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Covid-19 cases among children also spiked across the country during roughly the same period. In Florida, the total number of cases in children 17 and under rose from 16,797 on … Read More
Trump returned to the briefing room minutes later, confirming a shooting. “There was a shooting outside of the White House and it seems to be very well under control. I’d … Read More
It was the third-straight month of improvement after the spring lockdown that decimated the labor market. But the economy last month added far fewer than the 4.8 million jobs that … Read More
On Tuesday shortly after 6 p.m. local time, a huge blast shook downtown Beirut, the seaside capital of Lebanon. It was so strong that it generated seismic waves equivalent to … Read More
The blast near Beirut’s port sent up a huge mushroom cloud-shaped shockwave, flipping cars and damaging distant buildings. It was felt as far as Cyprus, hundreds of miles away, and … Read More
Dr. Joseph Varon, the chief medical officer at Houston’s United Memorial Medical Center, gets home after a long day at work. Dr. Joseph Varon hasn’t had a day off in … Read More
In words that were both highly specific and at times more oblique, Obama declared Lewis’ lifelong battle for racial equality to be ongoing and stated explicitly that forces in power … Read More
As the country begins to reopen, it’s clear that life will look starkly different on the other side of the crisis. In just months, more than 150,000 people have died … Read More
The first death in the US was reported on February 29. The country reached 50,000 deaths 54 days later on April 23 and 34 days later on May 27 crossed … Read More
“It will probably, unfortunately, get worse before it gets better,” Trump read grimly from a script during a subdued news conference on Tuesday, looking up from the podium to concede … Read More
