More retailers and states are instituting mask requirements, but tensions are mounting for people who see the rules as infringements.Face masks on display in the window of a custom clothing print shop in Atlanta.Credit...Dustin Chambers for The New York TimesPublished July 16, 2020Updated July 17, 2020, 8:00 a.m. ETAs images of people wearing surgical masks…
CLOSE At least half of all states have paused reopening or taken new measures to combat growing COVID-19 case numbers. USA TODAYA day after Georgia's governor extended coronavirus restrictions, Gov. Brian Kemp filed a lawsuit against the Atlanta City Council and the mayor to block the city from enforcing its face mask mandate."This lawsuit is on behalf…
July 16, 2020 | 10:45pm A former Miss Kentucky and one-time West Virginia school teacher will get two years in prison after pleading guilty to sexting with a 15-year-old student, according to a report. Ramsey Bearse, 29, admitted in court that she sent at least four topless photos to the teen on Snapchat in 2018…
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…