Show captionPortland police stand guard on Saturday night after a man was shot and killed and Trump supporters clashed with Black Lives Matter protesters. Photograph: Paula Bronstein/APPortlandPolice say it was not clear if shooting was linked to fights between protesters and caravan of Trump supportersAssociated PressSun 30 Aug 2020 02.07 EDTOne person was shot and…
The number of coronavirus cases in Latin America surpassed seven million, as legislators in Argentina's capital passed a law allowing relatives to maintain a bedside vigil for patients dying of COVID-19. South Korea extended social distancing rules in the capital, Seoul, amid a triple-digit rise in cases while India reported another record jump in daily…
Crime scene tape surrounds the home of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas on Monday in North Brunswick, N.J. A gunman posing as a delivery person shot and killed Salas' 20-year-old son and wounded her husband on Sunday evening at their home before fleeing, according to officials. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Lennihan/AP The…
(CNN)A police officer killed in a shooting earlier this week in a Seattle suburb was struck by gunfire from a fellow police officer, according to the agency investigating the shooting. Officer Jonat…
U.S.|Another Fatal Shooting in Seattle’s ‘CHOP’ Protest ZoneCity officials have vowed to dismantle the free-protest area set up during anti-police demonstrations and retake the Capitol Hill police station. But worries of confrontation have delayed a resolution.The scene of a fatal shooting in the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest zone of Seattle on Monday.Credit...Stephen Brashear/EPA, via ShutterstockJune…
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…