miami Beach, which its mayor, Dan Gelber, calls "the epicenter of the…
CLOSE Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate MJ Hegar's primary election win is a victory for national groups who think the centrist gives Democrats the best shot at an upset in America’s biggest red state. (July 15) AP DomesticWASHINGTON – Democrats fighting to capture Republican-held Senate seats outraised their GOP opponents in at least a dozen races over the…
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…