Democrats are feeling good about their chances of winning the White House and scoring a decisive blow against Trumpism in November, as they ride high in the polls and are led by one of the party’s more battle-tested veterans. That same mood followed Hillary Clinton out of the Democratic National Convention four years ago before…
Former Vice President Joe Biden officially became the Democratic Party's 2020 presidential nominee Tuesday night after an unconventional roll call vote of party delegates conducted virtually from landmarks across the country.Once he amassed the votes, a camera appeared on Biden from Delaware where he celebrated the moment with wife, Jill, and bundles of red, white and blue…
Democrats on Tuesday formally nominated Joseph R. Biden to be their party’s 2020 presidential nominee - a nomination Mr. Biden will accept in a speech on Thursday. At the end of the modified roll call vote, the camera cut to Mr. Biden and his family in a library surrounded by balloons as Kool & 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…