CLOSE Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes gave a video address in response to the police involved shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha. Associated PressThe police shooting of Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, sparked another night of protests in Wisconsin and around the country.Hundreds of protesters ignored the mobilization of the Wisconsin National…
New footage from a different angle has emerged of the moments before Jacob Blake, a Black man, was shot multiple times in the back by a White Wisconsin cop as Blake tried to get into his vehicle, according to a report.The video captured Blake, 29, engaged in a struggle with at least two Kenosha police officers on the right…
The mayor took the helm of the city after fatal police shootings hampered his predecessor.Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis spoke during a news conference on Thursday.Credit...Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune, via Associated PressMayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis, a 38-year-old civil rights lawyer, swept into office in 2018 on promises to fix the broken relationship between the community…
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…