250-year-old U.S. Easter tradition’s horns silenced by coronavirus pandemic
(This April 9 story corrects title of the Rev. Chaz Snider to chair of the Salem Congregation Board of Elders; corrects to show that the service is sponsored by 12 Moravian congregations)
Rockets hit U.S. air base in Afghanistan; no casualties
Five rockets hit a major U.S. air base in Afghanistan on Thursday but there were no casualties, Afghanistan’s NATO-led force said, in an attack claimed by the Islamic State militant group.
Exclusive: U.S. ambassador to South Korea is discussing plans to resign – sources
U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris has said privately that he does not plan to stay on beyond the November U.S. presidential election, regardless of whether President Donald Trump wins another term, five sources told Reuters.
Speed of coronavirus deaths shock doctors as New York toll hits new high
New York state, epicenter of America’s coronavirus crisis, set another single-day record of COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, as veteran doctors and nurses voiced astonishment at the speed with which patients were deteriorating and dying.
Body of Robert F. Kennedy’s great-grandson recovered from Chesapeake Bay
The body of a great-grandson to Robert F. Kennedy was recovered from Chesapeake Bay off the Maryland coast on Wednesday, two days after he went missing with his mother while riding in a canoe, the New York Times reported.
Nursing home deaths rise in Maryland with tests, protective gear scarce
Retired firefighter Gary Holmberg was only supposed to be at the Pleasant View nursing home in Maryland for a little while, recovering from a fall at his assisted living center.
Ex-U.S. Navy secretary’s Guam trip to ridicule commander cost taxpayers $243,000: officials
Former acting U.S. Navy Secretary Thomas Modly’s controversial trip to Guam over the weekend where he ridiculed the commander of a coronavirus-stricken U.S. aircraft carrier cost taxpayers at least $243,000, officials said on Wednesday.
Clinton sex scandal whistleblower Linda Tripp dies at age 70: reports
Linda Tripp, the former U.S. civil servant whose secretly taped telephone conversations with a former White House intern documented the sex scandal that led to then-President Bill Clinton’s 1998 impeachment, died on Wednesday at age 70.
Chaotic Wisconsin election signals virus-related voting battles ahead
Shavonda Sisson said she requested a mail ballot to vote in Tuesday’s Democratic primary election in Wisconsin well ahead of the election.
From fine to flailing – rapid health declines in COVID-19 patients jar doctors, nurses
One medical worker called it “insane,” another said it induces paranoia – the speed with which patients are declining and dying from the novel coronavirus is shocking even veteran doctors and nurses as they scramble to determine how to stop such sudden…
