Group of Republicans condemns ‘scheme’ to undo election … The Republican effort to overturn the presidential election has been condemned by an outpouring of current and former GOP officials warning the effort to sow doubt in Joe Biden’s win and keep President Donald Trump in office is undermining Americans’ faith in democracy.
California passes 25,000 deaths, finds 3 more variant … California surpassed 25,000 coronavirus deaths since the start of the pandemic and officials disclosed that three more cases involving a mutant variant of the virus have been confirmed in San Diego County.
Child labor in Southeast Asian palm oil industry … They are two young girls from two very different worlds, linked by a global industry that exploits an army of children. Olivia Chaffin, a Girl Scout in rural Tennessee, was a top cookie seller in her troop when she first heard rainforests were being destroyed to make way for ever-expanding palm oil plantations. On one […]
Doctor: Tennessee is ‘worst in the world’ for coronavirus … MEMPHIS, Tenn. — No country is more infectious than the U.S. and no state in the country is more infectious than Tennessee when it comes to COVID-19. “Tennessee, as we speak, is the number one hot spot for transmission for the coronavirus in the entire world,” said Dr. Steve Threlkeld, infectious disease specialist with Baptist […]
Tensions rise over masks as virus grips smaller US … MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Arguments over mask requirements and other restrictions have turned ugly in recent days as the deadly coronavirus surge across the U.S. engulfs small and medium-size cities that once seemed safely removed from the outbreak. In Boise, Idaho, public health officials about to vote on a four-county mask mandate abruptly ended a […]
‘One to two persons a minute die in the U.S.’: Virus … Deaths from COVID-19 in the U.S. have soared to more than 2,200 a day on average, matching the frightening peak reached last April, and cases per day have eclipsed 200,000 on average for the first time on record, with the crisis all but certain to get worse because of the fallout from Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s.
Nurses wanted: Swamped hospitals scramble for pandemic … U.S. hospitals slammed with COVID-19 patients are trying to lure nurses and doctors out of retirement, recruiting students and new graduates who have yet to earn their licenses and offering eye-popping salaries in a desperate bid to ease staffing shortages.
Gov. Reeves places 13 more counties under mask mandate COAHOMA COUNTY, Miss. – – Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves is increasing restrictions as COVID-19 cases continue to rise across the state. The governor is now placing 13 more counties under a mask mandate. “It’s bad. It’s bad everywhere and certainly bad here in the great state of Mississippi,” Gov. Reeves said, “This is a dangerous […]
Beware of COVID-19 scams as vaccine approaches FDA … The coronavirus vaccine inching toward approval in the U.S. is desperately anticipated by weary Americans longing for a path back to normal life. But criminals are waiting, too, ready to use that desperation to their advantage, federal investigators say.
Biden’s DIY transition proceeds without Trump assistance President Donald Trump’s refusal to cooperate with his successor is forcing President-elect Joe Biden to seek unusual workarounds to prepare for the exploding public health threat and evolving national security challenges he will inherit in just nine weeks.
Shelby County Health Department reports single-day … The previous single-day record was 700 new cases which was set July 14, according to WREG’s data.
