CLOSE How does coronavirus enter the body, and why does it become fatal for some compared to just a cough or fever for others? USA TODAYThe World Health Organization (WHO) reported the largest single-day increase in new COVID-19 cases Sunday: over 183,000. Brazil and the U.S. showed the biggest jumps – at 54,771 and 36,617 cases, respectively. More than two-thirds of new deaths…
Mississippi State’s Kylin Hill is taking a stand.Hill, the team’s running back, a first-team All-SEC pick in 2019 and a Mississippi native, said on Twitter that he won’t represent the state until the flag changes. Hill sent a response to an original tweet by Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves regarding the state’s flag.“Either change the flag…
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro told "The Story" Monday that President Trump has decided to terminate the China trade deal as intelligence officials grow increasingly confident that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a Wuhan laboratory."It's over," Navarro told host Martha MacCallum."Here's the turning point," he explained. "They came here on January 15th to sign that trade deal, and that was a full two months…
Protesters on Monday tried toppling a statue of Andrew Jackson near the White House, while sealing off an area in an act of defiance similar to events in Seattle by declaring off-limits an area dubbed the "Black House Autonomous Zone," or "BHAZ."Police intervened as chants of “Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho, Andrew Jackson’s got to go" were heard while a…
The move is fiercely opposed by business leaders, who say it will block their ability to recruit critically needed workers from countries overseas.Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration has issued a series of policy changes affecting almost every aspect of the immigration system.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York TimesJune 22, 2020Updated 8:29 p.m. ETWASHINGTON — President…
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…