As mourners in Houston honor the life of George Floyd in Minneapolis, CBS News is learning new details from a nightclub coworker about alleged history between Floyd and Derek Chauvin, the former officer who is charged in Floyd's death. According to a former coworker, not only did they know each other, but they had a…
CLOSE Rev. Al Sharpton asked the families of Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Ahmaud Arbery and others to stand at George Floyd's funeral. USA TODAYGeorge Floyd's brother will testify before a House committee Wednesday while a few blocks away crews began disassembling some of the temporary security fencing installed around the White House last week…
The death of George Floyd in police custody last month and a series of riots that followed in cities across the nation have set the backdrop for a Capitol Hill hearing Wednesday on police reform proposals.Those scheduled to testify before the House Judiciary Committee include Philonise Floyd, brother of the 46-year-old man who died May…
Washington (CNN)Something extraordinary is happening in America: 14 days of protests from coast to coast against police brutality and racism have produced a wave of change in public opinion on police…
George Perry Floyd Jr. was laid to rest Tuesday next to his mother in Houston, capping two weeks of social upheaval with an emotionally charged funeral service that was equal parts gospel revival, civil rights summit and Democratic political rally. The four-hour “homecoming celebration,” as Fountain of Praise Pastor Mia Wright called it, drew more…
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…