Some politicos are wondering in the new age of the Democratic Party whether a member of the Kennedy dynasty stands a chance against a longtime incumbent senator from Massachusetts who’s reinvented himself with young progressive support by brokering the Green New Deal alongside Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Rep. Joe Kennedy III, 39, will face off against…
CLOSE A fatal shooting in Portland has led to a war of words between Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and President Donald Trump. USA TODAYOregon Gov. Kate Brown announced a plan to curb violence in Portland as the state's largest city was reeling after a fatal weekend shooting following clashes between Trump supporters and counter protesters.Brown said…
Gabriel Johnson, a retired Marine who said he heard the gunshots that killed a man in Portland, Ore., on Saturday, told “Fox & Friends” on Monday that he was “appalled” by “all of the people in the street celebrating” his death. Violent clashes between a massive pro-Trump caravan that drove through Portland and Black Lives Matter protesters left…
CLOSE Hannah Gittings, the girlfriend of 26-year-old Anthony Huber, a victim in the Kenosha shooting, spoke out in an emotional tribute about her boyfriend. StoryfulJeremiah just wanted to find his car and go home, but he was trapped. A massive line of police in riot gear had just forced him and hundreds of other protesters out of…
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced Monday that restaurants will be allowed to resume dine-in service at a limited capacity on Sept. 4.While the state continues to battle the virus, all restaurants across the state will be able to serve guests inside at 25% capacity with social distancing between tables, according to Murphy."Reopening responsibly will help us…
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…