NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Lisa Sparks, a member of the Orange County, Calif., Board of Education, about why she approves of the plan to reopen public schools without masks or social distancing. SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: California's two largest school districts, Los Angeles and San Diego, both said yesterday that students will not be headed…
Hidalgo County reported on Tuesday 31 more people died due to complications related to the coronavirus. The newly reported deaths bring the county’s total to 183. “I am deeply saddened today knowing that we continue to lose more and more of our neighbors to this terrible virus,” said Hidalgo Judge Richard F. Cortez. “The continued…
Health officials in Dallas County on Tuesday reported 20 more COVID-19-related deaths, matching the most fatalities the county has recorded in a single day since the start of the pandemic and bringing the countywide toll to 477. Dallas County Health and Human Services also reported 20 coronavirus-related deaths on June 30. Of the deaths, 16…
Jefferson County on Tuesday joined a growing number of Colorado municipalities to enact a mask requirement for anyone in public settings to combat the spread of COVID-19. Under the order, which goes into effect 5 p.m. Tuesday and expires 6 a.m. July 22 if not extended, residents and visitors who are outside their homes “must…
This undated handout file photo shows mosquito on human skin. (AP Photo/USDA, File)APAn Ottawa County resident was confirmed Tuesday to be the first Michigander infected with a mosquito-borne virus this year. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and Ottawa County Health Department issued an advisory marking the first case of Jamestown Canyon virus,…
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…