Widely circulated videos showed a white woman pointing a gun at a Black woman as she filmed with her cellphone in a parking lot in Orion Township, Mich.July 2, 2020Updated 8:26 p.m. ETA couple have been charged with felonious assault after widely circulated videos showed a white woman pointing a gun at a Black woman…
Federal authorities arrested Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime confidant of Jeffrey Epstein, on Thursday in New Hampshire in connection with the late, accused sex trafficker, authorities announced.She was taken into custody at about 8:30 a.m. in Bradford, officials said, and hours later appeared, via video feed, before Magistrate Judge Andrea Johnstone in Concord.Johnstone ordered Maxwell, who…
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine speaks during his coronavirus briefing on Monday. (Ohio Channel)Ohio ChannelCOLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio Department of Health reported 1,301 new coronavirus cases Thursday, continuing a nearly three-week trend of spiking case numbers that is also now being reflected in hospitalizations.The newly reported cases raised the total to 54,166 known cases since…
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear arguments this fall in a case that pits the Trump administration against the House Judiciary Committee and its efforts to see redacted portions of report on Russian interference prepared by special prosecutor Robert Mueller. The decision is a significant blow to House Democrats' efforts to see the…
Gov. Phil Murphy announced Thursday he’s extending the public-health emergency he declared in New Jersey because of the coronavirus pandemic by another 30 days, even as the state’s outbreak has slowed significantly and its gradual reopening plans move forward.Murphy has already lifted his stay-at-home order and has eased many other of the restrictions he put…
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…