BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — Demonstrators gathered outside the Brooklyn Center police headquarters Wednesday demanding justice and accountability for the fourth night in a row over the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, by a police officer earlier this week. The suburb’s police
The official Instagram account for the British royal family shared a rare photo of the late Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II with their great-grandchildren. The photo, posted Wednesday, shows the couple smiling on a green couch surrounded by seven of their ten great-grandchildren. According to the caption, the picture
Blocking middle seats on airplanes reduces the risk of COVID-19 exposure, according to a study released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The research, done in conjunction with Kansas State University, found a 23% to 57% reduction in exposure
Another woman filed a civil lawsuit Wednesday against Deshaun Watson, adding to a flurry of developments this week in the escalating legal battle over whether the NFL quarterback engaged in sexual misconduct during therapy sessions. Since Tuesday: ►Twenty of the 22 previous
Chet Hanks, son of actor Tom Hanks, has been sued for $1 million by his ex-girlfriend, who was granted a temporary protective order against him on March 30, according to Texas court documents. In a petition filed in Fort Bend County Monday, Kiana Parker’s lawyers,
A pause on the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine should continue until more is known about a rare vaccine side effect, a federal advisory committee decided Wednesday. The committee will meet again within a week to ten days to evaluate more
WASHINGTON – The Senate voted Wednesday with overwhelming bipartisan support to open debate on an anti-Asian American hate crimes bill, signaling Republicans’ willingness to compromise on the legislation, which aims to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans and strengthen hate crime reporting. Senators voted 92-6 to proceed to debate
The NCAA Division I Council voted Wednesday to allow athletes in the association’s most prominent sports to change schools once during their undergraduate careers without having to sit out for a season, a person familiar with the outcome told USA TODAY Sports.
Bernie Madoff was the lone mastermind behind a massive swindle that netted billions of dollars from thousands of clients. He orchestrated the largest Ponzi scheme in history, earning him 150-year sentence in federal prison. If that sounds like a movie, Hollywood was listening: The
A pause on the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine should continue until more is known about a rare vaccine side effect, a federal advisory committee decided Wednesday. The committee will meet again within a week to ten days to evaluate more
Joe Biden wants to do what no American president this century has been able to do. On Wednesday, he announced his intention to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, the 20th anniversary of the terror attack that sparked the
