The graffiti on the Lincoln Memorial and World War II Memorial has received the most attention, but a total of 12 statues and memorials were defaced by vandals during recent rioting that spread to the National Mall, according to the National Park Service. The other memorials vandalized were the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial and…
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…
By Ryan Browne, Alicia Lee and Renee Rigdon, CNN Updated 11:48 PM ET, Mon June 1, 2020 Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds. As thousands across…
Police SUVs and military transports continued to block a major downtown Salt Lake City street Monday morning, two days after protests stemming from police violence in Minneapolis turned violent. Hours after a citywide curfew lifted at 6 a.m., Salt Lake City police and Utah National Guard troops were stationed along 400 South between State Street…
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…