CLOSE Weekend violence in Chicago claimed at least 10 lives, including a one-year-old boy fatally shot while riding in the back seat of a car, and a 10-year-old girl who was hit by a stray bullet while inside her home. (June 29) AP DomesticCHICAGO – Four toddlers have been shot in the past two weeks during what…
The police killing of George Floyd has triggered anti-racism protests around the world. A number of monuments with links to colonialism and slavery have either been defaced or pulled down in Europe and the United States as protests continue for racial justice. Floyd's brother, Philonise Floyd, testified before the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, along…
President Donald Trump at a coronavirus briefing. | Alex Wong/Getty Images President Donald Trump and many governors are heralding a reopening of the American economy — even though a majority of states ending their coronavirus shutdowns this week have not met the White House’s most basic thresholds for testing, tracing and a prolonged drop in…
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JACINTA BOWLER 20 APRIL 2020 It's a rumour that just won't die. When asked whether the COVID-19 virus was genetically engineered in a lab, scientists have already said "no" rather firmly, but the matter of the new coronavirus' origin is unlikely to be put to rest so easily. Discussions around this subject have become even…
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…