(NBC News) As coronavirus hospitalizations hit new highs, health experts are finding ways for those with mild symptoms to recover where they’re most comfortable: their own beds. A free online course is available from the American College of Emergency Physicians and the Learning Agency on managing COVID-19 at home. The series of short videos and readings cover everything from the…
(NBC News) The White House continued to insist Tuesday that President Trump was never briefed on an alleged Russian intelligence program that offered bounties on U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, despite multiple reports to the contrary. Demands for answers are intensifying as new details emerge about the alleged offer of money to the Taliban in exchange for targeting U.S. troops. A…
(NBC News) As COVID-19 infections spike across the country, top health officials are issuing a stark warning for all Americans. “We are now having 40 plus thousand new cases a day. I would not be surprised if we go up to 100,000 a day if this does not turn around,” Dr. Anthony Fauci told Congress Tuesday. Twenty-six states are already…
(WTLV/NBC News) Nearly 200 Florida-based doctors have signed an open letter to Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, calling for the Republican National Convention in Jacksonville to be postponed and for the use of masks to be mandated in the city. The letter notes that more than 40,000 people are expected to attend the RNC from all over the country. “Allowing this…
(KFOR/NBC News) A 26-year-old woman was shot multiple times early Sunday morning after she was dared to steal a swastika flag from a Hunter, Oklahoma man’s front yard. Garfield County Sheriff Jody Helm said the woman was at a party across the street from the residence of 44-year-old Alexander John Feaster. According to the Sheriff, she was dared to try…
(NBC) Auditions continue tonight on “America’s Got Talent,” but it’s going to be auditions unlike any you’re used to seeing. There was no audience in the Pasadena Theater for this episode when it taped in mid-March just as concerns about the coronavirus were setting in. There’s no crowd reaction, just the judges to impress. “I think psychologically, it might have…
(WBIR/NBC News) For people who are deaf and blind, the coronavirus pandemic has cut off the lifeline of touch communication. “The coronavirus turned their world upside down. It just kind of collapsed,” Monica Shimmin, the deafblind coordinator at the Knoxville Center of the Deaf says. “Their independence was removed. It’s removed their language, it’s removed their culture because their culture…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police brutality protesters blocked a bridge connecting Kentucky to Indiana for three hours before police dispersed the crowd and arrested 33 people. Protesters blocked lanes on the Clark Memorial Bridge Monday morning, bringing traffic to a standstill. The bridge connects Louisville, Kentucky, to Jeffersonville, Indiana. Protesters had set up banners on the roadway with images of…
(NBC News) The White House continued to push back Monday on reports that President Trump failed to act on intelligence reports that Russian intelligence agents in Afghanistan offered bounties on U.S. troops. “The CIA Director, NSA – National Security Advisor – and Chief of Staff can all confirm that neither the President nor the Vice President were briefed on the…
(KPNX/NBC News) Arizona Governor Doug Ducey issued a new round of executive orders Monday afternoon that will close Arizona businesses to stem the surging number of coronavirus cases across the state. Bars, movie theaters and gyms, along with water and tubing parks have been ordered to close through July 27, and schools are ordered to delay the opening of campuses…
