NEW DELHI (AP) — A tentative easing around the world of coronavirus lockdowns gathered pace Saturday with the reopening in India of neighborhood stores that many of the country’s 1.3 billion people rely on for everything from cold drinks to mobile phone data cards.The U.S. states of Georgia, Oklahoma and Alaska also began loosening lockdown…
Terri, a hairstylist in the Atlanta metropolitan area in Georgia, would rather wait to go back to work amid the coronavirus pandemic. But she doesn’t have much of a choice: Hundreds of businesses across the state are being allowed to reopen on Friday, including the salon she works in. Republican Gov. Brian Kemp on Monday…
ATLANTA, GEORGIA - AUGUST 23: Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms speaks onstage during the 10th Annual BronzeLens Film Festival Women Superstars Luncheon on August 23, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images) Paras Griffin/Getty Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms urged residents to "just stay home" Friday as some Georgia businesses are reopening."Just stay…
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…