CORONAVIRUS New Orleans' stay-at-home order has been extended until at least May 16. NEW ORLEANS — This live blog has ended. Read updates for Friday, April 17 here Latest Numbers:1,156 deaths (+53)22,532 total cases (+581) 1,943 patients in hospitals (-29)425 in need of ventilators (-29)64 of 64 parishes reporting cases125,586 tests completed (+4,658)Key Updates: Mayor LaToya Cantrell has…
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…