Democrats and mayors escalated their calls Tuesday for federal law enforcement to withdraw from Portland, but if they did, Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said violent mobs would raze the federal courthouse — and local authorities would do nothing to stop them. “What we know is that if we left tomorrow, they would burn…
Attorney General Bill Barr on Monday decried the “lawless, evil” shooting that led to the death of a federal judge's son and injury of her husband, and said he’d ordered an FBI investigation.“On behalf of the entire Justice Department, I send my deepest condolences to Judge (Esther) Salas and her family on the death of their son…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said America’s mayors and governors applied a double standard to allow racism protests but shut down other gatherings because of the coronavirus crisis. Mr. McConnell, Kentucky Republican, praised those marching for George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, but said those in power were picking and choosing which First Amendment rights to…
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…