Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler took aim Wednesday at what he called “a few dozen individuals engaged in violence” who he said have allowed the Oregon city to be wrongly portrayed as a “dark dystopia” by President Trump and others. Mr. Wheeler took some of the blame himself, saying he and other leaders have allowed the…
2m ago Texas governor to hold press conference in Orange Texas Governor Greg Abbott is visiting the city of Orange on Thursday to survey damage in Hurricane Laura's wake.He plans to meet with local officials and give an update on response and recovery efforts in a press conference at 12:30 p.m. local time (1:30…
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama expressed support for Milwaukee Bucks players who boycotted their NBA playoff game on Wednesday night following the police-involved shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin.“This moment demands moral leadership,” Biden said in a retweet of the video statement from Bucks players. “And these players answered by…
(CNN)The suspect in the Kenosha, Wisconsin, fatal shooting is a former member of a youth police cadet program with an affinity for guns, according to police and online profiles. Antioch, Illinois, p…
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…