Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders made a dire plea to his supporters during Monday evening’s Democratic National Convention by asking them to cast their votes for presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden to prevent the spread of “authoritarianism” under President Trump.Sanders – a progressive independent from Vermont – was once Biden’s biggest rival in the Democratic primaries, but…
Former first lady Michelle Obama, in the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention, said that President Trump has shown that he is the “wrong president for our country.” “He has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job, but he is clearly over his head,” Ms. Obama said. “He…
An increasing number of New Jersey’s largest school districts are planning to begin the upcoming academic year remotely following Gov. Phil Murphy’s announcement last week that all-virtual learning would be acceptable under certain conditions.Newark — the state’s largest school district — said Monday that students would learn remotely for at least the first marking period.…
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…