It starts with a few people letting loose with some tentative yelps. Then neighbors emerge from their homes and join, forming a roiling chorus of howls and screams that pierces the twilight to end another day’s monotonous forced isolation.
Monthly Archives: April 2020
For McConnell, virus carries echo of his boyhood polio
Mitch McConnell’s earliest childhood memory is the day he left the polio treatment center at Warm Springs, Ga., for the last time.
No halt to culture wars during coronavirus outbreak
A partisan fight over voting in Wisconsin was the first issue linked to the coronavirus to make it to the Supreme Court. Efforts to limit abortion during the pandemic could eventually land in the justices’ hands. Disputes over guns and religious freed…
As Trump rails against mail voting, some allies embrace it
President Donald Trump is warning without evidence that expanding mail-in voting will increase voter fraud. But several GOP state officials are forging ahead to do just that, undermining one of Trump’s arguments about how elections should be conducted…
Official: Saints emails on clergy crisis should stay secret
Hundreds of emails detailing the New Orleans Saints’ efforts to conduct damage control for the area’s Roman Catholic archdiocese amid its clergy sexual abuse crisis should remain shielded from the public, a court official recommended Thursday.
Man who allegedly shot parents had used meth night before, police say
Five days after gunshot wounds left her in “extremely” critical condition after her son opened fire on her and her husband, the woman’s health prognosis had improved …
Public urged to help protect postal workers via social distancing
As postal workers continue to serve the country during the coronavirus pandemic, officials are asking that mail recipients respect their social distancing efforts …
Nevada’s coronavirus death toll climbs to 86
With at least three more deaths reported in Nevada on Thursday, the coronavirus had so far claimed 86 lives …
Las Vegas’ Seaman, local pastors call ban on drive-thru church services ‘overreach’
Las Vegas City Councilwoman Victoria Seaman and several local churches are asking Gov. Steve Sisolak to reconsider his ban on worship services for 10 or more people, including drive-thru and pop-up services, for the duration of the COVID-19 state of e…
County curbs more sports activities at parks after Sisolak order
In times of pandemic, walking dogs and going for a jog are OK at Clark County parks, however activities like disk golf, tennis, handball and horseshoe are not.