Trump commutes sentence of confidant Roger Stone
Stone was set to go to prison July 14 for lying to Congress and witness tampering. President Trump has labeled the prosecution a “Witch Hunt” on Twitter and has amplified Stone’s claims of juror bias during his federal trial last year.
After months of decline, U.S. coronavirus death rate begins to rise
A dramatic surge in confirmed infections across the South and West inundated hospitals with ill patients.
Trump and DeVos want schools ‘fully’ open five days a week, but not many are listening
School systems across the country plan to have students learn from home part of the time, including a network that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has repeatedly praised for its approach during the pandemic.
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‘If I die, I die’: As pandemic surges, older people alarm adult kids by living as they usually would
The dynamic can leave middle-aged people, many of whom may already be worried about their adult children going to protests or beach gatherings, feeling that they must also parent their parents.
A friend of Davon McNeal is comforted as a crowd gathers to remember the 11-year-old, who was killed by a stray bullet after a July 4 cookout. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Post)
Balloons are released by a crowd gathered to remember of 11-year-old sixth-grader Davon McNeal. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Post)
A resident leaves her apartment building where a homicide reward flier hangson the street where Davon McNeal was fatally shot. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Post)
On a D.C. street beset by gun violence, calls to fix policing, not defund it
In the area where 11-year-old Davon McNeal was killed, people want better policing, more programs and a push in their own community to stop violence.
Minneapolis police officers say they are suffering from PTSD after Floyd protests
Lawyer representing more than 150 officers says many can’t continue working and plan to leave the force at a time of increased violence in the city.
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Analysis Majority of Americans say race discrimination is a big problem in the U.S.
More than 65 percent of the public says racial and ethnic discrimination is a big problem in the United States, according to a Monmouth University poll released this week.
