Please NoteThe Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free. For more free coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, sign up for our Coronavirus Updates newsletter where all stories are free to read.Speakers at Monday’s Democratic National Convention slammed President Trump’s response to the coronavirus crisis, with some of the most searing…
CLOSE Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) says Rep. Ted Yoho (R) calling her a "f***ing b**ch" is not "about one incident. It is cultural." USA TODAYWASHINGTON – Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., took to the House floor Thursday morning to deliver a candid rebuke of sexism in Congress and beyond in response to comments from Rep. Ted…
TOPLINE Over a dozen House Democrats, led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), took to the House floor on Thursday to call out a “culture” of sexism in Congress following an incident in which Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) was overheard calling Ocasio-Cortez a “fucking bitch” on the Capitol steps. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks on the…
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (KABC) -- Cheers echoed through Centinela Hospital in Inglewood as COVID-19 survivor Michael Orantes was finally ushered back into the arms of his family.It had been touch-and-go for the 32-year-old construction worker who was hospitalized for 93 days.The head of the hospital said that Orantes battled a "catastrophic storm."A lung collapsed repeatedly."His heart…
The daughter of a slain New York City police officer spoke out against the vilification of cops taking place amid the nationwide protests against police brutality.“It’s honestly truly disheartening,” Genesis Villella told “Fox & Friends.”Villella said that, having lost her police officer mom, she wants Americans to remember that police officers have families as well.“They have children and…
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…