Senate’s only black Republican blasts critics of his police reform plan
U.S. Senator Tim Scott, the chamber’s only black Republican, was thrust into the center of the national debate on policing when Majority Leader Mitch McConnell put him in charge Tuesday of the caucus’s response to protests over racial inequality and th…
U.S. CDC reports 1,973,797 coronavirus cases
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 1,973,797 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 17,376 cases from its previous count, and said that the number of deaths had risen by 950 to 112,133.
Retired judge says effort to drop case against ex-Trump aide is ‘gross abuse’ of power
A retired judge on Wednesday urged a federal court not allow the Justice Department to dismiss its criminal case against President Donald Trump’s former adviser Michael Flynn, citing evidence of a “gross abuse of prosecutorial power.”
New Yorkers adopt pets to deal with coronavirus stress
When the coronavirus pandemic shut down New York City nearly three months ago, Jocelyn Tsai rushed to fill out an online application to foster a dog from the Animal Care Centers of NYC.
Retired judge calls effort to drop case against ex-Trump adviser ‘gross abuse’ of power
A retired judge on Wednesday urged a federal court not allow the Justice Department to dismiss its criminal case against President Donald Trump’s former adviser Michael Flynn, citing evidence of a “gross abuse of prosecutorial power.”
U.S. attorney general group sues 26 dermatology drug makers
A group of attorneys general from U.S. states and territories sued 26 manufacturers of dermatology drugs on Wednesday, accusing them of price fixing and other violations of antitrust law, the third such lawsuit since 2016.
George Floyd’s brother tells U.S. Congress: ‘He didn’t deserve to die over $20’
A U.S. congressional panel confronting racial injustice and police violence on Wednesday heard an impassioned plea from a brother of George Floyd not to let his death in Minneapolis police custody to have been in vain, lamenting that he “didn’t deserve…
Voices from U.S. protests against police brutality: ‘You can’t just sit on the sidelines’
Americans have taken to the streets following the death of George Floyd, who died in Minneapolis on May 25 after a white police officer pinned his knee against his neck for nearly nine minutes.
Retired judge urges court not to drop criminal case against ex-Trump adviser Flynn
Retired U.S. judge John Gleeson urged a federal court on Wednesday not to grant the Justice Department’s request to dismiss the criminal case against President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn, saying there is “clear eviden…
NIH launches study to assess drugs for coronavirus-affected children in U.S.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Wednesday launched a study to evaluate drugs prescribed to treat COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus, among children and adolescents across the United States.
