Gift ShareAs the U.S. continues to grapple with a reckoning spurred by George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis, New York City police are facing new questions, and activists nationwide are highlighting a spate of vehicle attacks on marchers.Here are some significant developments:Eight Pittsburgh-area residents were indicted on criminal charges connected to the protests in downtown Pittsburgh on May 30 after the death of George Floyd in police custody, U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady .Prosecutors say the crimes were committed as Pittsburgh police were responding to large demonstrations that started...…Gift ShareAs the U.S. continues to grapple with a reckoning spurred by George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis, New York City police are facing new questions, and activists nationwide are highlighting a spate of vehicle attacks on marchers.Here are some significant developments:Eight Pittsburgh-area residents were indicted on criminal charges connected to the protests in downtown Pittsburgh on May 30 after the death of George Floyd in police custody, U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady .Prosecutors say the crimes were committed as Pittsburgh police were responding to large demonstrations that started...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareAs authorities crack down on protests in Portland, Ore., military leaders, lawmakers and former government officials have intensified calls for federal officers to shed the camouflage and return to wearing uniforms that clearly identify them as law enforcement.The mobilization of federal agents in military-style camouflage in recent days, and their use of to make arrests, has deepened confusion about which force is doing what.Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), a member of the House Armed Services Committee and a Marine Corps...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareAs authorities crack down on protests in Portland, Ore., military leaders, lawmakers and former government officials have intensified calls for federal officers to shed the camouflage and return to wearing uniforms that clearly identify them as law enforcement.The mobilization of federal agents in military-style camouflage in recent days, and their use of to make arrests, has deepened confusion about which force is doing what.Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), a member of the House Armed Services Committee and a Marine Corps...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe pilgrims never stopped coming for the bus, even as some of them died along the way.Adventure seekers have for years retraced the steps of Chris McCandless, who detailed in a journal the tragic final moments of starvation in 1992 after he was trapped by the swollen, icy waters of the Teklanika River in Alaska. McCandless took shelter in an abandoned city bus for 114 days. His remains were later found there.And since the publication of the book “Into the Wild” four years later, followed by a feature film, countless...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe pilgrims never stopped coming for the bus, even as some of them died along the way.Adventure seekers have for years retraced the steps of Chris McCandless, who detailed in a journal the tragic final moments of starvation in 1992 after he was trapped by the swollen, icy waters of the Teklanika River in Alaska. McCandless took shelter in an abandoned city bus for 114 days. His remains were later found there.And since the publication of the book “Into the Wild” four years later, followed by a feature film, countless...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareCARACAS, Venezuela — President Nicolás Maduro said his government had captured two American “mercenaries” Monday in a murky operation allegedly intended to infiltrate Venezuela, incite rebellion and apprehend its leaders, adding a fresh complication to escalating tensions between Washington and Caracas. The socialist leader said the plan was to kill him.In a lengthy speech Monday night, Maduro decried an ongoing “terrorist” assault on Venezuela that he said had led him to dispatch 25,000 reservists to the coasts. He...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareCARACAS, Venezuela — President Nicolás Maduro said his government had captured two American “mercenaries” Monday in a murky operation allegedly intended to infiltrate Venezuela, incite rebellion and apprehend its leaders, adding a fresh complication to escalating tensions between Washington and Caracas. The socialist leader said the plan was to kill him.In a lengthy speech Monday night, Maduro decried an ongoing “terrorist” assault on Venezuela that he said had led him to dispatch 25,000 reservists to the coasts. He...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareA video from the Ohio Department of Health shows a minefield of mousetraps and table tennis balls, row upon row, that turn into a predictable maelstrom of flying debris once a bouncing ball tumbles into view.It’s also a metaphor for the menacing spread of the coronavirus, where can produce a chain reaction of devastating consequences.The video is among the clearest visualizations yet of how proximity can turn lethal — and, conversely, how isolation can turn the tide.In the second half of the video, the traps are spaced at...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareA video from the Ohio Department of Health shows a minefield of mousetraps and table tennis balls, row upon row, that turn into a predictable maelstrom of flying debris once a bouncing ball tumbles into view.It’s also a metaphor for the menacing spread of the coronavirus, where can produce a chain reaction of devastating consequences.The video is among the clearest visualizations yet of how proximity can turn lethal — and, conversely, how isolation can turn the tide.In the second half of the video, the traps are spaced at...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Two weeks ago, the message from blood banks and hospitals : Mass closures and disintegrating blood drives were creating a potential death spiral for perishable supplies nationwide as the coronavirus pandemic surged.Amid a respiratory-infection outbreak that has little to do with blood, doctors pondered the horror of treating patients who need transfusions with no blood to...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Two weeks ago, the message from blood banks and hospitals : Mass closures and disintegrating blood drives were creating a potential death spiral for perishable supplies nationwide as the coronavirus pandemic surged.Amid a respiratory-infection outbreak that has little to do with blood, doctors pondered the horror of treating patients who need transfusions with no blood to...WW…

This article was published more than 3 years agoCommentGift ShareSoldiers in an intelligence unit with top-secret clearances were ordered by their commander to download an information app, triggering fear their secretive work could be harnessed and exploited by adversary governments, soldiers in the unit told The Washington Post.Army Col. Deitra L. Trotter, the commander of Fort Hood’s 504th Military Intelligence Brigade, told her soldiers in late October a new app developed for the unit could provide weather updates, training changes and other logistics. She then told the soldiers to...…This article was published more than 3 years agoCommentGift ShareSoldiers in an intelligence unit with top-secret clearances were ordered by their commander to download an information app, triggering fear their secretive work could be harnessed and exploited by adversary governments, soldiers in the unit told The Washington Post.Army Col. Deitra L. Trotter, the commander of Fort Hood’s 504th Military Intelligence Brigade, told her soldiers in late October a new app developed for the unit could provide weather updates, training changes and other logistics. She then told the soldiers to...WW…

Gift ShareNew York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) the state’s first case of coronavirus Sunday night, announcing that a woman in her late 30s contracted the virus after traveling to Iran. President Trump on Saturday extended a travel ban on Iran to apply to any foreign nationals who had been in that country over the past 14 days.Also on Sunday, Washington state reported its , which is also the second death in the United States.The coronavirus has probably been in Washington state, where the first U.S. death was reported this weekend, according to new research. A genetic analysis suggests that the...…Gift ShareNew York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) the state’s first case of coronavirus Sunday night, announcing that a woman in her late 30s contracted the virus after traveling to Iran. President Trump on Saturday extended a travel ban on Iran to apply to any foreign nationals who had been in that country over the past 14 days.Also on Sunday, Washington state reported its , which is also the second death in the United States.The coronavirus has probably been in Washington state, where the first U.S. death was reported this weekend, according to new research. A genetic analysis suggests that the...WW…

This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareThe city of Boulder, Colo., barred assault weapons in 2018 as a way to prevent mass shootings like the one that killed 17 at a high school in Parkland., Fla., earlier that year.But 10 days after that ban was blocked in court this month, the city was rocked by its own tragedy: Ten people Monday after a gunman opened fire, law enforcement officials said.In announcing the arrest Tuesday of the suspected 21-year-old gunman — who has been charged with 10 counts of murder in the first degree — investigators determined that the...…This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareThe city of Boulder, Colo., barred assault weapons in 2018 as a way to prevent mass shootings like the one that killed 17 at a high school in Parkland., Fla., earlier that year.But 10 days after that ban was blocked in court this month, the city was rocked by its own tragedy: Ten people Monday after a gunman opened fire, law enforcement officials said.In announcing the arrest Tuesday of the suspected 21-year-old gunman — who has been charged with 10 counts of murder in the first degree — investigators determined that the...WW…

Gift SharePresident Trump, after boasting about enthusiasm and promising a full house, spoke in an arena in Tulsa on Saturday night with many seats unfilled amid the coronavirus pandemic. Most of his supporters in the 19,000-seat BOK Center were not wearing masks, hours after his campaign had announced that six members of the advance team staffing the event had tested positive for the virus.In a speech lasting nearly two hours — filled with grievances, falsehoods and misleading claims — Trump said that because more testing means higher numbers of known coronavirus cases, his direction was...…Gift SharePresident Trump, after boasting about enthusiasm and promising a full house, spoke in an arena in Tulsa on Saturday night with many seats unfilled amid the coronavirus pandemic. Most of his supporters in the 19,000-seat BOK Center were not wearing masks, hours after his campaign had announced that six members of the advance team staffing the event had tested positive for the virus.In a speech lasting nearly two hours — filled with grievances, falsehoods and misleading claims — Trump said that because more testing means higher numbers of known coronavirus cases, his direction was...WW…