A federal judge rejected a demand for to free all illegal immigrant families being held in detention during coronavirus, ruling Wednesday that even with heightened risks of the disease in detention facilities, it was too far of a leap to do a “blanket release.” The ruling by Judge James Boasberg, sitting in Washington, D.C., is…
President Trump’s nimble campaign has responded to the ongoing political controversy over Goya Foods with a bold, Spanish-language ad campaign. His reelection campaign has struck back with a new wave of Spanish-language TV and radio ads released Wednesday — highlighting “Democrats’ shameful smear campaign against Goya Foods, a beloved Hispanic-owned family business,” the campaign said.…
Crime scene tape surrounds the home of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas on Monday in North Brunswick, N.J. A gunman posing as a delivery person shot and killed Salas' 20-year-old son and wounded her husband on Sunday evening at their home before fleeing, according to officials. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Lennihan/AP The…
A flare-up of U.S.-China tensions shouldn't distract investors from the longer-term story. What happened Shares of electric-vehicle maker NIO (NYSE:NIO) and other Chinese stocks were moving lower on Wednesday, on investor fears of a flare-up of international tensions after the U.S. government ordered the closure of China's consulate in Houston. As of 11:30 a.m. EDT,…
Suzie Schottelkotte, The (Lakeland, Fla.) Ledger Published 8:00 a.m. ET July 22, 2020 CLOSE Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said one of the victims was able to call his father for help, but it was too late. WochitFROSTPROOF, Fla.— Kris Meyer knelt over the roadside memorial to his friends Tuesday and laid his head on 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…