Jill Biden on Tuesday tugged on America’s heartstrings in an emotional appeal for support for her husband, Joseph R. Biden. Addressing the Democratic National Convention in a livestream from a high school in Delaware, Mrs. Biden said she felt the same fears and uncertainty as most Americans feel about the coronavirus, and she vouched for…
John Anzalone, the chief pollster for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden, acknowledged on Tuesday that Mr. Biden is lagging a bit among Hispanic voters compared to previous Democratic Party nominees, but said Mr. Biden is building a “new coalition” of support from other groups. Mr. Anzalone said every presidential candidate has a “unique…
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…