Citing the rapid pace of coronavirus spread in some parts of California, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday ordered seven counties including Los Angeles immediately to close any bars and nightspots that are open and recommended eight other counties take action on their own to close those businesses.The decision, a sign of growing concern about new…
The number of coronavirus deaths worldwide passed the 500,000 mark on Sunday, with more than a quarter of all deaths occurring in the United States, according to Johns Hopkins University.The grim milestone came after India and Russia added thousands of new COVID-19 cases, and surges of new infections hit several U.S. states, pushing the global number…
Only two US states, Connecticut and Rhode Island, are reporting declining coronavirus cases, per CNN.36 states are seeing rising cases, while numbers are holding steady in the remaining states.The US has been breaking records for new daily cases, with an all-time one-day high of 40,000 new cases on Friday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.Nearly…
June 28, 2020 | 8:11am | Updated June 28, 2020 | 10:31am Enlarge Image A passenger gets tested at Bogor Station Railway, West Java, Indonesia Adriana Adie/Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic hit a grim milestone Sunday with 10 million cases worldwide — and the death toll closing in on 500,000, data shows. As of Sunday…
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…