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.
Minneapolis police chief breaks off talks with officer union
The Minneapolis Police Department will withdraw from contract talks with the officer union as it seeks to end relationships that have “eroded trust” in the community and overhaul the force following George Floyd’s death, its chief said on Wednesday.
‘Justice for George,’ Floyd’s brother says on way into congressional hearing
The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives took up the issues of police violence and racial injustice in America on Wednesday in the first congressional hearing since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis sparked protests around the world, wit…
Full text of Philonise Floyd’s statement to U.S. Congress
Here is the text of the prepared testimony to a U.S. congressional hearing on Wednesday of Philonise Floyd, whose brother George Floyd’s death under the knee of a white police officer roused worldwide protests against racial injustice:
