Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms told protesters Sunday to "clear out" of an area near where Rayshard Brooks was killed by police last month after an 8-year-old girl was fatally shot near the site over the weekend."You shot and killed a baby," she said at a news conference. "Enough is enough."Bottoms said the girl, Secoriea…
Jessica Flores, USA TODAY Published 8:33 p.m. ET July 5, 2020 | Updated 10:04 p.m. ET July 5, 2020CLOSE Ex-Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe has been charged with felony murder and aggravated assault in the killing of Rayshard Brooks. USA TODAYGunfire broke out on Fourth of July weekend in Atlanta, injuring over 20 people and…
(CNN)A man was fatally shot at a park in Louisville, Kentucky, where peaceful protesters have been gathering to demand justice for the killing of Breonna Taylor. The shooting broke out Saturday nig…
Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials on Saturday said a Gardena man shot by a deputy this week was armed with an illegal handgun but did not provide details on what prompted the shooting that resulted in the man’s death.Speaking at a late-afternoon news conference, Sheriff Alex Villanueva told reporters that investigators were still gathering evidence…
Billy Kobin, Louisville Courier Journal Published 9:56 a.m. ET June 1, 2020 | Updated 2:31 p.m. ET June 1, 2020CLOSE Protests over the death of Breonna Taylor continued in Louisville on Sunday, with continued tense interactions between police and demonstrators. Louisville Courier JournalLOUISVILLE, Ky. – Gov. Andy Beshear announced he authorized state police to conduct an independent…
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…