The latest about racial injustice and sexual abuse, spurred by the #MeToo movement, mass shootings and police violence in light of George Floyd’s death.
While Trump made gains among Black Americans in North Carolina and some in the community celebrated his win, nationally his vote share among Black voters was unchanged in the Tuesday vote from 2020, according to an exit poll conducted by Edison Research, which showed a much larger swing towards Trump among Hispanic voters. Read more
Trump, 78, recaptured the White House on Wednesday by securing more than the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the presidency, Edison Research projected, following a campaign of dark rhetoric that deepened the polarization in the country. Read more
Adam Coy, a white man and nearly 20-year veteran of the Columbus police force, killed Hill, 47, responding to a non-emergency nuisance call about car noise in December 2020. Read more
Following the 2020 election, which Republican candidate Donald Trump falsely claimed he had won, some workers at election technology vendors reported that they had been “doxxed” — private information about their homes, such as pictures of their front doors, had been shared online, according to Sara Cutter, the executive director of the American Council for Election Technology. Read more
Baseball, the most American of sports, served as a desperately needed diversion. Some camps had up to 30 teams. Read more
Judge Aileen M. Cannon denied the request by the defendant, Ryan W. Routh, in a brief decision issued in U.S. District Court in Fort Pierce, Florida. Read more
Musk has made these comments while talking about the two assassination attempts against Trump this year. Read more
Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe used crass language in joking that Latinos “love making babies” and called the Caribbean U.S. territory of Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.” Read more
Ryan Routh’s lawyers cited an ABC News report that the judge’s name appeared on an internal Trump campaign document listing potential candidates for legal jobs in places like the Justice Department. Read more
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Known widely as the Central Park Five, the defendants spent between five and 13 years in prison before they were cleared in 2002 based on new DNA evidence and the confession of another person. Read more
The recent attacks were among at least 300 cases of political violence identified by Reuters since Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, including at least 51 incidents this year. Read more
“Murdering meteorologists won’t stop hurricanes,” wrote the forecaster in Michigan, Katie Nickolaou, in a social media post. “I can’t believe I just had to type that.” Read more
Representative Chuck Edwards, who represents a North Carolina district hit hard by flooding caused by Hurricane Helene in late September, called out the “outrageous rumors” spread by “untrustworthy sources trying to spark chaos.” Read more
All three of the former officers were convicted of witness tampering and one of them was also convicted of a second count of conspiracy to witness-tamper. Read more
Under an Ohio statute, a private citizen with the knowledge that someone has committed a crime can ask a court to affirm there is probable cause a crime was committed and issue an arrest warrant. Read more
Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 25, had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Read more
The report collects crime data from more than 16,000 state and local law enforcement agencies who collectively represent about 85% of the FBI’s crime data reporting program. Read more
Two men and one woman were found dead at the scene, he said, while another man died at a nearby hospital. Read more
Vance’s Republican running mate, former President Donald Trump, is seeking to best Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, in the Nov. 5 race for the White House. Read more
Routh was asked to stop acting as a recruiter on behalf of Ukraine as he was operating outside established frameworks. He responded angrily. Read more
More charges appear likely, but the initial counts — possession of a firearm as a convicted felon and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, according to the U.S. Justice Department — will allow authorities to keep him in custody as the investigation continues. Read more
