Health officials in South Carolina said on Thursday that they had detected two cases of a more contagious variant of the coronavirus that emerged in South Africa. It was the first report of that variant being detected in the United States. The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control said it had identified one […]
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Two police officers who were on the scene when a white officer shot and partially paralyzed a Black man in Wisconsin, triggering several nights of violent protests, have returned to duty, according to police officials. The update announced Wednesday comes as Officer Rusten Sheskey, who shot Jacob Blake seven times on […]
At South Mississippi Correctional Institution, inmates said they bartered Honey Bun snack cakes for smuggled bleach in a desperate attempt to avoid the coronavirus, which has sickened nearly 400 men at the prison. Even as some fell ill, they said the prison refused to test them. One inmate who lost his sense of taste and […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A new coronavirus variant identified in South Africa has been found in the United States for the first time, with two cases diagnosed in South Carolina, state health officials said Thursday. The two cases don’t appear to be connected, nor do the people have a history of recent travel, the South […]
Good morning. (This article is part of the California Today newsletter. Sign up to get it delivered to your inbox.) This morning, we’re starting with a dispatch from Thomas Fuller that has nothing to do with the pandemic: The debate over whether to change school names in San Francisco lives on. On Wednesday, less than […]
A rapist turned up at a 14 year-old girl’s home, then forced his way in with a crowbar and assaulted her when she tried to keep him out, police say. Trenton Reed, 26, is said to have broken into the youngster’s house in Decatur, Alabama, on January 19 after turning up outside, only for its […]
A four year-old girl was left permanently paralyzed after a Covid-linked infection inflamed her spine, with the virus also killing her father. Stella Martin spent eight months in hospital after a coronavirus infection triggered a condition called Acute Transverse Myelitis. That saw the gray and white matter of Stella’s spinal cord inflamed, with the ensuring […]
WASHINGTON • The US government is buying an additional 200 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines and will have enough to inoculate 300 million Americans – virtually the entire population of the United States – by the end of summer or early autumn, President Joe Biden said on Tuesday. An additional 100 million doses are being […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security issued a national terrorism bulletin Wednesday warning of the potential for lingering violence from people motivated by anti-government sentiment after President Joe Biden’s election, suggesting the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol may embolden extremists and set the stage for additional attacks. The department did not cite […]
This is the Coronavirus Schools Briefing, a guide to the seismic changes in U.S. education that are taking place during the pandemic. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sent a striking message on Tuesday: Children should return to classrooms because it’s safe for them […]