Research suggests that kids tend to get infected with the coronavirus less often, and have milder symptoms than adults. There's less consensus on how much kids can spread the illness among themselves and to adults — important questions as schools consider reopening. Dan Kenyon/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Dan Kenyon/Getty Images Research suggests that…
[The stream is slated to start at 9:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is holding a news conference Monday as every region of the state moves forward with the final phase of reopening, although the governor has shown…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday announced that the House of Representatives will hold a moment of silence in honor of the late congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis, who died on Friday.Pelosi, D-Calif., in a "Dear Colleague" letter, also announced that the Georgia House delegation will be introducing a "bereavement resolution" for Lewis, whose…
Protesters outside the federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon were targeted with tear gas by federal officers for the second night in a row Sunday, reports the CBS affiliate there, KOIN-TV. It marked the 52nd straight night of protests in the city against police violence and for racial justice. Even after the tear gas was deployed,…
CLOSE Many states are planning on drastically different elections this year and mail-in ballots could be a big game changer. USA TODAYRequiring an excuse for absentee voting. Paying for postage for mail-in ballots. Purging names from voter registration lists. Placing the names on ballots to provide an advantage in so-called "donkey votes."These are among the disputes…
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…