Joe Biden promised to restore the "soul of America" and deliver the nation from "darkness" as he accepted the Democratic nomination for president Thursday night, a crowning achievement in Biden's five decades in politics where he was counted out more than once.Speaking from Wilmington, Del., Biden said President Trump has failed in his basic duties to protect Americans as…
Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden on Thursday said the United States can overcome its “season of darkness” under President Trump if everyone hangs together. “I will be an ally of the light, not the darkness. It’s time for us - for we the people - to come together,” Mr. Biden said as he accepted…
Washington (CNN)Hours before former Vice President Joe Biden was scheduled to give his prime-time speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination, President Donald Trump attacked him at lengt…
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an Army combat veteran, on Thursday said President Trump doesn’t deserve to be commander-in-chief because he doesn’t respect the sacrifices made by the troops. “Donald Trump doesn’t deserve to call himself commander in chief for another four minutes — let alone another four years,” she said in a speech at the virtual…
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…