A deadly weekend of Chicago gun violence left two police officers wounded early Sunday, a police department spokesman confirmed.Both officers were hospitalized but their medical conditions were not immediately known, the spokesman wrote on Twitter.Between Friday evening and Saturday afternoon at least 5 people were killed and more than a dozen hurt in city shootings.A 19-year-old man was fatally…
Wakanda forever.Chadwick Boseman cried while discussing the impact the blockbuster “Black Panther” had on two young boys with cancer in a resurfaced 2018 clip that has gone viral after he passed away on Friday.The actor, 43, was diagnosed with colon cancer four years ago, his family said in a statement, though he never spoke about…
Two St. Louis police officers were shot Saturday night by a suspect who then barricaded himself inside a residence.The standoff remained underway late Saturday, with a negotiating team on the scene.One officer was shot in the head and was "very critically" wounded, St. Louis Police Department Chief John Hayden Jr. told reporters. The other officer was shot…
George Floyd died from pre-existing health problems made worse by drug abuse, a fired police officer's defense attorney argued last week in court documents seeking a dismissal of charges.The lawyer represents former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin, who was seen in a viral video with his knee on Floyd's neck for more than eight minutes prior to…
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…