Alaska News Air travelers entering Alaska wait in line for the screening station stand near a statue of the late Sen. Ted Stevens at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport on Monday, June 22, 2020. A health mandate requires passengers entering Alaska provide proof of a negative COVID-19 PCR test and proof of completed travel declaration.…
NEW YORK (Reuters) - After more than 100 days of a coronavirus lockdown, New York City residents on Monday celebrated the lifting of more restrictions by getting their first haircuts in months, shopping at reopened stores, and dining at outdoor cafes. People eat in outdoor seating outside a restaurant before the city starts phase two…
New York|After Video Shows Apparent Chokehold, N.Y.P.D. Suspends OfficerThe encounter between a black man and police on the Rockaway boardwalk came days after lawmakers made use of chokeholds a criminal offense.Protesters outside the 100th Precinct in Far Rockaway, Queens, after the arrest of a man on the boardwalk. He had been held at the precinct…
In the wake of outrage over Mr. Floyd’s death, several deadly episodes involving the police are receiving renewed attention.Sheneen McClain, second from left, and LaWayane Mosley, third from left, praying last year. Their son Elijah McClain died after an encounter with the police in Aurora, Colo.Credit...Andy Cross/The Denver Post, via Getty ImagesJune 20, 2020, 12:47…
After firing off a pair of racially insensitive tweets the night before, President Donald Trump on Friday marked Juneteenth, a holiday that celebrates the end of slavery, with a written statement calling on Americans to commit "to live true to our highest ideals." He chose not to say anything in public on a day that…
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…