It was Moscow, May 9, 1995. That day, there was plenty of celebratory noise and color: music, military marching and, after sunset, fireworks so loud that they made windowpanes rattle. But there is a single sound that stays with me: the clinking of countless medals on the chests of war veterans as they made their…
A Michigan inmate who was set to be paroled just weeks from now after serving nearly 44 years behind bars died last week from COVID-19, prison officials said. William Garrison had a chance to be released earlier this year, but decided to complete his full sentence so he'd be free from supervision after his release.…
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Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.A pair of sisters have died from two separate global pandemics, over a century apart, according to a report on Friday.Selma Esther Ryan died Tuesday from the coronavirus at an assisted living facility in Austin, Tx., three days after celebrating her 96th…
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…