Michelle R. Martinelli, USA TODAY Published 11:19 p.m. ET June 21, 2020 | Updated 1:07 a.m. ET June 22, 2020CLOSE SportsPulse: Bubba Wallace wasn't afraid to address NASCAR fans who may have been irked by the organizations ban on Confederate flag, reminding them to put themselves in the shoes of others. USA TODAYA noose was…
NASCAR announced it was investigating after a noose was found hanging in driver Bubba Wallace's garage stall Sunday at Talladega, nearly two weeks after prohibiting any images or displays of the Confederate flag at events.Wallace, 26, the only black driver in the NASCAR Cup Series, responded on Twitter late Sunday, and said the sport has made a commitment…
Relatives of a 38-year-old man whose body was found hanging from a tree in Southern California said they believe he died by suicide, a family spokesman said Friday."On behalf of the family of Malcolm Harsch unfortunately it seems he did take his own life," Najee Ali said in a statement. "The Victorville Police Department officials…
The half brother of Robert Fuller, a young black man found hanging from a tree near a Southern California city hall, was killed by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies in a shootout Wednesday, officials say.According to a statement from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Terron Jammal Boone matched the description of a suspect in…
(CNN)The half-brother of Robert Fuller, the 24-year-old black man who was found dead hanging in the city of Palmdale last week, was killed in a deputy-involved shooting in Kern County on Wednesday, a…
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…