Minneapolis (CNN)Nearly a month after the death of George Floyd at the hands of law enforcement, and after repeatedly refusing requests for comment on an incident that sparked nationwide calls for po…
Historic monuments and statues have become the targets of anger and vandalism during Black Lives Matter protests in the wake of George Floyd's police custody death at the end of May.The initial statues under fire were Confederate soldiers and generals largely in the South due to the treatment of African-Americans, but the anger has spread…
Editor’s note: A video at the start of this story shows the line on Saturday at the drive-thru coronavirus testing site at Dixie Regional Medical Center’s 400 East campus. ST. GEORGE — Among the more than 1,000 people who have had the coronavirus in Southern Utah, there are 697 people who are considered recovered. But…
In the wake of outrage over Mr. Floyd’s death, several deadly episodes involving the police are receiving renewed attention.Sheneen McClain, second from left, and LaWayane Mosley, third from left, praying last year. Their son Elijah McClain died after an encounter with the police in Aurora, Colo.Credit...Andy Cross/The Denver Post, via Getty ImagesJune 20, 2020, 12:47…
George Clooney had words for President Donald Trump, and sarcasm was the order of the day. “Thank you President Trump for ‘making Juneteenth famous’ “, Clooney said in a statement. “Much like when Bull Conner made ‘Civil Rights’ famous. My family will be donating 500 thousand dollars to the Equal Justice Initiative in honor of…
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…