As four New York City police officers piled atop a black man on a Queens boardwalk on Sunday, one of the officers seemed to tightly wrap his arm around the man’s neck.“Stop choking him, bro!” a bystander filming the scene screamed as the man went limp on the ground. “Let him go!”Within hours, the bystander’s…
Protesters tried to pull down the J.E.B. Stuart monument on Sunday night.June 22, 2020, 9:16 AM7 min read Police in Virginia's capital declared an unlawful assembly on Sunday night as anti-racism protesters tried to tear down a Confederate-era monument. The Richmond Police Department announced the unlawful assembly declaration on Twitter, urging people to "leave the…
Beachgoers take advantage of the opening of South Beach June 10 in Miami Beach, Florida. | Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images Florida politicians signaled concern Monday morning over a dramatic uptick in the state's coronavirus infection rate, urging residents — particularly young people — to stay vigilant about social distancing as the state prepares to host part…
Two men charged with vandalizing a Black Lives Matter sign in California were employees of a sheriff’s office and district attorney’s office.They were issued citations for vandalism following investigations by the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office, which employed one of the men.“I’m deeply disappointed that one of our employees involved himself in this type of illegal…
A top outside political adviser to President Trump took a swipe at the Trump reelection campaign on Monday, in the wake of a smaller-than-expected crowd at the president’s weekend rally in Tulsa, Okla."I think a fundamental mistake was made. Over promising and under-delivering is the biggest mistake you can make in politics,” said Corey Lewandowski,…
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…