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.A White House adviser said Sunday that the Trump administration is preparing for a possible second wave in the coronavirus…
More than a dozen former Watergate prosecutors on Friday urged a federal appeals court to deny an emergency request by Michael Flynn to dismiss his criminal case. A total of 16 former Watergate prosecutors filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the D.C. Court of Appeals said U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan should be allowed to decide…
At least 14 nursing homes in New York City and its suburbs have recorded more than 25 coronavirus-related deaths, according to new data from the state Health Department that shows the virus’s impact on individual facilities, and five had 40 or more.The homes that have been hit hardest are the Cobble Hill Health Center, a…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a six-point plan this week all of whose conditions must be met before any modifications are made to the state's stay-home order. Newsom and the leaders of Oregon and Washington announced a regional pact this week to coordinate any loosening of social distancing restrictions. Connecticut Last week, Gov. Ned Lamont…
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…