June 8, 2020 | 11:15am | Updated June 8, 2020 | 12:09pm Each day of protests across the US could kill up to 540 people from coronavirus, an expert said while blaming mass arrests and cops’ use of tear gas for “exacerbating” the spread of the virus. “At the high end … we’d expect 54k…
(CNN)In the years leading up to George Floyd's death with his neck beneath the knee of a Minneapolis policeman, at least 58 people lost consciousness after the city's officers put them in neck restra…
Hundreds more National Guard troops were deployed in the wake of widespread protests as well as looting and arson in Minneapolis on Friday night, with nearly 50 people arrested in the city.More than 2,500 officers are in the city working to keep the peace, Minnesota Department of Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington said during a press conference, CNN reported.Harrington said the events have…
TOPLINE As protests erupted in cities across the United States over the death of George Floyd, seven people were shot Thursday night, with one in critical condition, during a protest in Louisville, Kentucky over the death of Breonna Taylor, who was killed by police in her apartment in March. KEY FACTS At least one person…
Seven people were shot Thursday in downtown Louisville, Ky., as several hundred protesters gathered to protest the death of Breonna Taylor, who was shot and killed in her own apartment by police in March.A police department spokesperson told USA Today that shots were heard on the scene at around 11:30 p.m. and that two of 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…