WASHINGTON (AP) — Military suicides have increased by as much as 20 percent this year compared with the same period in 2019, and some incidents of violent behavior have spiked…
Tag: social distancing
The eyes don't have it: Masks upset classroom communication
(AP) – Placing an order at a deli counter while wearing a mask and standing 6 feet away can be difficult. Try teaching a class full of schoolchildren and connecting…
CDC changes, then retracts, posting on how virus spreads
NEW YORK (AP) — The top U.S. public health agency stirred confusion by posting — and then taking down — an apparent change in its position on how easily the…
U.S. virus toll nears 200,000; Trump sees no need for regret
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the coronavirus pandemic began bearing down on the United States in March, President Donald Trump set out his expectations. If the U.S. could keep the death toll between…
Trump defies virus rules as 'peaceful protest' rallies grow
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is running as the “law and order” candidate. But that hasn’t stopped him and his campaign from openly defying state emergency orders and flouting…
Virus America, six months in: Disarray, dismay, disconnect
For years, Erin Whitehead has been a committed fan of the crisis-fueled medical drama “Grey’s Anatomy.” She has watched its doctors handle all manner of upheaval inside their put-upon hospital — terrifying…
Post-Labor Day surge in COVID-19 virus is feared
ST. LOUIS (AP) — City cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus reached 6,342 as of Monday. Meanwhile, Missouri health officials added another 906 COVID-19 cases to the state’s count on Monday…
Trump, at NH rally, sows fears about 'thugs,' 'anarchists'
LONDONDERRY, N.H. (AP) — Fresh off accepting the Republican Party’s nomination, President Donald Trump said Friday he was the only thing standing between “democracy and the mob,” as he lashed…
Lincoln Memorial rally marks 1963 protest, 2020 need for change
WASHINGTON (AP) — Capping a week of protests and outrage over the police shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin, civil rights advocates on Friday denounced police and vigilante violence…
GOP convention takeaways: What virus? Fear motivates
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump refused to allow the coronavirus to deny him the crowd he craved for the Republican National Convention. He ordered up a scene never before…
Missouri reports more than 1,500 new virus cases, 1 death
(AP) — Missouri’s health department reported more than 1,500 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, as the number of infections since the pandemic began nears 80,000 statewide. The Missouri Department of…
Missouri health chief balks at mandates despite 'red zone'
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s top health official has insisted that a statewide mandate for masks and social distancing doesn’t make sense, even though the federal government has designated…