Friday’s announcement comes as the state’s prisons battle a dramatic surge in Covid-19 cases Two women hold up a banner urging Gavin Newsom to free prisoners, during a news conference outside San Quentin state prison on Thursday. Photograph: Eric Risberg/AP Prison officials have announced California will release up to 8,000 people from state prisons to…
The Small Business Administration released information Monday about nearly 700,000 loans issued as part of the federal $660 billion Paycheck Protection Program since its launch in early April.The disclosure includes the names of 660,000 small businesses and nonprofit organizations that received at least $150,000 in funding, the most detailed yet on one of the largest…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement must release children held in the country’s three family detention centers by July 17 because of the danger posed by the coronavirus pandemic, a federal judge in Los Angeles ordered.U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee said in a ruling Friday that children held for more than 20 days at ICE family…
U.S.|U.S. Must Release Children From Family Detention Centers, Judge RulesThe ruling applies to children held in the nation’s three family detention centers for more than 20 days. They must be let go by July 17, a federal judge ruled on Friday.Some immigrants seeking asylum were detained at an ICE facility in Dilley, Texas, last year. Credit...Eric…
While some counties are posting public lists of businesses with COVID-19 outbreaks, other jurisdictions, like Long Beach and Orange County, are opting not to release names at this time. As more restaurants are reopening, a growing number are now temporally closing to deep clean and sanitize after employees are becoming infected with coronavirus. This week,…
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…