Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement In almost 45 years confronting racism in the historic cradle of the nation’s civil rights movement, the Rev. Timothy McDonald III has marched in countless peaceful protests against police violence.But waking Saturday morning in a city strewn with glass and rubble after a demonstration against police brutality erupted into chaos and looting, McDonald, 65, a former leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, found himself feeling grateful that Gov. Brian Kemp had called in the National Guard to help restore order.“I never...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement In almost 45 years confronting racism in the historic cradle of the nation’s civil rights movement, the Rev. Timothy McDonald III has marched in countless peaceful protests against police violence.But waking Saturday morning in a city strewn with glass and rubble after a demonstration against police brutality erupted into chaos and looting, McDonald, 65, a former leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, found himself feeling grateful that Gov. Brian Kemp had called in the National Guard to help restore order.“I never...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Aram Westergreen, a construction worker idled last month in the COVID-19 pandemic, filled out an online Washington state form recently to report a pawn shop open despite a ban on nonessential businesses.Westergreen lives in Tacoma, Wash., less than an hour from the where the first COVID-19 death in the United States was reported in late February. With more than 900 deaths statewide since, and a stay-at-home order in place since March 23, Westergreen, like many of his neighbors, has suffered from lost income, but regards social...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Aram Westergreen, a construction worker idled last month in the COVID-19 pandemic, filled out an online Washington state form recently to report a pawn shop open despite a ban on nonessential businesses.Westergreen lives in Tacoma, Wash., less than an hour from the where the first COVID-19 death in the United States was reported in late February. With more than 900 deaths statewide since, and a stay-at-home order in place since March 23, Westergreen, like many of his neighbors, has suffered from lost income, but regards social...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Undeterred by civil rights lawsuits and pleas from local officials to , federal agents in camouflage have continued their crackdown against demonstrators in Portland, Ore., into the weekend, launching impact explosives and tear gas late Friday at downtown protesters shouting, “Go home.”Since early in the week, agents dispatched by the Trump administration, some in unmarked vehicles, have confronted and detained activists, according to Oregon state officials, charging at least 13 with crimes related to demonstrations. One protester...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Undeterred by civil rights lawsuits and pleas from local officials to , federal agents in camouflage have continued their crackdown against demonstrators in Portland, Ore., into the weekend, launching impact explosives and tear gas late Friday at downtown protesters shouting, “Go home.”Since early in the week, agents dispatched by the Trump administration, some in unmarked vehicles, have confronted and detained activists, according to Oregon state officials, charging at least 13 with crimes related to demonstrations. One protester...WW…

Copyright © 2020, Los Angeles Times | | | |AdvertisementStaff members at the Seattle-area nursing home overrun by COVID-19 spread the coronavirus to other facilities where they worked, an investigation led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found. said that as of March 9, the CDC confirmed 129 COVID-19 cases among people linked to . These comprise 81 residents, 34 staff members and 14 visitors.Separately Wednesday, public health officials reported five more deaths associated with the facility, bringing the total number who have died to 35 — more than half of...…Copyright © 2020, Los Angeles Times | | | |AdvertisementStaff members at the Seattle-area nursing home overrun by COVID-19 spread the coronavirus to other facilities where they worked, an investigation led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found. said that as of March 9, the CDC confirmed 129 COVID-19 cases among people linked to . These comprise 81 residents, 34 staff members and 14 visitors.Separately Wednesday, public health officials reported five more deaths associated with the facility, bringing the total number who have died to 35 — more than half of...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement The day after President-elect Joe Biden delivered his victory speech, telling the nation it was time to heal and unite, a clandestine Twitter account — @safePDXprotest — summoned Portland anarchists.Meet at Laurelhurst Park at 8 p.m. and “Wear Bloc & Be Water,” the message said, calling for black garb and vigilance to evade police for a protest “in solidarity with BLM” — Black Lives Matter.The 50 or so people who showed up — nearly all of them white — looked like ninjas as they put on balaclavas, hoods and scarves. Some carried...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement The day after President-elect Joe Biden delivered his victory speech, telling the nation it was time to heal and unite, a clandestine Twitter account — @safePDXprotest — summoned Portland anarchists.Meet at Laurelhurst Park at 8 p.m. and “Wear Bloc & Be Water,” the message said, calling for black garb and vigilance to evade police for a protest “in solidarity with BLM” — Black Lives Matter.The 50 or so people who showed up — nearly all of them white — looked like ninjas as they put on balaclavas, hoods and scarves. Some carried...WW…