The Democratic National Convention Committee will scale back this summer's convention considerably and is advising state delegates not to plan to travel to Milwaukee due to the ongoing coronavirus pa…
PORTLAND, ORE. (AP) — Jeremy Christian, convicted of a double murder on a Portland light-rail train, was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without possibility of parole. Jeremy Joseph Christian. (Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office via AP, File) The sentencing by Multnomah County Circuit Judge Cheryl Albrecht occurred a day after Christian jumped to his feet…
Michael Flynn, former U.S. national security adviser, exits federal court in Washington, D.C., on Monday, June 24, 2019.Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA federal appeals court Wednesday ordered a judge to dismiss the charge against President Donald Trump's former national security advisor Michael Flynn, who had pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents.The 2-1…
Statues, monuments vandalized amid Black Lives Matter protestsStatues originally under fire were Confederate soldiers and generals largely in the South due to the treatment of African-Americans, but the anger has spread to monuments of all backgrounds many of which have been torn down by protesters, and others have been officially removed.Mayor Jim Kenney announced in…
Florida saw a record number of coronavirus cases on Tuesday, the state Department of Health reported.According to the agency, there were 5,508 new coronavirus cases as of midnight on Tuesday and 44 more deaths related to COVID-19.Overall, Florida has a total of 109,014 cases and 3,281 coronavirus-related deaths, the agency reported.The Orlando Sentinel reported that…
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…