Alone but together under lockdown, New York Girl Scouts embark on bird count project
When the COVID-19 crisis hit, a Girl Scout troop in central New York thought it might have to scrap its group bird-counting trip altogether.
New York to hire thousands of contact tracers, reduce subway service to clean trains
New York state will hire thousands of people to trace the contacts of people who test positive for the coronavirus and halt early-hour New York City subway service to disinfect the trains every day, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Thursday.
Trump says his former national security adviser Flynn was tormented by dirty cops
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, was tormented by “dirty cops” as part of the probe into whether Russia helped Trump win the White House in 2016.
Only 20 U.S. defense contractors consider $17 billion COVID-19 loan pool
Fewer than 20 companies are considering applying for $17 billion worth of loans earmarked as relief funds for Pentagon suppliers hit by the coronavirus pandemic, a Pentagon official said on Thursday.
Police arrest suspect in shooting outside Cuba’s U.S. embassy, no injuries
Police arrested a suspect early on Thursday morning after reports of gunfire at Cuba’s embassy in the United States, the Secret Service and Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department said.
U.S. states, local governments could need nearly $1 trillion for pandemic: Pelosi
U.S. state and local governments could need close to $1 trillion in aid over several years to cope with the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday.
Coronavirus was ‘not manmade or genetically modified’: U.S. spy agency
The top U.S. spy agency said for the first time on Thursday the American intelligence community believes the COVID-19 virus that originated in China was not manmade or genetically modified.
Coronavirus death of pregnant woman in federal prison prompts outrage in Congress
Congressional Democrats condemned the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) for its treatment of a 30-year-old incarcerated pregnant woman who died this week from COVID-19 after giving birth while on a ventilator, saying more needs to be done to protect vuln…
U.S. states grapple with reopening as virus forces millions more jobless claims
More than two dozen U.S. states moved ahead with plans to relax restrictions on business and social life, hoping to reverse the economic blows of the coronavirus that caused another 3.84 million Americans to file jobless claims last week.
Pelosi says additional state aid would be for up to four years
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday that a prospective $500 billion in congressional coronavirus assistance for U.S. states would be intended to sustain state governments for a period of up to four years.
