Attorney General William P. Barr said in a letter to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser released late Tuesday that the recent presence of federal law enforcement and National Guard members in the nation’s capital was necessary because of nearly unprecedented rioting last weekend. Mr. Barr said that starting on Friday, May 29, the District experienced “days…
May 22, 2020 | 4:54pm Enlarge Image William Roddie Bryan Glynn County Sheriff’s Office/Handout via REUTERS The Georgia man who recorded the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery was arrested in part because he repeatedly tried to “confine and detain” the unarmed jogger with his vehicle in the minutes leading up to Arbery’s death, according to…
Jordan Culver, USA TODAY Published 6:45 p.m. ET May 21, 2020 | Updated 9:20 p.m. ET May 21, 2020CLOSE William Bryan says he has lost his job and received death threats after the video of Ahmaud Arbery's shooting was made public. USA TODAYThe man who filmed the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery has been arrested on…
U.S. Attorney John Durham’s probe into the origins of the Russia collusion investigation is not expected to lead to a criminal investigation of either former President Barack Obama or former Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Attorney General William P. Barr said Monday. “As for President Obama and Vice President Biden, whatever their level of involvement…
Nearing maximum dumpster fire. Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images In space no one can hear you scream. And if you’re only screaming on the inside as a member of D.C.’s legal establishment, no one can hear you scream either. This past week has seen its share of silent screams. After Attorney General Bill Barr had his right-hand…
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…