MARYLAND — In Maryland, officials say 7.3 percent of the population has been tested for the new coronavirus. “Baltimore City, still currently in Stage One of recovery, is above the state average with 8.1% of its population tested,” Gov. Larry Hogan said in a statement Wednesday morning, as the state’s […]
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Father’s Day 2020 is another occasion that feels significantly different than the year prior. Sunday, the day devoted to dads may conjure up thoughts of George Floyd, a father whose death in police custody ignited nation-wide protests demanding justice and racial equality. Or perhaps, one might think of his daughter Gianna, 6, who, […]
The Prime Minister decided to scrap the Department for International Development (Dfid) without consulting Cabinet ministers, the Health Secretary has revealed. Matt Hancock said Boris Johnson had made the decision to merge Dfid into the Foreign Office – which was announced yesterday, prompting criticism from charities, opposition MPs and three former […]
The Duchess of Cambridge has encouraged children to talk to someone to help them feel better as she led an online assembly on kindness. Kate pre-recorded the weekly Thursday morning assembly for Oak National Academy, an online classroom providing video lessons, from Anmer Hall, where she has been living with […]
Tom Brittney stars in Make Me Famous – BBC With the pandemic putting an enforced pause on our TV reality franchises, let’s hope broadcasters are using the time to assess the mental health crisis that has engulfed the genre, turning it from trashy guilty pleasure to downright dangerous. In the […]
Emily Brown was stretched thin. As the director of the Rio Grande County Public Health Department in rural Colorado, she was working 12- and 14-hour days, struggling to respond to the pandemic with only five full-time employees for more than 11,000 residents. Case counts were rising. Full coverage of the […]