El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has authorized the use of lethal force by the police and army against gang members he says are taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic, after a weekend of violence left at least 50 people dead across the country. 24-ho…
At least a dozen states forged ahead with strategies to ease restrictions. The Treasury secretary warned companies not to apply for small business aid if they aren’t eligible.Right NowU.S. stocks climbed for the third consecutive day, as the S & P 500 rose about 1 percent in early trading.ImageTreasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in Washington earlier…
UCSF nurse Jamilah Dula and fellow UCSF health care workers board a United Airlines flight at San Francisco International Airport en route to Navajo Nation to help care for COVID-19 patients on Wednesday, April 22, 2020, in San Francisco. A group of UCSF staff including 14 nurses and seven doctors volunteered for the assignment in…
By Amy Graff, SFGATE Updated 10:07 am PDT, Monday, April 27, 2020 UCSF nurse Jamilah Dula and fellow UCSF health care workers board a United Airlines flight at San Francisco International Airport en route to Navajo Nation to help care for COVID-19 patients on Wednesday, April 22, 2020, in San Francisco. A group of UCSF staff…
CLOSE The secret to fighting COVID-19 could be in recovered patients. Here's how antibodies could lead to a treatment for those fighting coronavirus. USA TODAYThe U.S. reached a "plateau" in new coronavirus cases this weekend as the number of confirmed cases neared 1 million Monday morning, but Dr. Deborah Birx warned that social distancing "will…
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…