The Department of Justice has deployed over 200 agents from the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the U.S. Marshals to Kenosha, Wis., according to DOJ officials.The federal law enforcement agents will "assist local authorities in the response to rioting and unrest," DOJ Spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said.KENOSHA SHOOTING VICTIM, 26 REMEMBERED BY FELLOW…
Moscow recently sent fighter aircraft to Libya to reinforce their paramilitary forces battling against the U.S.-backed government in Tripoli, the Pentagon said Tuesday in the latest sign that Russia is doubling down on its involvement in the Libyan civil war. In a statement Tuesday, U.S. Africa Command said the Russian jets recently arrived in Libya.…
State-run news media depicted the proposed national security laws as necessary to protect the rule of the Communist Party.A screen in Beijing showed the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference on Thursday.Credit...Thomas Peter/ReutersMay 23, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ETChina’s propaganda machine went into full gear as the government sought to defend new laws…
Los Angeles is ramping up efforts to protect people experiencing homelessness from the coronavirus outbreak, which has killed some 500 county residents.At least 33 unsheltered people had tested positive for COVID-19 as of Thursday, according to Barbara Ferrer, director of the L.A. County Department of Public Health. The majority of those cases are people living…
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…