Raz Simone sees himself as echoing and amplifying the voices of the protestors who wouldn’t ... [+] ordinarily be heard. He’s a self-described “peacemaker, mediator and diffuser of fights.” Photo by: Dustin Adams On Thursday, I reported on the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) in Seattle and how it could serve as a harbinger of…
In a battle for control of six blocks in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood that has caught the attention of even President Trump, hip-hop artist Raz Simone has emerged as a leading figure of Black Lives Matter and radical leftist activists who say they are now in charge in the enclave. Mr. Simone’s Twitter feed and…
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…