Breonna Taylor death A Kentucky grand juror has said the jury was not given the opportunity to consider homicide charges in the killing of Breonna Taylor by police. Ms Taylor, a 26-year-old black hospital worker, was shot six times when police forced their way into her apartment in Louisville, Kentucky, on 13 March. Last month […]
By Jeff Mason, Steve Holland LAS VEGAS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump called coronavirus expert Anthony Fauci a “disaster” on Monday, airing his frustration with the scientist during a call meant to reassure campaign staff he has a path to election victory on Nov. 3, despite trailing in opinion polls. Trump and Fauci, a member of his […]
The former president’s son said “we’ve got a bunch of grifters in the White House.” By Josephine Harvey, HuffPost US Former President Ronald Reagan’s youngest son believes Donald Trump’s family is using his presidency as a “grift” and that his late father would be “horrified” by the state of the Republican party today. In an interview […]
The US is to execute a female federal inmate for the first time in almost 70 years, the Justice Department said. Lisa Montgomery strangled a pregnant woman in Missouri before cutting out and kidnapping the baby in 2004. She is due to be given a lethal injection in Indiana on 8 December. The last woman […]
The Democratic vice presidential candidate’s communications director and a non-staff flight crew member have tested positive for the coronavirus. By Kevin Robillard Two people who regularly travel with Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) have tested positive for COVID-19, the campaign announced Thursday morning. The campaign has canceled all of Harris’ planned travel […]
By Chris Fox Technology reporterI The way Twitter communicated its handling of a controversial article about US presidential hopeful Joe Biden was “unacceptable”, its chief has said. On Wednesday, Twitter prevented people from posting links to a New York Post story, warning those trying to click it that the link was “potentially unsafe”. It only […]
A “Photoshop Battle” erupted over a picture of the US president tossing masks at supporters. By Lee Moran A “Photoshop Battle” has broken out on Reddit over a picture of President Donald Trump throwing face masks at supporters attending this week’s campaign rally in Sanford, Florida. The image taken by Associated Press photographer Evan Vucci shows Trump tossing masks […]
Statues torn down. Schools rechristened. A state flag axed. New data shows that 2020’s anti-racist protests are accelerating America’s de-Confederation. By Christopher Mathias, HuffPost US More than 100 symbols of the Confederacy across the United States have been removed, relocated or renamed since police killed George Floyd in May, new data shows, providing further proof of […]
Roughly 3 out of 4 American billionaires have seen a rise in their net worths. Elon Musk alone has tripled his net worth during the pandemic. By Michael Hobbes, HuffPost US Other than Netflix, Andrew Cuomo and the virus itself, no one has benefited from the COVID-19 pandemic more than American billionaires. Over the last six months, roughly 3 out […]
The Supreme Court nominee would not weigh in on President Donald Trump’s threats to delay the election — a power he does not have. By Sara Boboltz, HuffPost US Judge Amy Coney Barrett refused to say during her Supreme Court confirmation hearings Tuesday whether she believes President Donald Trump has the power to move an […]
