A Los Angeles County police department is facing intense criticism this week after a video surfaced on social media of two officers fatally shooting a double amputee moving away from them.
The funeral service was held Wednesday for the 29-year-old Black man who died after being brutally beaten by police in Memphis during a traffic stop.
In his eulogy for Tyre Nichols on Wednesday, the Rev. Al Sharpton singled out the five Black Memphis police officers indicted for their roles in Nichols's death.
For the past three years, the emergency declaration has given the government expanded powers to respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
As family and loved ones gather Wednesday in Memphis to celebrate the life of Tyre Nichols, mental health experts are cautioning against watching and posting the gruesome video of his fatal beating. Instead, they are offering ways to reflect on his life as a healthy alternative.
Former South Carolina Gov. and U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is reportedly planning to announce a run for president later this month. And while the 2024 election is over a year and a half away, the list of Republican challengers for the White House is expected to grow further in coming weeks.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed legislation on Tuesday that codifies abortion rights and protects reproductive care in the state, while opponents have called it one of the most extreme in the nation.
Wind and solar power generated a record 22.3% of the European Union's electricity in 2022, topping the amount generated from gas (19.9%) for the first time, according to a report released Tuesday.
An emerging renters' rights movement is dusting off an old solution for keeping housing costs down, but longstanding skepticism of the policy still remains.
On Sunday, buses arrived at the Watson Hotel on the West Side of Manhattan to transport migrants who had been housed there to a shelter that Eric Adams, the mayor of New York, was opening on the Brooklyn waterfront.
Former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, widely considered a top-tier potential candidate for Indiana’s open Senate seat, announced Tuesday that he would not be running, dashing the hopes of the old GOP establishment, much as he did almost a dozen years ago when he declined a bid for the White House.
Police are investigating after two emperor tamarin monkeys were discovered missing Monday in what officials say is the latest in a string of mysterious incidents.
Memphis City Council Chairman Martavius Jones, who is Black, says he was overcome with emotion after seeing the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols at the hands of Memphis police.
The embattled Republican informed members of the GOP conference Tuesday of his decision, admitting that he has become a distraction amid the scandal triggered by the serial lies he told about his biography.
A new paper released Monday by an influential liberal group argues that changing how elections are held in the U.S. should be a top-tier issue.
Oil giant BP released a report Monday predicting that the world sharply reduce its reliance on the company's signature product, oil and gas, over the next 25 years as countries hastened their transition to renewable sources of energy so as to combat climate change.
Attorneys for the family of Tyre Nichols demand answers after news that a sixth officer involved in the fatal beating of Nichols has been relieved of his duty, but has not been fired or charged.
Lora King, whose father, Rodney, was beaten by Los Angeles Police Department officers during a 1991 traffic stop, says she was sickened by the footage of Memphis police beating the 29-year-old Black man earlier this month.
Five officers — Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith — were fired and charged with second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression.
Ben Crump, the civil rights lawyer representing Tyre Nichols's family, asked, "What are national leaders going to do?"
Protests unfolded across the U.S. on Friday night after body camera footage and surveillance video showing Memphis, Tenn., police officers brutally beating Tyre Nichols were released.
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In the anxious hours before the Memphis Police Department released body camera footage showing the role five officers played in the beating death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, a palpable sense of dread over what the footage would reveal gripped many Americans.
A key advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration met on Thursday to discuss the future of COVID-19 vaccination in the United States.
Older adults with severe hearing loss are more likely to have dementia, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, but instances of dementia were lower among study participants who used hearing aids.
“Streaming is beginning to look an awful lot like the old-fashioned analogue TV it was supposed to replace.”
“Streaming isn’t going away … You’re still going to have a lot of choice for a long time.”
“In the future, [streaming] likely will cost more, have a little less library content and cancel more shows more quickly.”
“Streaming is still a game of content … It’s not a matter of who’s spending more, it’s who’s spending smartly.”
“Streamers are retreating from any sort of creative risk in favor of humdrum, lowest-common-denominator shows.”