Cities in some parts of the country are reeling from a holiday weekend of bloodshed, including the murder of an 8-year-old in Chicago and the shooting of a 6-year-old in New York City, as officials continue to grapple with gun violence nationwide.The young girl was killed and two adults were severely wounded after they were…
Businesses were reopening in recent weeks and oil prices had climbed north of $40 a barrel before coronavirus infections accelerated in the state.A recent rally in oil prices had given energy executives in Texas hope that a recovery was at hand. Now they are not so sure.Credit...Tamir Kalifa for The New York TimesJune 25, 2020HOUSTON…
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…