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Trump's words of defiance to protesters flaunt federal and state laws,...
Protesters in MichiganDonald Trump's recent Tweets, exhorting his followers to "liberate" themselves from state-sanctioned stay-at-home orders during the coronavirus outbreak, likely violate federal...
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Remdesivir, an antiviral drug developed at UAB under direction of Dr. Rich...
UAB Medical CenterAn antiviral drug that began development at UAB in 2014 is showing promise as a treatment for COVID-19 patients, according to multiple news reports last week. The positive results for...
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Trump's claims that Russia investigation was a hoax might not fly so well now...
Mark Warner and Richard Burr of Senate Intelligence CommitteeSince impeachment proceedings failed to remove him from office, Donald Trump has grown cocky enough to refer to Robert Mueller's Russia...
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Lawyers are seeing divorce queries pile up as coronavirus-induced lockdowns...
(New York Post)If fear of death was not depressing enough during the coronavirus outbreak, a surging number of couples are finding that their marriages might be crumbling.That cheery news comes from a...
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Missouri and Mississippi file lawsuits against China for damages related to...
Missouri AG Eric SchmittMissouri's attorney general has filed a lawsuit against China, seeking damages for the coronavirus pandemic that apparently originated in Wuhan. Mississippi followed up last...
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Trump received dozens of warnings about the novel coronavirus in daily...
Report: Donald Trump does not read daily intelligence briefings Donald Trump's intelligence briefings made repeated references to the threat of the novel coronavirus in January and February, according...
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Remdesivir, antiviral drug developed at UAB, shows "positive effect" on...
UAB Medical CenterAn antiviral drug developed at UAB has shown "positive effect" on recovery in a U.S.-funded clinical trial, and the FDA is expected to approve the drug, remdesivir, as a treatment for...
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Joe Biden accuser Tara Reade says her complaint to congressional office from...
Tara ReadeA woman who accuses Joe Biden of sexual assault from almost 30 years says she did not use specific terms to describe his actions in a complaint to a government personnel office, according to...
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Warning: Trump administration's defiance of Congressional oversight at every...
Robert Mueller (CNN)Scary events have filled the first four-plus months of 2020, with perhaps the two scariest coming in the last four days -- and only one of them involving the coronavirus, in an...
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Legal experts and other commentators lambaste Trump administration for...
Donald Trump and Dr. Anthony Fauci Dr. Anthony Fauci was to testify today before a U.S. House committee on the government's response to the coronavirus outbreak. The White House, however, blocked...
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Newly obtained documents show ALEC is playing a leading role in pushing Trump...
(from Center for Media and Democracy)A nonprofit organization for conservative state legislators is leading the push to reopen the U.S. economy in the face of the coronavirus crisis -- even though...
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Dysfunction in the Trump White House causes maldistribution of remdesivir,...
Just when it seemed the U.S. government's response to the coronavirus outbreak could not get any worse, along comes this story from Axios with the headline: "Scoop: Trump officials' dysfunction harms...
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Florida biotechnology company receives FDA approval to begin clinical trials...
Wendy Holman, CEO of Ridgeback BiotherapeuticsA pharmaceutical company in Miami, Florida, has received FDA approval to begin human testing of an antiviral drug that shows promise as a treatment for...
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Dr. Anthony Fauci draws right-wing smear attacks, led by Trump lawyer Rudy...
Dr. Anthony FauciRight-wing conspiracy theorists and media outlets are using a series of U.S. grants to study coronaviruses as grounds for a smear campaign against Dr. Anthony Fauci -- suggesting he is...
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Remdesivir, an FDA-approved antiviral developed at UAB, is cleared for...
Eli Lilly headquartersDrug cocktails have proven to be lifesavers for many HIV patients, perhaps most notably, retired basketball star Earvin "Magic" Johnson. The National Institutes of Health (NIH)...
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Georgia man, who took video of Ahmaud Arbery shooting, is under investigation...
Ahmaud Arbery shootingA man who took video of a black jogger's shooting death in Brunswick, Georgia, is receiving death threats and is under investigation by state authorities, according to news...
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Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Arizona appear to hold the keys to Democrats'...
Democrats' strategy for reclaiming the White House in November should focus on strengths in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Arizona, while building on signs of hope in the West, and to a lesser extent,...
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Focus of State Department inspector general's firing shifts from Secretary...
Mike PompeoDonald Trump's firing of the State Department inspector general, according to early reports, was driven by an investigation into Secretary Mike Pompeo's propensity to have publicly paid...
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Coronavirus hits close to home as stylists at Springfield, Missouri, hair...
"Gabby the Investigative Tabby" We are pleased to announce that the Schnauzer family seems to be doing OK, hunkered down here in the Midwest during the oronavirus pandemic. Mrs. Schnauzer and I have...
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Joann Bashinsky, widow of Golden Flake founder, is at the heart of a court...
Joann Bashinsky (front)One of Birmingham's wealthiest and most prominent citizens is the target of apparent elder abuse and exploitation -- driven partly by the embattled Birmingham law firm Balch...
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