Image copyright Reuters Image caption Rayshard Brooks, 27, the father of three daughters and a stepson, was killed on 12 June Another death of an African-American man during an arrest has brought the use of deadly force by police into sharp focus once again in the US.Rayshard Brooks, 27, was shot dead as he fled…
The nation’s medical centers were forced to stop offering many surgeries, and sustained severe financial losses. Reopening is a daunting task amid the threat of more infection.Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago last month. Hospitals are furloughing workers amid industry losses that total as much as $50 billion a month.Credit...Shannon Stapleton/ReutersMay 9, 2020, 6:00 a.m. ETThe shutdown…
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…