WASHINGTON (AFP) – Former US president Donald Trump on Monday (March 29) lashed out at two of the country’s leading figures in the coronavirus battle after they criticised his handling of the pandemic. In an angry statement, Trump described Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx as “two self-promoters trying to reinvent history to cover for their […]
The lawyer for Mr. Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer charged in the killing of George Floyd, suggested that jurors should look beyond the video. By John Eligon, Tim Arango, Shaila Dewan and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs Source: Read Full Article
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors on Monday expanded their criminal case against Ghislaine Maxwell, saying the British socialite helped procure a fourth underage girl for the late financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse. An amended indictment against Maxwell now covers alleged crimes stretching from 1994 to 2004 in New York and Florida, including accusations […]
By Marc Lacey There are some echoes between O.J. Simpson’s celebrated murder trial, which seemed to bring America to a standstill in 1995, and the widely covered proceedings that are underway on Monday at a courthouse in Minneapolis. Defendants who have become household names. Court TV and numerous other media outlets broadcasting the cases live […]
The Rev. Al Sharpton and Ben Crump, a lawyer for George Floyd Jr.’s family, told supporters on Monday that the world is focused on the trial of the former police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of Mr. Floyd as witnesses began to give testimony. “America is on trial to see if we have gotten […]
WASHINGTON (AFP, REUTERS) – The United States on Monday (March 29) suspended a trade pact with Myanmar as it voiced outrage over the military junta’s killing of more than 100 protesters over the weekend. “The United States strongly condemns the Burmese security forces’ brutal violence against civilians,” US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said, announcing that […]
The trial of a former Minneapolis police officer accused of the murder of George Floyd has begun in the US. Derek Chauvin is facing three charges of second and third degree murder and second degree manslaughter following the incident on 25 May 2020. Shortly after the opening, jurors were shown the full video of the […]
Good morning. The weather forecast today calls for sunshine across the state, with barely a cloud on the horizon for the next week or so. Pour yourself a nice, cool glass of water — and then think about how you’re going to start conserving it. The lack of rain and snow during what is usually […]
SAN FRANCISCO — The pandemic has brought grinding frustrations for parents, educators and students across the country. But perhaps no place has matched San Francisco in its level of infighting, public outrage and halting efforts to reopen schools. In February, the city sued its own school system, which has been entirely remote for a year, […]
MINNEAPOLIS — National civil rights leaders appeared alongside several family members of George Floyd at a prayer service Sunday night, hours before opening statements were set to begin in the murder trial of the former Minneapolis police officer charged in his death. Several dozen attendees congregated in the benches at Greater Friendship Missionary Church, where […]