A medical staff member treats a patient infected by the COVID-19 at a hospital in Wuhan, China, Feb. 22, 2020. (STR/AFP via Getty Images) WASHINGTON — With tensions between the United States and China deepening, the question of how and where the coronavirus originated remains an intense point of contention, especially as the “lab leak”…
WASHINGTON — Science author Nicholas Wade came to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to testify at a Republican panel on the origins of the coronavirus, but he was instead confronted with questions about “A Troublesome Inheritance,” his controversial 2014 book on race and genetics, which Democrats noted had been endorsed by the notorious racist and antisemite…
Mar. 7—A rape suspect who escaped from the Morgan County Jail on Sunday by kicking out a window made it to Franklin County, Tennessee, before being captured early Monday morning, according to the Morgan County sheriff. Family members assisted Hartselle resident Jeremy Taylor, 49, in getting to Tennessee following his escape, Sheriff Ron Puckett said….
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica went from having one of the world’s highest deforestation rates in the 1980s to a nation centered on ecotourism, luring world travelers with the possibility of moving between marine reserves and cloud forest in a single day. But the Central American country known for lush jungle and…
Randy Murdaugh stacks wood at his hunting property outside of Hampton, SC, on March 5, 2023. (Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs/The New York Times) HAMPTON, SC — On the surface, the lives of Alex Murdaugh and his older brother Randy appeared to follow the same track: They were born two years apart, both went to the University of…
Pac-12 Commissioner George Kliavkoff makes his opening remarks at the start of the Pac-12 media day at the Novo at LA LIVE on July 29, 2022. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) A few days later USC and UCLA forever altered the college sports landscape with their move to the Big Ten Conference last summerthe…
Kevin Dahlgren chased the suspected thief for about a mile after witnessing a smash and grab from an SUV in broad daylight, his camera rolling. But when he called 911, Dahlgren said the operator told him the police would not pursue the suspect because Dahlgren was not the victim. “‘Of course I’m not the victim,…
One of the biggest weekends for the football world just came to completion. This weekend served as a massive evaluation tool for determining the future of the next stars of the NFL. Oklahoma has no shortage of stars in the pro ranks at the moment but has the opportunity for a number of players to…
Elon Musk took to Twitter early Tuesday morning to criticize several lawmakers that sat on the House Committee Investigating the Capitol Riots on January 6th, accusing them of “misleading the public.” Responding to someone else’s tweet that accused former Reps. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo. and Adam Kizinger, R-Ill., along with Congressman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., of being…
There’s a good chance Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is just as anxious about the franchise tag as the Eagles player most likely to receive it in safety Chauncey Gardner-Johnson. But Hurts’ rationale is for an entirely different reason, even though he would dread the tag’s use just as much as Gardner-Johnson. And that has as…
