As America’s businesses enforce mask mandates, the impact has fallen on frontline workers – mostly women – who face hostility and sexual harassment.
Author: Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY
The COVID culture war: At what point should personal freedom yield to the common good?
America’s debate over pandemic mask and vaccine mandates hinges on an age-old dilemma: When does personal liberty yield to the public interest?
Colonial Pipeline paid a $5M ransom – but will that only invite other malware hacks?: ‘If the payments stop, the attacks will stop’
Some cybersecurity experts, afraid Colonial Pipeline’s $5M payout to hackers will trigger more malware attacks, are seeking a ban on ransom payments.
Boulder shooting live updates: 21-year-old charged in rampage that ‘monstrously struck down’ 10 at supermarket; family says he’s antisocial
10 people died after a gunman opened fire on a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado. The victims ranged in age from 20 to 65. Here are the latest updates.
‘Failure of imagination’: National Guard absence at Capitol riots shows lack of preparation, distrust after heavy-handed BLM response
Experts say officials misjudged the Trump crowd and feared criticism about a violent federal response similar to 2020’s Black Lives Matter protests.
‘Lunatic hiding in plain sight’: The bitter tale of a woman-hating lawyer who killed a rival and a judge’s son
Before his killing spree, ‘anti-feminist’ attorney Roy Den Hollander blamed everyone from his mom to his ex-wife for a miserable life.
Coronavirus may last 2 years, study warns. And its second wave could be worse.
Experts say COVID-19, which spreads with more stealth and speed than flu, could last two years — and the next wave may be worse than the first.
Overwhelmed hospitals, equipment shortages: Coronavirus pandemic is playing out as state planners expected
Emergency experts knew medical supplies would likely run out in a severe pandemic, so state preparedness plans instruct doctors who to save first.
The first known US coronavirus case is nearly two months old — and it’s still ‘pretty complicated’ to be tested
As fallout from COVID-19 grips the United States, skimpy and dubious federal testing data adds challenges for tracking and responding to the pandemic.
Everyday Americans are distressed by the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. If they care at all
Everyday Americans from California to Illinois to North Carolina have a sideways view of the historic impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.