As President Donald Trump threatens to cut funding to schools that don't reopen in the fall and continues to host mega-rallies as cases of coronavirus increase, there appears to be a growing rift between the Trump White House and its top health advisers. The president has taken his criticism of the government's top expert on…
Protesters living in a tent encampment meant to Occupy City Hall kicked off their sixth consecutive day on Sunday taking up space in New York City to demand at least $1 billion out of the NYPD’s $6 billion budget be cut before the upcoming July 1 city budget deadline. Photos shared on social media showed officers…
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Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden speaks at an event in Dover, Del., earlier this month. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption toggle caption Susan Walsh/AP Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden speaks at an event in Dover, Del., earlier this month. Susan Walsh/AP In late April, more than 200 black women leaders and activists within the Democratic party…
Dominic Cummings, the British prime minister’s top adviser, said he behaved “reasonably and legally” in driving for child care needs while coming down with the coronavirus.“You’re supposed to be more than two meters apart,” Dominic Cummings, an aide to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, told reporters as he left his house in London on Saturday.Credit...Daniel Leal-Olivas/Agence…
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…