Supreme Court Again Scuttles Measures To Ease Voting In Pandemic A lower-court judge had allowed less rigorous terms for absentee voting because of the pandemic. That ruling was blocked a dozen days before a primary run-off there.The U.S. Supreme Court in an emergency ruling Thursday evening temporarily a lower court's decision that, citing the COVID-19 pandemic, would have made it easier for residents of three Alabama counties to vote by absentee ballot in July 14 primary runoff elections. The high court split 5-4 in the decision, with Elena Kagan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and...…Supreme Court Again Scuttles Measures To Ease Voting In Pandemic A lower-court judge had allowed less rigorous terms for absentee voting because of the pandemic. That ruling was blocked a dozen days before a primary run-off there.The U.S. Supreme Court in an emergency ruling Thursday evening temporarily a lower court's decision that, citing the COVID-19 pandemic, would have made it easier for residents of three Alabama counties to vote by absentee ballot in July 14 primary runoff elections. The high court split 5-4 in the decision, with Elena Kagan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and...WW…

Military Travel Again Being Allowed In States Where Pandemic Is Worsening : Coronavirus Updates The Defense Department appears to be ignoring its own guidance by lifting travel restrictions for military personnel in 23 states with cases of COVID-19 on upward trajectory.Despite indicating new coronavirus infections are on the rise in 23 states, the Pentagon on Friday it is for U.S. military personnel in 46 states, as well as in the U.S. territories of Guam and Puerto Rico. Among the states deemed fit for a resumption of travel by military personnel is Arizona, which has had a sharp spike in...…Military Travel Again Being Allowed In States Where Pandemic Is Worsening : Coronavirus Updates The Defense Department appears to be ignoring its own guidance by lifting travel restrictions for military personnel in 23 states with cases of COVID-19 on upward trajectory.Despite indicating new coronavirus infections are on the rise in 23 states, the Pentagon on Friday it is for U.S. military personnel in 46 states, as well as in the U.S. territories of Guam and Puerto Rico. Among the states deemed fit for a resumption of travel by military personnel is Arizona, which has had a sharp spike in...WW…

Revived Mount Rushmore Fireworks Will Feature Trump But No Social Distancing Environmental dangers, including wildfires and groundwater poisoning, ended the Rushmore pyrotechnics a decade ago. Now they're back, defying a pandemic and protests.A decade after being banned amid concerns about wildfires and groundwater pollution, and despite protests by Native Americans and from public health officials to avoid public gatherings, fireworks will once again be exploding over Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills of western South Dakota on Friday, anticipating the Fourth of July. President Trump has...…Revived Mount Rushmore Fireworks Will Feature Trump But No Social Distancing Environmental dangers, including wildfires and groundwater poisoning, ended the Rushmore pyrotechnics a decade ago. Now they're back, defying a pandemic and protests.A decade after being banned amid concerns about wildfires and groundwater pollution, and despite protests by Native Americans and from public health officials to avoid public gatherings, fireworks will once again be exploding over Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills of western South Dakota on Friday, anticipating the Fourth of July. President Trump has...WW…

A Deadly Disease Has Now Killed More Americans Than The Vietnam War : Coronavirus Updates The number of lives taken by COVID-19 in the U.S. has reached a grim milestone: More people have died of the disease than the 58,220 Americans who perished in the Vietnam War.In not even three months since the first U.S. deaths from COVID-19, more lives have now been lost to the coronavirus pandemic on U.S. soil than the 58,220 Americans who died over nearly two decades in Vietnam. Early Tuesday evening ET, the U.S. death toll reached 58,365, . While the number of lives lost in the U.S. during the...…A Deadly Disease Has Now Killed More Americans Than The Vietnam War : Coronavirus Updates The number of lives taken by COVID-19 in the U.S. has reached a grim milestone: More people have died of the disease than the 58,220 Americans who perished in the Vietnam War.In not even three months since the first U.S. deaths from COVID-19, more lives have now been lost to the coronavirus pandemic on U.S. soil than the 58,220 Americans who died over nearly two decades in Vietnam. Early Tuesday evening ET, the U.S. death toll reached 58,365, . While the number of lives lost in the U.S. during the...WW…

U.S. Was Behind On Payments To WHO Before Trump's Cutoff President Trump put a hold on funds to the World Health Organization, but the U.S. is already behind in its dues to the organization by more than a year.Heard onToggle more optionsIn mid-April, when President Trump , "Today I'm instructing my administration to halt funding of the World Health Organization," Jimmy Kolker did a double take. "We were already in arrears before he said anything," says Kolker, who was an assistant secretary for global health affairs during the Obama administration. Kolker has seen the U.S. get behind before...…U.S. Was Behind On Payments To WHO Before Trump's Cutoff President Trump put a hold on funds to the World Health Organization, but the U.S. is already behind in its dues to the organization by more than a year.Heard onToggle more optionsIn mid-April, when President Trump , "Today I'm instructing my administration to halt funding of the World Health Organization," Jimmy Kolker did a double take. "We were already in arrears before he said anything," says Kolker, who was an assistant secretary for global health affairs during the Obama administration. Kolker has seen the U.S. get behind before...WW…

Trump Need Not Be Tested For Coronavirus, White House Doctor Says President Trump indicated he might be tested after a Brazilian official he had contact with was diagnosed with the virus. But Dr. Sean Conley says Trump has no symptoms, so testing "is not indicated."Barbara CampbellUpdated at 12:28 a.m. ET A day after his communications secretary went into quarantine after testing positive for coronavirus, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday moved swiftly to shoot down local news reports that he too had tested positive. That was good news for President Trump."Negative for COVID-19,...…Trump Need Not Be Tested For Coronavirus, White House Doctor Says President Trump indicated he might be tested after a Brazilian official he had contact with was diagnosed with the virus. But Dr. Sean Conley says Trump has no symptoms, so testing "is not indicated."Barbara CampbellUpdated at 12:28 a.m. ET A day after his communications secretary went into quarantine after testing positive for coronavirus, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday moved swiftly to shoot down local news reports that he too had tested positive. That was good news for President Trump."Negative for COVID-19,...WW…

A World War I Vintage Helmet Bests A Modern Brain Bucket Combat helmets have always been made to protect against blunt objects, not blast waves. Despite improvements in helmet design, battlefield brain injuries continue.In the weeks following Iran's Jan. 8 ballistic missile attack on the Ain al-Assad air base in Iraq, 110 American service members deployed there were diagnosed with what has been the signature, albeit invisible, wound of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: traumatic brain injury caused by concussive blasts from exploding weapons. Even if all of those service members were...…A World War I Vintage Helmet Bests A Modern Brain Bucket Combat helmets have always been made to protect against blunt objects, not blast waves. Despite improvements in helmet design, battlefield brain injuries continue.In the weeks following Iran's Jan. 8 ballistic missile attack on the Ain al-Assad air base in Iraq, 110 American service members deployed there were diagnosed with what has been the signature, albeit invisible, wound of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: traumatic brain injury caused by concussive blasts from exploding weapons. Even if all of those service members were...WW…

Coronavirus Outbreaks Prompt Travel Restrictions For Some U.S. Army Personnel There are thousands of Army personnel working at U.S. military installations in South Korea and Italy. Both nations have major coronavirus outbreaks and travel to and from them is being restricted.A South Korean contract construction worker working at the U.S. military garrison Camp Walker in — the South Korean city hardest hit by the the coronavirus outbreak — on Monday became the eighth person linked to the U.S. military in that nation to be diagnosed with Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus. "The problem...…Coronavirus Outbreaks Prompt Travel Restrictions For Some U.S. Army Personnel There are thousands of Army personnel working at U.S. military installations in South Korea and Italy. Both nations have major coronavirus outbreaks and travel to and from them is being restricted.A South Korean contract construction worker working at the U.S. military garrison Camp Walker in — the South Korean city hardest hit by the the coronavirus outbreak — on Monday became the eighth person linked to the U.S. military in that nation to be diagnosed with Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus. "The problem...WW…

Trump Appointee Ousts Executives Overseeing Government Broadcasters Half a dozen top executives at the U.S. Agency for Global Media were ousted this week, the latest in a shake-up that started with the arrival of a conservative filmmaker as the agency's new chief.A sweeping purge of executives at U.S. government media outlets widened this week. At least six of the top 10 executives at the were removed from their posts on Wednesday. Critics say the housecleaning threatens to destroy the firewall meant to separate government news entities from the White House. They warn it could turn...…Trump Appointee Ousts Executives Overseeing Government Broadcasters Half a dozen top executives at the U.S. Agency for Global Media were ousted this week, the latest in a shake-up that started with the arrival of a conservative filmmaker as the agency's new chief.A sweeping purge of executives at U.S. government media outlets widened this week. At least six of the top 10 executives at the were removed from their posts on Wednesday. Critics say the housecleaning threatens to destroy the firewall meant to separate government news entities from the White House. They warn it could turn...WW…

Navy Vessels Eisenhower And San Jacinto Set Record By Staying At Sea : Coronavirus Updates The sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower and cruiser San Jacinto have not set foot on land since setting sail in mid-January. The goal: avoiding coronavirus exposure.Thanks to their efforts to steer clear of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, the two American warships that set sail in mid-January broke the modern record on Thursday for consecutive days at sea for U.S. naval surface vessels. This was hardly in their original mission plan. When the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the...…Navy Vessels Eisenhower And San Jacinto Set Record By Staying At Sea : Coronavirus Updates The sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower and cruiser San Jacinto have not set foot on land since setting sail in mid-January. The goal: avoiding coronavirus exposure.Thanks to their efforts to steer clear of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, the two American warships that set sail in mid-January broke the modern record on Thursday for consecutive days at sea for U.S. naval surface vessels. This was hardly in their original mission plan. When the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the...WW…