Show captionRussian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is seriously ill in a Siberian hospital after a suspecting poisoning. Photograph: Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty ImagesAlexei NavalnyOpposition leader’s aide had urged hospital authorities not to interfere in efforts to take him out of the country for treatmentDoctors treating Alexei Navalny for a suspected poisoning have refused to allow him to…
A special guest buzzed its way into Mike Bloomberg's speech Thursday night as the former New York City mayor was in the middle of slamming President Trump during the Democratic National Convention.In the midst of Bloomberg attacking the president, what appeared to be a fly landed on his face -- at least once above his right…
In his remarks, the former vice president eviscerated President Donald Trump for his failure to contain the coronavirus pandemic and face the country's reckoning over systemic racism. He called for a sweeping response, similar to the New Deal, to combat the economic and health-care crises created by the outbreak. Biden said he hoped history would "be…
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…