On Sunday afternoon, hundreds of people rallied at a Minneapolis park to call for more changes to the city's police department. Nine out of 13 Minneapolis City Council members stood up on the stage to announce their intent to disband the city's police department, CBS Minnesota reports. The announcement comes after council president Lisa Bender…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Minneapolis city council members pledged to abolish the police force whose officer knelt on the neck of a dying George Floyd, as the biggest civil rights protests in more than 50 years demanded a transformation of U.S. criminal justice. Demonstrations have swept a country slowly emerging from the coronavirus lockdown in the…
As the lockdown continues, a Council bill would make the city carve out space where restaurants could serve people outside.Published May 28, 2020Updated May 29, 2020, 7:48 a.m. ET[This briefing has ended. For the latest updates on the coronavirus outbreak in the New York area, read Friday’s live coverage.] Cases and deaths in New York…
As lockdown continues, a City Council bill would make the city carve out space where restaurants could serve people outside.Right NowNew Jersey reported 66 more virus-related deaths, while New York reported 74. Cases and deaths in New York State March April May 7-day average New cases Includes confirmed and probable cases where available See maps…
LOS ANGELES — An aide to a longtime Los Angeles City Councilman agreed to plead guilty Wednesday to a federal charge in an ongoing FBI "pay-to-play" investigation inside City Hall that includes alleged distribution of $1 million in bribes and inducements, according to court documents unsealed Wednesday.The alleged bribery included payments from a Chinese firm…
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…