The National Guard has agreed to send unarmed members to assist U.S. Park Police in securing Washington’s national monuments.The request comes as President TrumpDonald John TrumpBowman holds double-digit lead over Engel in NY primary McGrath leads Booker in Kentucky with results due next week NY Republican Chris Jacobs wins special election to replace Chris Collins…
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A tense situation in Downtown Fresno ended with a man in handcuffs after police say suspect Richard Martinez tried robbing the Westamerica Bank on Tulare and O Street."During that time several people ran out and officers arrived very shortly, while the subject was still inside," says Fresno Police Captain Joe Alvarez.A…
The National Guard is beginning to pull back its presence in states across the country after its historic response to unrest over the death of Minneapolis man George Floyd in police custody last month.Governors and mayors in more than two dozen states activated the National Guard last month to respond to protests that in some cases escalated…
In a stark symbol of tensions rippling through parts of Los Angeles, National Guard troops stood with Los Angeles Police Department officers on the steps of City Hall on Sunday to protect the landmark.About 100 demonstrators had gathered in Grand Park, after a demonstration earlier in the day at Pershing Square.Downtown was hit by protests…
May 31, 2020 | 2:34pm Enlarge Image Police officers guard the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago AP Illinois National Guard troops are being deployed to Chicago during George Floyd protests, the city’s mayor said Sunday. A “hurt and angry” Mayor Lori Lightfoot said on Twitter that she had asked Gov. J.B. Pritzker to…
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…