The State Board of Elections scrapped the state’s June 23 Democratic nominating contest, citing the risk of spreading coronavirus, in a move opposed by supporters of Bernie Sanders.People voted at the Brooklyn Museum in September 2018.Credit...Demetrius Freeman for The New York TimesApril 27, 2020Updated 9:03 p.m. ETNew York officials canceled the state’s Democratic presidential primary…
The New York State Board of Elections on Monday canceled its Democratic presidential primary, scheduled for June 23, after striking Sen. Bernie Sanders' name from the ballot.The board said it made the move in an effort to protect New Yorkers during the coronavirus outbreak, which has hit the state harder than any other in the…
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…