The former vice president, Joe Biden, has called for an end to the violent riots and looting, which were sparked by major demonstrations throughout the United States over the death of George Floyd, in an emotional new statement. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee posted a lengthy message to his Medium page during the weekend titled…
Amid protests and riots across Los Angeles following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, the county has issued a countywide curfew, beginning at 6 p.m. Sunday. The curfew, imposed countywide within unincorporated and incorporated areas, is set to stay in place until 6 a.m. Monday. Following L.A. County issuing a countywide state of emergency,…
The NYPD has issued an “officer safety alert” in response to an unverified threat by a Brooklyn man against law enforcement officers.The internal memo was sent to officers Thursday amid protests in New York and other U.S. cities over the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a black man who, while handcuffed, pleaded for air…
House Democrats forged ahead with a vote Wednesday to reauthorize surveillance tools used by law enforcement despite sudden GOP opposition to the plan as President Trump threatened to veto the bill if passed."If the FISA Bill is passed tonight on the House floor, I will quickly VETO it," Trump tweeted ahead of the vote. "Our Country has…
Posted: Mon 4:28 PM, May 25, 2020  |  Updated: Mon 4:29 PM, May 25, 2020 DUNN COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU)-- The Dunn County Health Department has issued a new health order to be in effect until June 1. Dunn County has 24 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with one person in the hospital. The Dunn County Health…
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…