Texas is the largest state to lift its mandate on face masks and fully reopen businesses, joining a growing movement in states governed by Republicans to ease pandemic restrictions even as experts warn it is too soon to do so, despite the accelerating pace of vaccinations in the United States. “This is completely politically motivated,” says Dr.
The murder trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter for killing George Floyd, is proceeding to jury selection despite an order from an appeals court judge that a third-degree murder charge be considered, as well. We speak with Nekima Levy Armstrong, a civil rights attorney and racial justice activist, who says that if the trial proceeds, who serves on the jury could prove crucial in the case.
In the beginning, there was one.The first genome for the virus causing a mysterious illness we had not yet named COVID-19 was shared by scientists on January 10, 2020. That single genome alerted the world to the danger of a novel coronavirus. It was the basis of new tests as countries scrambled to find the virus within their own borders. And it became the template for vaccines, the same ones now making their way to millions of people every day.
I am on a strict calorie-counting diet, and they know this.
Parenting advice on children’s clothes, ex-spouses, and vasectomies.
We’ve never had to negotiate so many things with our friends, hookups, roommates, and families.
Oh good, the Democrats are avoiding the obvious political disaster they were loudly warned about.
The issue used to be a nonstarter for the GOP. Here’s what changed.
Oh good, the Democrats are avoiding the obvious political disaster they were loudly warned about.
Raise a glass for comity and moderation.
But Mike DeWine and Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson both decline to attack fellow GOP governors who have lifted them.
The issue used to be a nonstarter for the GOP. Here’s what changed.
The widespread testing envisioned by the Biden program is sorely needed to help bring the pandemic to an end.
Senior officials at two federal health agencies will meet as early as next week with House Ways and Means Committee Republican staff about how to improve the tracking of nursing home deaths.
Raise a glass for comity and moderation.
But Mike DeWine and Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson both decline to attack fellow GOP governors who have lifted them.
The widespread testing envisioned by the Biden program is sorely needed to help bring the pandemic to an end.
Senior officials at two federal health agencies will meet as early as next week with House Ways and Means Committee Republican staff about how to improve the tracking of nursing home deaths.
The February gain marked a sharp pickup from the 166,000 jobs that were added in January.
“I mean, Shaq has a SPAC. What could go wrong?” one economist says of the euphoria rippling through Wall Street and raising a new round of worries.
Only businesses with fewer than 20 employees will be able to apply for aid through the massive Paycheck Protection Program.
Allies laud Brian Deese’s leadership on the stimulus negotiations, but he’s rubbed some the wrong way.
The U.S. wants to stop new coal projects, but risks losing poor countries to Beijing’s “Belt and Road” agenda.
Outrage over police brutality and the mass incarceration of Black and Brown people has generated calls to defund and abolish the police.
The former president’s onetime hometown didn’t exactly roll out the red carpet.
Today’s big news was small news: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finally released initial guidelines freeing vaccinated Americans from some COVID-19 restrictions. The catch? For this first round, the only loosened restrictions are that vaccinated Americans should feel free to—with appropriate caution—meet with other vaccinated Americans indoors, without masks, and without social distancing.
Today’s big news was small news: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finally released initial guidelines freeing vaccinated Americans from some COVID-19 restrictions. The catch? For this first round, the only loosened restrictions are that vaccinated Americans should feel free to—with appropriate caution—meet with other vaccinated Americans indoors, without masks, and without social distancing.
The most important result of the 2020 elections is that Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump. Second-most important is that Democrats took back the Senate. These were tremendous victories that, along with keeping the House, have given our party a chance to make real, lasting change that will improve the lives of every American.
But (you knew a “but” was coming) we didn’t do as well as we thought we might.
