Police in Baltimore were searching for a gunman who led police on a chase, shot an officer and carjacked at least one person in order to make his escape Tuesday night, police said.The officer, who was struck in the abdomen, is expected to survive and may not require surgery, Commissioner Michael Harrison said at a…
Thousands of armed police have flooded the streets of Hong Kong in an unprecedented show of force to prevent protests against a law criminalising ridicule of Chinas national anthem. At lunchtime ral…
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, shown here in February, decried the man's death, saying, "All I can come back to is that he should not have died. What we saw was horrible — completely and utterly messed up." Steve Karnowski/AP hide caption toggle caption Steve Karnowski/AP Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, shown here in February, decried the…
Police in Hong Kong fired tear gas and a water canon at protesters Sunday as thousands rallied in the streets against China’s move to impose a new national security law on the semi-autonomous city.Crowds of demonstrators dressed in black flouted coronavirus social distancing measures to gather in the Causeway Bay district, a popular shopping area,…
Hong Kong police fired tear gas, pepper spray and water cannons as thousands of protesters rallied against proposed security measures aimed at tightening Beijing's grip on the semi-autonomous territory. Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images Hong Kong police fired tear gas, pepper spray and water cannons as…
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…