A 19-year-old Alaska man is facing attempted murder charges after breaking into a public safety building and firing on an unarmed village police officer, authorities said.It happened in Alaska's Village of Kwethluk on May 16 and Kwethluk’s Public Safety Administrative Chief, Nicolai Joseph said that a potential mass shooting was avoided, Alaska Public Radio reported Friday.Now village…
By Amy Graff, SFGATE Updated 10:02 am PDT, Monday, April 27, 2020 Emiliano Garcia, 4 watches third year UCSF medical student Natalie Kucirek prick his mother's finger during an antibody test for COVID-19 during UCSF's mass testing study at Garfield Square. A comprehensive study of the virus's spread held by UC San Francisco researchers in partnership…
As of 12 p.m. April 26, 2020, there are 6,813 COVID-19 cases among residents in 431 nursing and personal care homes. At least 952 people have died from the virus.According to Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine, nursing and personal care homes are required to contact the Pa. Department of Health if someone dies of COVID-19.…
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A New Braunfels resident in their 30s is hospitalized, marking Comal County's 49th case of COVID-19.Two other patients also remain hospitalized with the virus while six have died. Thirty four people have recovered from the virus. The remaining patients are self-isolated at home.As of Saturday morning the Office of Public Health has received reports on…
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…