Monthly Archives: June, 2020

More than 100 days ago, Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old black woman, was shot to death in her Louisville apartment by police officers serving a no-knock warrant in the middle of the night. Despite weeks of national attention and ongoing protests in the city, none of the officers have been charged, though one was fired Tuesday,…

Charleston’s city council voted unanimously on Tuesday to remove and relocate a statue of former vice president and slave advocate John C. Calhoun from a downtown square. The approved resolution will allow the 100-foot monument in Marion Square to be moved to “an appropriate site where it will be protected and preserved.” The 13-0 vote came…

The prosecutor’s supervisor said that the case was being treated differently because of the defendant’s relationship with the president, according to planned testimony.Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee convened a hearing to spotlight what they say is inappropriate politicization of the federal justice system by Attorney General William P. Barr.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York TimesSenior law…

In all his years in auto racing, NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace said Tuesday night, he has never seen anything like what he described as a “straight-up noose” that was being used as a door pull in the garage he was assigned last week at Talladega Speedway in Alabama.“I’ve been racing all of my life,” Wallace told…

NEW YORK (AP) — Freshman U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won her Democratic primary Tuesday, but election night ended with uncertainty over the outcomes of several other New York congressional races featuring other young insurgents. The coronavirus pandemic that moved campaigning from the streets to computer screens also prompted officials to allow New Yorkers to vote…