WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg became the first woman and first Jewish person ever to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol as she was honored on Friday.Former Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, are among those paying their respects. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., Biden's vice presidential nominee, also…
Ruth Bader Ginsburg will become the first woman and first Jewish person to lie in state in the US Capitol, according to congressional historians. Here is a look at other historic firsts in this custo…
They watched as a black hearse arrived at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, and from it emerged Ginsburg’s casket draped in an American flag. It was carried slowly up the steps, between dozens of the justice’s former law clerks, and inside the court for a private ceremony.Soon after, the casket reemerged, positioned between the towering marble columns…
Editors, USA TODAY Published 3:49 a.m. ET Sept. 23, 2020 | Updated 5:53 a.m. ET Sept. 23, 2020CLOSEPublic viewing set for Ruth Bader Ginsburg at Supreme Court The late Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last week at age 87, will lie in repose at the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday. Following a private ceremony for…
From Alaska to Maine to the Carolinas, Democratic strategists working on Senate campaigns described a spontaneous outpouring of donations the likes of which they had never seen. A Republican surge is expected as well.Money poured in to Democrats’ Senate campaigns over the weekend as Americans mourned Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death.Credit...Anna Moneymaker for The New…
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…