Fact CheckThe vice president falsely claimed that increased testing “is generating” more cases, among other exaggerations and inaccurate claims.Vice President Mike Pence went beyond spin in the first coronavirus task force briefing in many weeks.Credit...Michael A. McCoy for The New York TimesJune 26, 2020Updated 10:03 p.m. ETVice President Mike Pence defended the Trump administration’s response to…

(CNN)President Donald Trump appears ready to move on from a still-raging coronavirus pandemic -- skipping the first White House task force briefing in months and moving the event out of the White Hou…

The killing of George Floyd by police has sparked ongoing protests calling for the city to defund the Minneapolis Police Department. On Friday, the city council took the first of many steps to make that a reality. Kerem Yucel /AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kerem Yucel /AFP via Getty Images The killing…

New York|17 Rikers Guards Will Be Disciplined in Death of Transgender WomanCorrection officers failed to check on Layleen Polanco, 27, as she was having a fatal epileptic seizure in a solitary cell, an investigation found.Protesters demanding an investigation into the death of Layleen Polanco after she was found lifeless in her cell at Rikers Island…

New Jersey’s 2,500 public schools will open their doors for the 2020-2021 school year, but classes will be unlike anything students and teachers have ever experienced before, state officials announced Friday.Students will stay six feet apart in classrooms and on buses, lunch times will be staggered and teachers will be required to wear masks, according…