THE HILL – According to data from Johns Hopkins University, five states make up 44 percent of all new infections in the U.S. between March 29 and April 4, or about 197,500 cases out of about 452,000 cases nationwide.
New York is the top hot spot, recording 52,922 cases last week, averaging about 7560 new cases per day, which is about 12 percent of the U.S.’s total cases.
Next up is Michigan, recording 47,036 new cases...
China's government warned Washington on Wednesday not to boycott next year's Winter Olympics in Beijing after the Biden administration said it was talking with allies about a joint approach to complaints of human rights abuses.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Rep. Alcee Hastings, the fiercely liberal longtime Florida congressman who was dogged throughout his tenure by an impeachment that ended his fast-rising judicial career, died Tuesday. He was 84.
Hastings' death was confirmed by his chief of staff, Lale M. Morrison. Hastings, a Democrat from the Fort Lauderdale area, announced two years ago that he had pancreatic cancer.
Hastings was known as an advocate for minorities, a defender of Israel and...
CLICK ORLANDO, HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. – A Florida man stole an ambulance from a hospital while first responders were assisting a patient but got the vehicle stuck in sand and mud.
Records show the Hernando County Fire & Emergency Services ambulance was parked in the ambulance bay at Oak Hill Hospital in Brooksville on Sunday around 12:30 p.m. while paramedics were inside the hospital dropping off a patient.
When paramedics returned, they realized the ambulance...
The New York State “Excelsior Pass” vaccine passport system already has the markings of a five alarm dumpster fire. It has massive security flaws, a shrinking customer base by design, it remains incredibly impractical, and it’s incredibly easy to manipulate.
Kamala Harris landed in Oakland on Monday, the first time making the trip back to her hometown since becoming vice president.
Harris spent about four hours in the Bay Area. She talked about the importance of clean drinking water, equitable access to water.
Starting Thursday, Vermont explicitly gave Black adults and people from other minority communities priority status for vaccinations. It follows Montana, which in January announced that Native Americans and other people of color, because they are at higher risk of complications from covid-19, would be allowed to receive the vaccine.
North Carolinians for Immigration Reform and Enforcement released its March 2021 “Monthly Child Sex Crimes by Illegal Aliens in NC” report and found that 17 illegal aliens were arrested and charged with 70 crimes, including rape, incest, kidnapping and sexual exploitation.
The president of the Southern Baptist Convention posted a photo on Facebook last week of him getting the COVID-19 vaccine. It drew more than 1,100 comments — many of them voicing admiration for the Rev. J.D. Greear, and many others assailing him.
The National Labor Relations Board has found that two outspoken Amazon workers were illegally fired last year, in part for pushing the company to do more to protect warehouse workers from the coronavirus.
Florida Politics – A survey of 5,110 people incarcerated in prisons and jails in four states — including Florida — shows that more than 45% would refuse COVID-19 vaccinations, according to a new report from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Another nearly 10% said they would “hesitate to receive” vaccines.
The report’s authors concluded the survey results underscored the:
“urgent need for interventions that are culturally relevant and appropriate for various health literacy levels...