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A grand jury didn’t charge any officers with shooting Ms. Taylor in her Louisville apartment. A former officer, accused of firing recklessly, was indicted on three counts of ‘wanton endangerment.’

An ex-boyfriend’s run-ins with the law entangled her even as she tried to move on. Interviews, documents and jailhouse recordings help explain how she landed in the middle of a deadly drug raid.

‘The New York Times Presents,’ on FX and Hulu, investigates recordings, 911 calls and over 1,500 pages of police records to reveal a clearer picture of the deadly botched raid.

Justice Ginsburg was honored as a pioneer of women’s rights in a modest ceremony at the Supreme Court. She will lie in repose for the next two days.

While Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was alive, the prospect of an epic political and cultural battle was averted. But her death has brought a particular whiplash of sorrow and anger to Washington.

With birthday cakes, baby clothes, meticulous edits and high standards, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg forged a personal bond with her clerks that transcended the legal profession.

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci and three other top U.S. health officials steering the government’s virus response told senators that they would take a vaccine approved by the F.D.A. Johnson & Johnson announced that it plans to enroll 60,000 people in its Phase 3 vaccine trial.

Unlike some of its competitors, Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine does not need to be frozen and may require just one shot instead of two.

Instead of addressing the lack of indictments in the police killing, the president bragged about what he has done.

Within hours of demonstrations starting, videos showed police arresting protesters.

Democrats are strategizing how best to use what little tools they have in hopes of thwarting a conservative takeover.

“You are not listening to what the director of the CDC said," Fauci fired back at the senator.

Stay up to date as we cover the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its effects across the world.

She loomed large in American culture in the final years of her life, perhaps no larger than in the minds of young women.

President Donald Trump would not commit to saying he would provide a peaceful transition of power after Election Day.

Political watchers awoke Wednesday morning to the two best polls for President Donald Trump in the last six months.

Dr. Anthony Fauci responds to Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) after the senator accuses him of contributing to an economic lockdown due to Fauci's coronavirus mitigation recommendations.

Confrontation erupted between police and protesters in Louisville after the grand jury in the Breonna Taylor case announced that one officer, Brett Hankison, has been indicted on three counts of wanton endangerment in the first degree for his actions on the night Taylor was killed.

A neighbor of the former "Charmed" actress, who has been an outspoken supporter of the "defund the police" movement, called police to the area of Milano’s residence on Sunday.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigations has opened an inquiry into a shooting incident involving an Alanta police officer on Monday.  

Brett O'Donnell, a top GOP political debate coach said Wednesday that President Trump should be vigilant in his upcoming debate with Joe Biden, by steering clear of certain issues which might tank his White House reelection chances. 

U.S. District Judge James Peterson said a court decision that altered voting rules so close to the election would risk causing “chaos and confusion” for voters.

"Sex and the City" began as a television show in 1998 and ran until 2004.

A new luxury cruise line is going overboard with its amenities.

A recent projection for the 2020 presidential election shows the unlikely, but not entirely impossible scenario, in which both Donald Trump and Joe Biden could end up with 269 electoral votes, falling short of the required majority to take the White House.

Marcellus Wiley, a former NFL defensive lineman and current member of Fox Sports 1’s “Speak for Yourself,” unleashed on the Black Lives Matter movement after the group removed a page from its site that reprimanded “Western-prescribed nuclear family structure.”

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Protesters are marching in Louisville. Breonna Taylor's family reacts. Kentucky governor calls to release evidence. Latest updates.       

Kentucky's "vigorous" self-defense laws made charging three police officers with homicide in Breonna Taylor's death virtually impossible, experts say.       

Trump's response to a question about whether he would commit to a peaceful transfer of power drew a firestorm of criticism on social media.       

For nearly 200 agonizing days, Breonna Taylor's family has waited to know if three Louisville police officers would face charges in her death.       

Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman, was shot and killed during a police raid at her home in Louisville, Kentucky, in March.

Police declared an unlawful assembly as demonstrators filled the streets of downtown Louisville.

See how changes in voter turnout and support could shift the outcome of the 2020 election.

Eric Trump had tried to delay answering questions in the A.G.'s Trump Organization investigation.

Ginsburg will lie in repose under the portico on the top of the front steps to the Supreme Court building so that the public viewing can take place outdoors.

The order aims to phase out cars with internal combustion engines within 15 years by requiring that all new cars be zero-emission vehicles.

"Across the industry, we have not done enough to improve diversity, especially at senior leadership levels," Scharf wrote in a statement Wednesday.

The couple spoke about how inspiring it has been to see their transgender daughter, Zaya, "be her most authentic self."

Canada’s Liberal government outlined a near-term agenda to address damage done by the coronavirus pandemic that includes a focus on social policy, job creation and support for hard-hit industries.

Deadly violence in Afghanistan has marred the first-ever direct talks between Kabul and the Taliban, underscoring the high stakes that face the warring sides as they struggle to get negotiations off the ground to end nearly two decades of fighting.

When Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny collapsed on a plane over Siberia last month, supporters combed the hotel room where he had stayed for potential clues, including a water bottle later found to contain traces of a powerful nerve agent that German doctors say he was poisoned with.

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko was sworn in for a sixth term in a low-key, unannounced ceremony, sparking condemnation from opposition leaders who said the Aug. 9 election wasn’t free or fair.

The U.S. economy in September continued its steady recovery from the sharp declines in the second quarter as demand and output strengthened, according to business surveys. But the pace faltered in Europe and Asia, where new infections have led to new restrictions on activity.

A coalition of countries, led by France, is assembling based on a calculation that helping each other overseas will cement security and defense back in Europe. But the effort in the Sahel region presents an uphill battle.

Supporters of Breonna Taylor said that a grand jury's lack of homicide charges against the police offers who fatally shot Taylor is "outrageous and offensive."

Taylor was shot to death in her apartment on March 13.

Four activists have filed a lawsuit against Facebook, the suspected gunman Kyle Rittenhouse and two leaders of online militia group.

A grizzly bear mauled and killed a hunter in a first-of-its-kind attack at a national park in Alaska.

The Acting Department of Homeland Security defended the Department's positions under his tenure.

Vice President Mike Pence and Ivanka Trump are bringing President Donald Trump's law-and-order message to Minneapolis, the city where George Floyd's death set off a worldwide protest movement

Briggs also violated state law by not wearing a mask himself.

Eric Trump offered to be deposed after Election Day, but a judge ruled he must appear by Oct. 7.

At times, the Throne Speech sounded a bit like an old episode of the Oprah Winfrey Show. I was waiting for Governor General Julie Payette to stand up and start pointing at the Senators and dignitaries in the room and start shouting, “You get a car! And you get a car!” Now that didn’t literally […]

The City of Toronto is implementing four areas of action to battle the coronavirus. One is the earlier closures of bars and restaurants. “We have seen other jurisdictions move to earlier closures and I support taking action on this,” Mayor John Tory said Wednesday during the city’s COVID-19 briefing. There is also a move to […]

Premier Doug Ford couldn’t find anything to cheer about in the federal Throne Speech. Although the Ontario Premier has praised Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the past, he said the speech failed to address the province’s two key priorities. Ontario, like other jurisdictions in Canada, wants the Trudeau government to pay a larger share of […]

Taking over the nation’s airwaves to give a political address is a pretty big deal. It must only be done under the most exceptional of circumstances. The Prime Minister’s Office apparently assured Canada’s major broadcasters that what Justin Trudeau had to deliver on Wednesday evening would be a speech of national importance focused on getting […]

Grace, class and grit under extreme heat. Flying on the space shuttle twice to the International Space station, Governor General Julie Payette understands being in the hot seat. The Queen’s representative — despite the turmoil of her office being under an independent work place review — delivered the throne speech flawlessly. Sitting in the temporary […]

A junior analyst at an investment bank was often harassed by her sex-obsessed boss and was fired shortly after she caught him masturbating in a conference room, according to an explosive lawsuit. Logan Williams, who worked as a first-year analyst in the New York office of Marathon Capital, alleges her ex-boss — managing director Chuck […]

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Up to 60 pharmacies will begin offering COVID-19 testing to asymptomatic patients as early as this Friday to ease the pressure on overwhelmed provincial assessment centres, Ontario announced Wednesday. “It’s easy to get a flu shot,” Ford said, during a visit to a Huntsville pharmacy. “We have to make sure the COVID tests are just […]

MPs have called for the Government to 'urgently' address long Covid with a number of actions, the first of which is to acknowledge that it exists after hearing 'incredibly moving and concerning' testimonials.

During the show on Sunday, Olivia Attwood, 29, Nicole Bass, 28, and Clelia Theodorou, 25, were all accused of bullying 19-year-old Chloe Brockett.

Britons will be urged to download the mobile tracing app that uses Bluetooth technology to alert users if they have come into contact with someone who has tested positive for the virus

Hundreds of people took to the streets of Louisville on Wednesday afternoon after a Kentucky grand jury announced that three officers would not face charges for the shooting death of Breonna Taylor.

The closures in Marseille (pictured) - which start on Monday - were announced by Olivier Véran on Wednesday as part of a nationwide series of tough new measures.

The UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak cancelled plans for a full-scale Budget in November, with sources saying it was 'not the time' for a long-term plan.

Lesley Clarke, 67, the dynamo behind celebrity hair stylist Nicky Clark, 62, and their shared £60 million business empire reveals how she copes with living close to her ex and his new partner.

After making the agonising decision to terminate an identical twin pregnancy 18 months ago, Olivia Buxton, now discusses why she is going through the risk of pregnancy again with her partner.