Forecasters are still calling for an active hurricane season Satellites depict the Saharan air layer. on Tuesday. (NOAA/CIMMS) After a record active start to hurricane season, the tropics have lain close to dormant for several weeks. Not only is the tropical Atlantic quiet, but a layer of desert air from the Sahara is also actively…
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…