Key, who wrote the national anthem, was a slave owner.June 20, 2020, 1:36 PM2 min read The statue of Francis Scott Key, who is known for writing "The Star-Spangled Banner" but was a slave owner, was toppled by protesters in San Francisco during demonstrations against racial injustice. Key wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner" after he saw…
J. Alexander Kueng, 26, was released from Hennepin County jail shortly before 7.30pm on FridayOne of the former Minneapolis cops who have been charged in the death of George Floyd has been released from jail after posting bail.J. Alexander Kueng, 26, was released from Hennepin County jail shortly before 7.30pm on Friday, the StarTribune reports.He was being…
Reports of violence inside Seattle's police-free Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) zone are very troubling" and a direct result of the failure of city leadership, according to Seattle Police Officers Guild President Michael Solan.In an interview on "Fox & Friends Weekend" with hosts Pete Hegseth Saturday, Solan remarked that it is "no longer the summer of love" like Democratic Mayor…
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…