2.08pm EDT 14:08 Today so far Here’s where the day stands so far: Joe Biden met with the family of Jacob Blake in Milwaukee. The Democratic nominee is holding a community meeting in Kenosha today as protests continue over the police shooting of Blake, an African American father of six. Trump and his advisers tried…
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany played footage of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the shuttered San Francisco salon on loop Thursday, as she said the House speaker “ought to apologize” to Americans.“Nancy Pelosi was not in the halls of Congress when I asked where she was, she was not working in good faith to make…
Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden touched down in Wisconsin on Thursday and met with the family of Jacob Blake, a Black man who was shot by police on Aug. 23 and left partially paralyzed. Mr. Biden and his wife Jill met at the Milwaukee airport with Mr. Blake’s father Jacob Blake Sr., his sisters…
Police in Washington, D.C., released video Thursday showing the officer-involved shooting that killed Deon Kay the previous day following protests in the city, as investigators said Kay brandished a gun during the encounter.Protesters had gathered Wednesday outside Mayor Muriel Bowser's home and a police precinct following the shooting, demanding that Police Chief Peter Newsham resign.Investigators said police…
A hospital in Massachusetts remains closed months after flash flooding struck as a video was released Wednesday showing the moment waves of water inundated the facility.Nearly 6 inches of rain fell in just a few hours on Sunday, June 28, as storms moved through Southeast Massachusetts, triggering a flash flood emergency.The area of Norwood, Mass., saw particularly high rain amounts,…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…