July 1, 2020 at 10:03 PM EDT - Updated July 1 at 11:47 PM MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCSC) - There’s been a recent spike of the COVID-19 virus in raw sewage collected from Mount Pleasant Waterworks. The water utility company said the spike was detected from results of a wastewater sampling and monitoring study being…
By JAKE COYLE and JONATHAN J. COOPER, Associated PressPHOENIX — California closed bars, theaters and indoor restaurant dining all over again across most of the state Wednesday, and Arizona's outbreak grew more severe by nearly every measure as the surging coronavirus crisis across the South and West sent a shudder through the country. The run-up…
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona recorded more coronavirus deaths, infections, hospitalizations and emergency-room visits in a single day than ever before Wednesday as the deepening crisis across the Sunbelt sent a shudder through other parts of the country and led distant states to put their own reopening plans on hold.States hit hard by the growing COVID-19…
A wave of NYPD officers has filed for retirement in the weeks following George Floyd's death on May 25, refocusing attention on police morale amid widespread protests and calls to defund law enforcement.The NYPD told Fox News on Saturday that 272 officers have filed for retirement between Floyd's death and June 23. That represents a 49 percent increase over…
Beaches in Miami-Dade County will close for the July Fourth weekend-- less than a month after reopening-- and gatherings of 50 or more will be prohibited due to recent surges in coronavirus cases.FLORIDA BANS ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AT BARS AS CORONAVIRUS CASES RISE AMONG YOUNGER DEMOGRAPHICS IN THE STATECounty Mayor Carlos Gimenez will sign an emergency…
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…