Editors, USA TODAY Published 3:14 a.m. ET July 15, 2020 CLOSEIt's July 15 and it's really time to file your taxes nowThis time it's for real: Wednesday is the deadline to file your 2019 federal tax return. Earlier this year, the IRS postponed the tax-filing deadline from April 15 due to disruptions caused by the…
(CNN)While President Donald Trump obsesses about his reelection hopes in his White House bubble, state and local leaders are frantically reversing state reopenings that he demanded, which turned Amer…
Los Angeles County will close its beaches Friday and ban fireworks displays in anticipation of the Fourth of July holiday, a move health officials say is necessary in light of an alarming spike in coronavirus cases.Although it was a “difficult decision to make,” the closures are crucial because so many people gather to celebrate, “a…
Israel is pulling the plug on a new GOD TV channel for failing to disclose its evangelical missionary agenda, local regulators announced Sunday.The Hebrew-speaking "Shelanu" channel, which began airing at the end of April on GOD TV as part of a seven-year deal, will stop broadcasting this week, according to an announcement by Asher Biton, chairman of Israel's Cable…
Asia Pacific|Beijing Shuts Down Seafood Market After Dozens Test Positive for CoronavirusNearly all of the 53 people had worked or shopped at the market, which is said to supply 90 percent of the Chinese capital’s fruit and vegetables.Police officers guarding the entrance to the closed Xinfadi market in Beijing on Saturday.Credit...Greg Baker/Agence France-Presse — Getty…
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…