Billions of dollars are being invested in the development of vaccines against the coronavirus. Until one arrives, many scientists have turned to tried-and-true vaccines to see whether they may confer broad protection, and may reduce the risk of coronavirus infection, as well. Old standbys like the Bacille Calmette-Guerin tuberculosis vaccine …...Read More

Fascism comes in initially because there are problems, and then X leader takes advantage of it to make divisions worse, saying it’s the fault of our neighbors or a group of refugees or any number of different aspects. The part that’s interesting is both Mussolini and Hitler came to power …...Read More

Mr. Barr’s timeline of two months of nonstop riots in Portland is also hyperbolic. Protests have ranged in size and violence levels, and the police have not declared the situation a riot every night. The Oregonian also reported that the courthouse was not a target of protests until July, when …...Read More

“For members of Congress who are going back and forth, they represent sort of the perfect petri dish for how you spread a disease,” said Senator Roy Blunt, Republican of Missouri and the chairman of the Rules Committee. “Send 535 people out to 535 different locations on about 1,000 different …...Read More

About 70 percent of American teachers were union members in 2016. Educators have enjoyed significant parental support in recent years during a series of walkouts, including in Republican-led states, in favor of higher wages and more school funding. But now, with the economy sputtering and many parents struggling to balance …...Read More

MacKenzie Scott, one of the world’s richest women, pledged one year ago to give away her money “until the safe is empty.” On Tuesday, Ms. Scott, an author and philanthropist who was once married to Jeff Bezos, the chief executive of Amazon, said she had so far given $1.7 billion …...Read More

A freight train derailed and caught fire as it was crossing a heavy rail bridge in Tempe, Ariz., on Wednesday morning, causing the bridge to partially collapse and sending plumes of black smoke billowing over the Tempe Town Lake, the authorities said. The derailment happened just after 6 a.m., Detective …...Read More

GENEVA — Law-enforcement authorities are obligated to protect and facilitate peaceful demonstrations, an influential United Nations human rights panel said on Wednesday, challenging tactics the police have used against anti-racism protests in American cities and around the world. The international treaty governing civil and political rights requires states to allow …...Read More

Two women were arrested and accused of beating a state senator who had been recording video of protesters last month during a night of intensifying violence in Madison, Wis., the authorities said. The senator, Tim Carpenter, a Democrat who represents areas in Milwaukee, said on June 24 that he was …...Read More

This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here. The challenges kept coming at Renada McGuire, and she kept rising to the occasion. Whether raising six children as a single mother, fighting through kidney and heart problems or learning …...Read More