An alarming video spreading online features a woman with a dire message from the front lines of New York City hospitals treating COVID-19 patients. In the 10-minute video, posted April 30, the woman identifies herself as a nurse practitioner who has a nurse friend who traveled to New York City to work “on the front […]
Democrats in Congress claim that new Trump administration rules on investigating sexual misconduct allegations in schools and colleges leave students more vulnerable to harassment. House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., said in a May 6 statement that changes under Title IX “roll back protections” and “make it harder to protect students from sexual harassment […]
Americans are counting on a safe and effective vaccine against the novel coronavirus. Two months into the pandemic, is the U.S. and the world any closer to one? The short answer is yes, experts say. But creating an effective vaccine will still require a lot to go right. There are more than 100 vaccine projects […]
As many states begin to reopen — most without meeting the thresholds recommended by the White House — a new level of COVID-19 risk analysis begins for Americans. Should I go to the beach? What about the hair salon? A sit-down restaurant meal? States are responding to the tremendous economic cost of the pandemic and […]
By May 15, more than half of Pennsylvania’s counties will have lifted restrictions that kept businesses shuttered and residents stuck at home since the coronavirus swept through the state in early March. People in those 37 counties, including Allegheny, Indiana, and Westmoreland, will once again be allowed to gather in small groups and patronize some […]
After a three-year-plus legal saga involving Russia and the 2016 election, the Justice Department said it was recommending that the judge dismiss the case against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. The Justice Department made its request in a filing signed by U.S. Attorney Timothy Shea, shortly after the original line prosecutor, Brandon Van Grack, […]
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More than other towns along North Carolina’s shore, Carolina Beach relies on the hotel and bed and breakfast trade. In summer, its population swells from about 7,000 to nearly 30,000. So it was no small matter in late March when town leaders closed the beach and shut down short-term rentals to stop the spread of […]
If you’ve been on social media in the past two days, there’s a good chance you’ve seen someone share “Plandemic: The Hidden Agenda Behind COVID-19,” a 26-minute video about the coronavirus pandemic. The video is a deep dive into conspiracy theories about COVID-19, public health and the pharmaceutical industry. It discusses Dr. Anthony Fauci’s efforts […]
President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign is digging up old footage of Joe Biden’s past misstatements to make a point about the presumptive Democratic nominee’s current accuracy. On May 5, Brad Parscale, Trump’s 2020 campaign manager, published a video on Facebook that includes an old clip of Biden talking with voters about his academic record. It’s […]
President Donald Trump left Washington for his first major trip in nearly two months, and also left the relative safety of a Fox News interview by sitting down with ABC News’ David Muir during a visit to Arizona on May 5. Muir was criticized for not pushing back harder on some of Trump’s specific claims […]
Coronavirus testing, and everything that goes along with it, has permeated the news cycle. That’s because the testing situation — in the United States and abroad — is complicated, and continues to change. Health officials say that adequate and rapid testing, as well as contact tracing, are paramount to slow the spread of COVID-19 and […]