In a world without the coronavirus pandemic, the Democratic National Convention would have been gaveled into session on Monday, with thousands of delegates, party leaders, politicians, spectators and media packed into the Fiserv Forum arena in Milwaukee.But that obviously isn’t happening.RNC EXPLORING OUTDOOR VENUES FOR JACKSONVILLE CONVENTION AMID CORONAVIRUS SURGE IN FLORIDAAs the coronavirus swept the…
The two largest school districts in California announced Monday that classes will be online-only at the start of the school year, citing "skyrocketing infection rates" of the coronavirus in their areas.The Los Angeles and San Diego unified school districts, which issued a joint announcement, will begin online instruction in mid-August but will "continue planning for…
The Trump administration is increasingly at war with Anthony Fauci, the federal government’s top public health expert, over the handling of the coronavirus crisis, as the US continues to report around 60,000 new cases a day. In what appeared to be a concerted effort to discredit the infectious diseases expert, Trump aides told news outlets…
July 13, 2020 | 1:35pm | Updated July 13, 2020 | 2:36pm Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday claimed that President Trump’s handling of the coronavirus crisis was worse than the Watergate scandal that forced President Richard Nixon from office. “Trump’s COVID scandal makes Nixon’s Watergate look innocent,” Cuomo said during a news conference in Manhattan.…
A cool down is forecast for Southern California on Monday after a heat wave brought record-high temperatures to parts of the region the day before.“People in many areas — at least the coast areas and the valley areas — will see maybe five to 10 degrees of cooling,” said David Sweet, a meteorologist with the…
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…