Armed police officers could become relics in many schools as local education officials cancel long-standing contracts with law enforcement amid calls for defunding police forces. But some members of the community wonder who will keep students safe. School boards in Oakland, California; Denver; and Milwaukee have voted to end mutual aid agreements with local law…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The so-called ‘Cancel the Rent’ movement has gained steam and the support of politicians like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, but landlords argue that stiffing them is no solution to the coronavirus-driven economic crisis.It comes at a time as some Americans who have lost their jobs or had…
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…