Chicago Tribune | Jun 17, 2020 | 10:06 AM A bottle of Aunt Jemima syrup is seen June 17, 2020 in White Plains, New York. Pepsico is changing the name and marketing image of its Aunt Jemima pancake mix and syrup. (Donald King / AP) The Aunt Jemima brand, which has graced syrup and other…
Coughing, sneezing, talking and even just breathing can produce airborne particles that can spread SARS-CoV-2. Stanislaw Pytel/Digital Vision via Getty ImagesI am scientist that studies infectious diseases and I specialize in severe respiratory infections, but I also serve as a member of my church’s safety team.Over the past few weeks as states began to loosen…
The New York Police Department (NYPD) said Monday that it will get rid of its anti-crime units and transfer plainclothes officers to other parts of the department.NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said during a press conference that the department will immediately reassign about 600 anti-crime officers to areas such as the detective bureau and neighborhood policing.Shea called…
President Donald Trump is getting what he wants: The country is opening up come what may, despite alarming indications that the coronavirus pandemic is intensifying its assault.
A rat sits in the road outside 10 Downing Street, the official residence of Britain’s Prime Minister, in central London on May 12, 2020. TOLGA AKMEN/Getty Images With restaurants closed, humans who don’t know how—or don’t like—to cook aren’t the only ones getting desperate. Rats have also suddenly seen their lives turned upside-down by the…
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…