Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday declared an emergency for Midland county after two dams, Edenville and Sanford, breached due to heavy rain in the past few days and residents nearby have been told to evacuate immediately on expectations of extreme flooding. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/reuterssubscribeReuters brings you the latest business, finance and breaking news video from…
Citing a trend of decreasing hospitalizations and ICU patients due to the coronavirus, California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the state’s stay-at-home order could be drastically modified in the next few weeks if the trends continue. He rolled out a new “self certification” for locales process that could speed reopening. Instead of what have been standard…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Missouri Gov. Mike Parson defended the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic on Saturday, arguing that the president and vice president "did nothing but almost move mountains for the entire country.""When you think about where we were at 60 days ago -- to…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday outlined what may be the next steps on the path to reopen the state’s theme parks including Walt Disney World Resort and Universal Orlando Resort. In a press conference, DeSantis called on park operators to submit their reopening plans to the state, adding that they would “need to have…
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said Thursday that the state Supreme Court's decision to strike down his administration's stay-at-home order during the coronavirus pandemic could lead to "many more people" becoming sick and overwhelming hospitals."But not if we stay the course and stay home," Evers, a Democrat, said at a news conference, adding, "If you don't…
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…