By Glenn Thrush transcript ‘Praying the Verdict Is the Right Verdict,’ Biden Tells Floyd Family President Biden disclosed the details of a phone call he shared with the family of George Floyd, as the family awaits the verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former officer accused of killing Mr. Floyd. I’ve come to […]
By Marie Fazio Before Judge Peter A. Cahill sent jurors in the Derek Chauvin trial home last week, he gave them short and vague instructions on what they might need to pack for deliberations. “If I were you, I would plan for long and hope for short,” he said. “Basically, it’s up to the jury […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – After a gunman killed eight workers and himself at an Indianapolis FedEx centre last week – the city’s third mass shooting this year – the chief deputy coroner spoke of the toll the deaths had taken on her co-workers. “It is a very difficult job,” said Ms Alfarena McGinty of the Marion […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – After a gunman killed eight workers and himself at an Indianapolis FedEx centre last week – the city’s third mass shooting this year – the chief deputy coroner spoke of the toll the deaths had taken on her co-workers. “It is a very difficult job,” said Ms Alfarena McGinty of the Marion […]
Tuesday: A guide to the debate over vaccine verification. By Jill Cowan Good morning. Baseball is back across the state. Tickets to see Bad Bunny early next year were snatched up in no time. The Musso & Frank Grill — the iconic, very much indoors Hollywood haunt — has announced it will reopen on May […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Texas police will serve search warrants on Tesla Inc on Tuesday (April 20) to secure data from a fatal vehicle crash, a senior officer told Reuters on Monday, after CEO Elon Musk said company checks showed the car’s Autopilot driver assistance system was not engaged. Mr Mark Herman, Harris County Constable Precinct 4, said evidence […]
MEXICO CITY — The number of migrant children arriving in Mexico and hoping to enter the United States has increased ninefold from January to March this year, the U.N. Children’s Fund said Monday, with an average of 275 minors entering the country every day. The number of migrant children reported in Mexico rose to 3,500 […]
This is the Coronavirus Briefing, an informed guide to the pandemic. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. India is facing new lockdowns and oxygen and drug shortages as cases spiral upward. In an effort to block variants, Hong Kong banned flights from three countries and emptied an apartment block. New York […]
A US Capitol Police officer who was injured during the storming of the building died from natural causes, a medical examiner’s office has ruled. Brian Sicknick, 42, died the day after the 6 January insurrection which saw supporters of former president Donald Trump march on the Capitol building, sparking a riot. Two men, George Tanios […]
In a corner of southwest Detroit, there’s a community that’s spent years grappling with the air they’re breathing in. The 48217 district has become known as Michigan’s “most polluted zip code”. There are more than two dozen pollutant-producing facilities owned by multiple companies scattered in and around the area. Steel mills sit alongside coal-fired power […]