Amid a spike in coronavirus cases in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday that everyone who goes to a state-run testing site will be given a free set of three-ply surgical masks.“Wearing a mask or facial covering in public is an effective way for Texans to protect themselves and others from the transmission of COVID-19,”…
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EL PASO, Texas -- Gov. Greg Abbott, in an interview with ABC-7, maintained coronavirus growth "is very slow and very contained" throughout Texas and in El Paso, even though the city just recorded its deadliest day and the state Friday passed a grim milestone reaching 1,004 total fatalities. "In the state of Texas, the growth…
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…