Politics|Klobuchar Drops Out of Biden’s V.P. Search and Backs Picking a Woman of ColorSenator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota was considered a strong contender to be Joe Biden’s running mate until protests over racial justice prompted renewed scrutiny of her former role as a prosecutor.Joseph R. Biden Jr. with Senator Amy Klobuchar, a former Democratic presidential…
Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced Thursday she was removing herself as a candidate to be former Vice President Joe Biden’s vice presidential pick.Klobuchar told MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell she called Biden Wednesday evening with her decision, saying she believes “this is a moment to put a woman of color on that ticket."Biden pledged earlier this year to pick…
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…