Mayor Bill de Blasio is photographed July 9 in New York. Mark Lennihan / AP The Covid-19 infection rate in New York City has to be less than 3% for schools to reopen, Mayor Bill de Blasio said during the city’s daily Covid-19 press conference on Friday. New York City …
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“The mission has 314 million miles of interplanetary space and seven minutes of terror to safely reach the surface of Mars,” said Lori Glaze, director of NASA’s planetary science division, in a statement. “When we see the landscape in Jezero Crater for the first time and we really begin to …
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The University of Washington now projects that there will be 230,822 deaths in the United States from Covid-19 by November, according to the current scenario. On July 22, the university’s Institute for Health Measurement and Assessment (IHME) forecast 219,864 total deaths from the virus for November. The latest update reflects …
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The Independent employs journalists from around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, consider a contribution. Co-founder of Republican anti-Trump group The Lincoln Project has called Congressman Louie Gohmert “the craziest and dumbest Congressman in the United States,” after confirmation that he tested positive for the …
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The Independent employs journalists from around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, consider a contribution. Donald Trump has threatened to send the National Guard to Portland if the governor and mayor do not clarify what he says is a “hive of terrorists.” At a press …
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