DanHenson1/iStock(NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 virus continues its relentless march across the nation, the looming crisis inside America’s jails and prisons appears to be deepening, as corrections officials dig in to prevent outbreaks in the nation’s more than 6,000 prisons and jails. So far this week, a total of […]
jarun011/iStock(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 21,200 people around the world. There are more than 470,000 diagnosed cases of the new respiratory illness, known officially as COVID-19, spanning every continent except Antarctica, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science […]
HaizhanZheng/iStock(MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.) — A Minnesota doctor is calling on healthcare workers and people who have tested positive for COVID-19 and are showing early symptoms of infection to participate in two of the first trials of the malaria drug Hydroxychloroquine to treat coronavirus patients. Dr. David Boulware, an infectious disease specialist […]
Shooter_Sam/iStock(NEW YORK)– New York officials have confirmed the first homeless death from the novel coronavirus, a grim statistic that homeless advocates fear could rise in coming weeks. “Tragically, one New Yorker experiencing homelessness succumbed to this virus after several days in the hospital – our hearts go out to this […]
Stefan Havadi-Nagy/iStock(NEW YORK) — Claudia Danford sat on the couch in the living room with her host mother in Rabat, Morocco last week, watching an announcement on TV that the country was effectively shutting down due to novel coronavirus concerns. Danford, an American student from the University of Vermont in […]
bymuratdeniz/iStock(WASHINGTON) — For 10 days now, Kimberly Gleason’s two daughters have been seeking help and a way out of Peru. Julie Gleason was visiting her sister Sarah, who was studying abroad in Cusco, the beautiful ancient Incan capital high up in the Andes mountains, when the Peruvian government closed its […]
OGDEN, Utah (Standard-Examiner) — Drug agents in Utah have apologized for serving a warrant at the wrong house. Agents broke down a door and handcuffed a staff member and a resident of an Ogden group home for the mentally disabled. The Standard-Examiner reported Tuesday that Ogden Police Lt. Chris Kovalsky […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has claimed 16 of Utah’s 29 delegates to the Democratic National Convention. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the announcement by the Utah Democratic Party formalizes the Vermont senator’s victory in the state’s primary election. Utah was among 14 states participating in […]
jarun011/iStock(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 19,700 people around the world. There are more than 441,000 diagnosed cases of the new respiratory illness, known officially as COVID-19, spanning every continent except Antarctica, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science […]
Gatsi/iStock(PIERRE, S.D.) — A search continued in South Dakota on Wednesday for five inmates who escaped along with four others from a minimum-security women’s penitentiary on the same day a prisoner tested positive for the novel coronavirus, officials said. The breakout at the Pierre Community Work Center took place around […]
