U.S.|A ‘Wall of Vets’ Joins the Front Lines of Portland ProtestsMilitary veterans said they banded together to protect the free speech of demonstrators.Videotranscripttranscript‘Enough Is Enough’: A ‘Wall’ of Veterans Joins Portland ProtestersA group of military vets formed a wall on the front lines of protests in Portland, Ore., a week after federal officers struck a…
U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney marched Sunday in the nation’s capital in a protest against police mistreatment of minorities, making him the first Republican senator known to do so. Romney, who represents Utah, posted a tweet showing himself wearing a mask as he walked with protesters in Washington. Above the photo he wrote: “Black Lives Matter.”…
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…