The protests are moving into white residential neighborhoods, where activists demand that people choose a side.A march through a residential area in Portland, Ore., this month. Protesters have argued that not enough has changed quickly enough to prevent and punish police misconduct.Credit...Mason Trinca for The New York TimesSept. 21, 2020Updated 6:51 p.m. ETPORTLAND, Ore. —…
Angry protesters have gathered outside homes owned by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., to express their anger at the Republican senators’ support for moving forward with nominating and confirming a new Supreme Court justice before November's election after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.Banging drums, shouting…
Protesters took to the streets in Lancaster, Pa., on Sunday just hours after police fatally shot man who authorities said was captured on bodycam video "brandishing a knife over his head" in a threatening manner.JOE BIDEN PUSHES GUN CONTROL LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER SHOOTING OF LA DEPUTIESLancaster District Attorney's Office said that the investigation…
People pass by a destroyed building in Kenosha, WI. Stephen Maturen for NPR hide caption toggle caption Stephen Maturen for NPR People pass by a destroyed building in Kenosha, WI. Stephen Maturen for NPR The old metal gumball machine is still there - standing in a corner near the door. It's scorched and some of…
The family of a 29-year-old Black man fatally shot by deputies during a traffic stop over a bicycle code violation on Monday has demanded accountability and justice amid a fresh wave of protests.Family members say Dijon Kizzee was fatally shot by Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department deputies after they attempted to stop him while he was…
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…