Berkeley, Calif., moved forward with a proposal Wednesday to eliminate police from conducting traffic stops and instead send unarmed civilian city workers.The proposal is part of a broad overhaul of law enforcement – the City Council has set a goal of cutting the police budget by 50 percent.The council approved the measure, proposed by Mayor Jesse Arreguin,…
May 13, 2020 | 5:13pm Enlarge Image Former Navy fighter pilot Mike Garcia won Katie Hill's former Congress seat. Cynthia Smalley/Mike Garcia For Congress via AP A Republican has won the vacated House seat of former Democratic Rep. Katie Hill — the Southern California lawmaker who stepped down last year amid intense scrutiny over her “throuple”…
People enjoy a day out on Sunday in Huntington Beach, Calif. High numbers of beachgoers over the weekend prompted warnings from officials that defying stay-at-home orders could reverse progress and bring the coronavirus surging back. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP hide caption toggle caption Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP People enjoy a day out on Sunday in Huntington Beach,…
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…