When Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler inhaled a face full of tear gas after addressing protesters on Wednesday, something atypical happened in the city's long history of protest: Its mayor went from years …
Customs and Border Protection has authorized its personnel to use less-lethal force, such as riot guns firing pepper spray balls, against protesters who fire lasers — an increasingly prominent tactic for rioters in Portland. Lethal force is not justified, CBP said in the memo issued last week, but less-lethal means such as pepper spray or…
Sarah Elbeshbishi, USA TODAY Published 2:21 p.m. ET July 26, 2020 | Updated 3:06 p.m. ET July 26, 2020CLOSE Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden says President Trump does not want to "do the hard work" of getting the coronavirus under control so the nation's schools can open safely. (July 24) AP DomesticUnited States Secretary…
The police in Austin, Texas, have not identified the motorist who fatally shot a protester after driving his car in the direction of marchers.Videotranscripttranscript1 Killed in Shooting at Protest in AustinOne person was killed in a shooting at a Black Lives Matter protest in Austin, Texas, after a car drove into the crowd.“Every night!” [chanting]…
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…