Whistleblower: U.S. could face coronavirus rebound ‘darkest winter’
WASHINGTON — America faces the “darkest winter in modern history” unless leaders act decisively to prevent a rebound of the coronavirus, says a government whistleblower who alleges he was ousted from his job for warning the Trump administration to prepare for the pandemic. Immunologist Dr. Rick Bright makes his sobering...
Many Florida residents dying at home because they are afraid to go to a hospital, reports showVideo
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — New numbers from Fort Lauderdale Fire and Rescue and Broward County Fire and Rescue confirm what many have suspected: More people are afraid to go to the hospital and, as a result, are dying at home. Reports released this week from the two fire and rescue...
Florida teen learning to park truck runs over dad, killing him
TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. — A Florida teenager accidentally drove a pickup truck over her father while learning how to park the vehicle on Tuesday evening, police said. The 46-year-old man died at the scene. He was teaching his 15-year-old daughter to park the truck at a park in Tarpon Springs,...
Coronavirus restrictions fuel anti-government ‘boogaloo’ movement
SILVER SPRING, Md. — They carry high-powered rifles and wear tactical gear, but their Hawaiian shirts and leis are what stand out in the crowds that have formed at state capital buildings to protest covid-19 lockdown orders. The signature look for the “boogaloo” anti-government movement is designed to get attention....
State Department told to revisit sexual listing on passports
DENVER — Under a ruling from a federal appeals court, the U.S. State Department is once again being ordered to consider whether to grant an intersex person a passport if they do not specify a gender. On Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver...
Iowa to reopen restaurants, salons, barber shops and gyms
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Restaurants, salons, barber shops and gyms in Iowa can reopen this week, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Wednesday, even as she remained in “modified quarantine” and the state’s coronavirus deaths continued to rise. Reynolds said she would allow restaurants, libraries and fitness centers in 22 counties, including...
Penn State Extension extends discounts for online courses due to high demand
When Penn State Extension officials made online courses free during April, public interest was overwhelming. “We would’ve filled Beaver Stadium with students,” said Extension Director Brent Hales. “We had over 109,000 people sign up.” There was so much demand — it initially crashed extension servers, Hales said — that officials...
U.S. Army Corps partially opening Crawford County lake facilities May 22
Some facilities at Woodcock Lake Park in Crawford County will open Memorial Day weekend, but the campground will remain closed for the summer, the Army Corps of Engineers in Pittsburgh said. On March 18, the U.S. Army Corps shut down all facilities at the park, which includes a 333-acre lake...
Pennsylvania reports 137 more coronavirus deaths, 707 new cases
Another 137 Pennsylvanians have died from the coronavirus, state health officials said Wednesday, as the statewide death toll nears 4,000. Officials recorded 707 new cases of the virus between 12 a.m. Tuesday and 12 a.m. Wednesday, bringing the total to 58,698 cases since the first covid-19 cases in the state...
Flynn case boosts Trump’s bid to undo Russia probe narrative
WASHINGTON — When Michael Flynn was forced from the White House, Vice President Mike Pence said he was disappointed the national security adviser had misled him about his talks with the Russian ambassador. President Donald Trump called the deception unacceptable. Now Pence says he’d welcome Flynn back to the administration,...
Wear a mask? Even with 20,000 dead, some New Yorkers don’t
NEW YORK — Eric Leventhal felt a sneeze coming and panicked. The Brooklynite left his cloth face mask at home for a morning run in a park last week. Walking home, he turned toward an empty street and let the sneeze out, hoping no one would notice. Too bad for...
China may test all of Wuhan amid fears of virus comeback
BEIJING — Authorities in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic first broke out, are planning to test all 11 million residents in the next 10 days, Chinese media reported. No official announcement has been made, but district officials confirmed receiving marching orders from the city’s coronavirus task force,...
Emails: Trump nominee involved in shelving CDC coronavirus guide
WASHINGTON — A former chemical industry executive nominated to be the nation’s top consumer safety watchdog was involved in sidelining detailed guideline s to help communities reopen during the coronavirus pandemic, internal government emails show. Now the ranking Democrat on the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee is questioning the...
Pleasant Unity man charged with threatening Gov. Wolf over business closures
A Pleasant Unity man has been arrested and charged with threatening Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, officials in York County announced Tuesday. Rocco Anthony Naples, 28, faces a third-degree felony charge of threats and other improper influence in official and political matters and related misdemeanor counts of terroristic threats and harassment,...
CDC documents stress plans for more coronavirus flareupsVideo
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Advice from the nation’s top disease control experts on how to safely reopen businesses and institutions in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic included detailed instructive guidance and some more restrictive measures than the plan released by the White House last month. The guidance, which was shelved...
U.S. judge to hear outside advice on any dismissal of Michael Flynn’s guilty pleaVideo
A D.C. District Court judge asked by the Justice Department to dismiss its prosecution of ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn said he will receive written arguments on whether he should do so from people not involved in the case, several publications reported late Tuesday. Judge Emmet Sullivan said he’ll set...
19 students from Pittsburgh region earn National Merit Scholarships
Nineteen students in the Tribune-Review’s coverage area were announced among the winners of $2,500 National Merit Scholarships. Winners were selected from more than 15,000 candidates. In June and July, an additional 4,100 college-sponsored National Merit Scholarships will be announced. Here are the winners, their hometown mailing addresses and (high schools):...
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem asks tribes again to talk on checkpoints
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Tuesday held off her threat to sue Native American tribes that have set up highway checkpoints intended to keep the coronavirus away from their reservations, saying instead she would like to work out an agreement. The Republican governor gave two...
Supreme Court appears divided over Trump’s tax and bank recordsVideo
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices sounded open Tuesday to shielding President Donald Trump from broad demands by House Democrats to obtain many years of his tax returns and financial records, while stopping short of giving Trump the kind of absolute protection he is seeking. During more than three hours...
Chatty Congress learning to respect mute button
WASHINGTON — Hey, everyone on the call? We can hear a dog barking. Could senators please make sure you are on mute? It was a serious meeting on a frightening global pandemic. But as the Senate health committee Tuesday convened by video conference, the session became a reminder that the...
Counterfeit masks reaching frontline health workers in U.S.
WASHINGTON — On a day when covid-19 cases soared, health care supplies were scarce and an anguished doctor warned he was being sent to war without bullets, a cargo plane landed at the Los Angeles International Airport, supposedly loaded with the ammo doctors and nurses were begging for: some of...
Detroit-area residents lift spirits with costumed paradesVideo
FERNDALE, Mich. — Sarah Ignash spends her days looking after dogs in normal times. With her business temporarily shuttered because of the coronavirus, though, she’s taken to walks on the wild side through her Detroit suburb with dancing bears, bipedal zebras and the like. Ignash, whose business in nearby Roseville...
West Virginia governor warns of coronavirus ahead of Memorial Day weekend
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is warning of disastrous consequences if coronavirus cases spike as he sets up the most aggressive phase of his reopening plan around Memorial Day weekend. The Republican governor on Tuesday said the state must continue lifting restrictions on businesses but offered grim predictions...
Virginia governor rejects call to halt parole for violent felons
RICHMOND, Va. — Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam rejected a call Tuesday from top GOP lawmakers to institute a moratorium on the release of certain inmates by the Virginia Parole Board, which has come under criticism for recent decisions. The request from the lawmakers, including the House and Senate minority leaders,...
Family of Kentucky woman killed by police hires civil rights attorneyVideo
LOUISVILLE — A prominent civil rights and personal injury attorney has been hired by the family of a black woman who was fatally shot by Kentucky police in her home. Attorney Ben Crump has represented the families of other high-profile black shooting victims, including Trayvon Martin and Ahmaud Arbery. He...
