A majority of voters reject reducing police funding and moving that money to social services, despite a national push in recent weeks from activist groups and some politicians, according to an ABC/Washington Post poll released Tuesday.The poll finds that a majority of Americans (63 percent) support the Black Lives Matter movement, and 69 percent say Black…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday the next coronavirus relief bill will focus on three priorities — kids, jobs and health care. The Kentucky Republican pointed to surveys that show child care and school are a top priority for Americans, so making sure classrooms can safely reopen will be the primary focus for the…
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…