The coronavirus has shattered the system that protects children, leaving some confined in troubled homes or lingering in foster care.Jane, a mother who underwent drug treatment, had a face mask ready for when she was reunited with her 2-year-old daughter. But her custody case is in limbo because of coronavirus-related court closures. Credit...Natalie Keyssar for The…
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…