CLOSE U.S. president Donald Trump said he would deploy the military if state officials didn't quell the violence amidst protests after George Floyd's death. USA TODAYWASHINGTON – Faced with sobering poll numbers and mounting criticism of his response to the protests sparked by George Floyd's death, President Donald Trump and his advisers are seeking to tie former Vice…
President Trump sought to clarify what he meant in a tweet Thursday night about the unrest in Minneapolis after Twitter flagged it and claimed he was “glorifying violence.”“Looting leads to shooting, and that’s why a man was shot and killed in Minneapolis on Wednesday night - or look at what just happened in Louisville with 7 people shot,” Trump…
Alarmed by a rising number of coronavirus infections among meatpacking workers in Vernon, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday gave local health officials and plant operators one week to review worker safety protocols and report back.The order, introduced by Supervisor Hilda Solis and passed by a 5-0 vote, followed reports this weekend…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for an investigation Wednesday of leaked recordings purportedly depicting then-Vice President Joe Biden telling Zelensky's predecessor Petro Poroshenko that his country would receive U.S. aid once top prosecutor Viktor Shokin was replaced.The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee already has acknowledged such an arrangement publicly. But the leaked audio revived criticism that Biden was engaged…
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks during a Capitol Hill news conference on March 25. Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks during a Capitol Hill news conference on March 25. Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham on Tuesday…
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…