ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Coronavirus cases are climbing rapidly among young adults in a number of states where bars, stores and restaurants have reopened — a disturbing generational shift that not only puts them in greater peril than many realize but poses an even bigger danger to older people who cross their paths.In Oxford,…
Covid-19’s spread is picking up steam in a larger swath of the U.S. as cases have increased at a faster rate nationwide for nearly two weeks, an acceleration that isn’t attributable solely to increased testing, a Wall Street Journal analysis shows. Thirty-three states, from Oklahoma to South Carolina and Washington, had a seven-day average of…
There are more new cases of COVID-19 in California than any other point of the pandemic, and hospitalization levels are at their highest mark since the outbreak began. Before this week, California had experienced two days during the COVID-19 pandemic with 4,000 or more new cases around the state. After shattering the daily record Monday,…
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The state reported 191 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the total to 7,274 confirmed or presumptive cases of the novel coronavirus, and 192 deaths in Oregon.Officials with the Oregon Health Authority have said they’re concerned about the elevated numbers over the past few weeks. Before June 7, the state had never seen a…
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…