WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court late Friday rejected a California church's request to ease restrictions on attendance at worship services, in the court's first effort to balance religious freedom and public health during the coronavirus pandemic.Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court's four liberals in an unsigned order that denied the church's application for…
The FBI has joined the massive manhunt, which is now spanning three states, for a University of Connecticut student believed to be armed with several stolen guns whom police say is connected to two homicides, a kidnapping and a home invasion. Peter Manfredonia, 23, last seen in Stroudsburg, Pa., is considered armed and dangerous and should not…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and his counterparts in four Western states on Monday asked Congress for $1 trillion in COVID-19 pandemic relief for all states and local governments.Newsom joined with the governors of Oregon, Washington, Nevada and Colorado, as well as legislative leaders from the five states, in asking the House and Senate for the…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. There's a light at the end of the tunnel for "Friends" fans who were disappointed to learn its HBO reunion special was postponed amid the coronavirus crisis.Jennifer Aniston, one of the sitcom's most beloved stars, took to Instagram on Tuesday to…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Australia on Sunday called for an “independent international” investigation into China’s management of the coronavirus outbreak and the origin of the pandemic, joining the U.S. in scrutinizing China's role.Australia’s Foreign Minister Marise Payne has doubled down on similar calls by…
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…