What you need to know about coronavirus on Wednesday, July 15
Here’s some good news to start your day: A Covid-19 vaccine developed by the biotechnology company Moderna looks promising. The vaccine has…
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Black and Latino communities face another public health crisis amid the pandemic — gun violence
In the University of Chicago Medical Center, where Dr. Brian Williams works, doctors have been “running” in the past several weeks to try…
Continue Reading Give teachers ‘medical grade PPE’ to get schools reopened and students back in class, pediatrician urges
Teachers should have access to “medical grade PPE” so schools can safely reopen, a pediatrician told CNN. “We should treat them…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for July 15: Coronavirus, CDC, election, Taliban, Weinstein
The Trump administration has dropped its policy barring international students from staying in the US if they take only online courses. Major…
Continue Reading He’s been working with police to prevent crime for years. His grandson was killed in crossfire this month
Davon McNeal, an 11-year-old boy in Washington, DC, was getting out of a car to grab phone charger from his aunt’s house. As he stepped out, he…
Continue Reading Baton Rouge Police investigating officer who used knee to restrain 17-year-old suspect
The Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating a traffic stop earlier this month that ended with an officer using his knee to restrain a…
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Two charged in July 4 death of 11-year-old in Washington, DC
A teenager and a 22-year-old man have been arrested in the weekend shooting death of 11-year-old Davon McNeal in Washington, DC, police said. Daryle…
Continue Reading Dashboard camera captures the moment an officer saves the life of a 3-week-old baby
An officer is being hailed a hero after he quickly saved a 3-week-old baby who was struggling to breath. The Sterling Heights Police Department in…
Continue Reading Crime is surging in US cities. Some say defunding the police will actually make it fall
It’s been a long time since summer in the US felt this feverish. It’s not just the coronavirus, the social unrest and the soaring…
Continue Reading Toronto Blue Jays might have to play home games in New York or Florida
The Major League Baseball season is set to begin July 23, but the Toronto Blue Jays still aren’t sure what city they’ll be calling home.…
Continue Reading A Montana nursing home turned down free Covid-19 tests. Now, almost every resident is infected and 8 have died
An assisted living facility in Billings, Montana, was offered free, voluntary surveillance coronavirus testing for residents and staff by the state…
Continue Reading Police officer shot and killed near Seattle
The Bothell, Washington, police officer who was fatally shot late Monday has been identified as Jonathan Shoop, according to authorities. Shoop had…
Continue Reading Atlanta Wendy’s where Rayshard Brooks was killed has been demolished
The Atlanta Wendy’s where Rayshard Brooks was fatally shot by a police officer last month was demolished Tuesday. The charred remains of the…
Continue Reading 9-year-old New Orleans boy is the latest child victim of gun violence in the US
A 9-year-old boy killed in a triple shooting in New Orleans has become the latest victim in a spate of gun violence in July that has taken the lives…
Continue Reading Florida seniors mark four months isolated indoors — and the virus is only getting worse
While much of the US shut down to help curb the coronavirus pandemic, life in Florida seemed oddly uninterrupted. Beaches grew crowded, and so did…
Continue Reading Judge rejects Harvey Weinstein’s $19 million settlement with accusers
A federal judge in New York has rejected a proposed $19 million settlement for the women who accused former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual…
Continue Reading Unusual supernova sent this star speeding across our galaxy
A white dwarf star has been sent zooming across our Milky Way galaxy thanks to the blast from a unique kind of supernova that it managed to survive,…
Continue Reading World’s population likely to shrink after 50 years
The world’s population is likely to peak at 9.7 billion in 2064, and then decline to about 8.8 billion by the end of the century, as women get…
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Squirrel tests positive for bubonic plague in Colorado, health officials warn
A squirrel in Colorado has tested positive for the bubonic plague. The squirrel tested positive on July 11 in the town of Morrison, marking the first…
Continue Reading A nursing home in England recreates famous album covers using its residents as models
The residents of one nursing home in England have turned into album cover stars. Sydmar Lodge Care Home, located in Edgware, has been in lockdown…
Continue Reading 12-year-old boy finds a veteran’s dog tag and returns it to his family 46 years after his death
A Fourth of July kayaking trip forever changed the lives of two families when 12-year-old Kolton Conrad found a dog tag that belonged to a man who…
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized for possible infection
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been taken to the hospital and treated for a possible infection,…
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1st virus vaccine tested in U.S. shows promising results, poised for final testing
WASHINGTON, DC — A Covid-19 vaccine developed by the biotechnology company Moderna in partnership with the National Institutes of Health has…
Continue Reading China has just contained the coronavirus. Now it’s battling some of the worst floods in decades
Weeks of torrential rains have caused the worst flooding in China in recent decades, destroying the homes and livelihoods of millions of people as…
Continue Reading Ghislaine Maxwell is denied bail as judge says risks of fleeing ‘are simply too great’
A federal judge Tuesday ordered Ghislaine Maxwell jailed pending trial, saying the significant financial resources, international ties and…
Continue Reading Metal band Great White apologizes for performing to a packed, maskless crowd in North Dakota
The metal band Great White has apologized for a concert that saw few masks in the audience and no social distancing. “We understand that there…
Continue Reading ‘Significant progress’ made against fire on Navy ship in San Diego
The fire on the USS Bonhomme Richard in San Diego is still burning but firefighters have made “significant progress” toward putting it…
Continue Reading One day into new mask law, one man is dead and another injured over a dispute in a Michigan store
A customer at a Quality Dairy in Eaton County, Michigan, was shot dead by police after stabbing a male customer in a dispute over not wearing a face…
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Doctors cry foul as Trump, White House target Dr. Fauci
WASHINGTON, DC — As top White House officials criticized the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci — including a top aide…
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