WASHINGTON (AP) — New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused a Republican colleague on Tuesday of angrily harassing her outside the Capitol over her progressive views in an encounter that a reporter said ended with the congressman using a sexist slur as he walked away. The No. 2 House Democrat demanded that Florida Rep. Ted Yoho,…
A briefing packet for federal emergency response teams details the steps schools should take to reopen safely.Marietta High School in Georgia. The task force’s suggestions for mitigating the risk of school openings would be expensive and difficult.Credit...Audra Melton for The New York TimesPublished July 10, 2020Updated July 11, 2020WASHINGTON — Federal materials for reopening schools,…
The Democratic-led House and Republican-led Senate, which had approved competing plans, failed to compromise before a weeklong special session ended.Protesters gathered at the Minnesota State Capitol this month after George Floyd was killed in police custody.Credit...Victor J. Blue for The New York TimesJune 20, 2020Updated 11:13 a.m. ETMINNEAPOLIS — Political leaders in Minnesota promised sweeping…
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…