By Washington Post Staff June 8, 2020 The video of George Floyd’s death at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis triggered protests across the United States and brought renewed attention to ongoing concerns about systemic racism in the criminal justice system. The slaying, in the midst of a pandemic that has disproportionately infected…
Enlarge / People walk past a social distancing sign outside the Royal Botanic Garden on May 31, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. Policy decisions to re-open facilities or to encourage citizens to shelter in place don't come out of nowhere—there's often (hopefully) data behind the scenes.James D. Morgan/Getty Images One of the least expected aspects of…
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…