Jason Lalljee, USA TODAY Published 11:41 a.m. ET July 4, 2020 | Updated 12:29 p.m. ET July 4, 2020CLOSE In the wake of statues and monuments being desecrated and taken down, President Trump vows to protect Mount Rushmore from any changes. USA TODAYPresident Donald Trump announced during a speech in front of Mount Rushmore on Friday an…
My family has been out of town for five days. Like most men with young children, I looked forward to time alone, with mental images of late-night poker games. Also like most men, being alone this long only reduces us to our most primal and unkempt form.By the second day every meal was being served…
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…