Stories tagged: "Kentucky"

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Criminal Justice Juror: The Only Charges We Were Presented With Had Nothing to Do With Breonna Taylor’s Killing

"Questions were asked about additional charges and the grand jury was told there would be none because the prosecutors didn't feel they could make them stick."

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil October 21, 2020 2:51 pm EDT
Courts A woman speaks during a protest, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. A grand jury has indicted one officer on criminal charges six months after Breonna Taylor was fatally shot by police in Kentucky. The jury presented its decision against fired officer Brett Hankison Wednesday to a judge in Louisville, where the shooting took place. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Courts Protests Erupt After Grand Jury Declines to Press Charges for Breonna Taylor’s Death

Anger and sadness over the decision not to charge Kentucky police for Breonna Taylor's death poured into protests in US streets Wednesday.

Associated Press Associated Press September 24, 2020 10:49 am EDT
Elections Voting stations are set up for the primary election at the Kentucky Exposition Center, Monday, June 22, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. With one polling place designated for Louisville on Tuesday, voters who didn’t cast mail-in ballots could potentially face long lines in Kentucky’s unprecedented primary election. (AP Photo/Piper Blackburn)
Elections Today Could Decide the Democratic Party’s Future: 6 Things You Need to Know About Tuesday’s Primaries

New York, Kentucky, and Virginia are holding primary elections today. Here's what you need to know.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil June 23, 2020 12:36 pm EDT
Safety Kevin Peterson, founder and executive director of The New Democracy Coalition, center, displays a placard showing fallen Breonna Taylor as he addresses a rally, Tuesday, June 9, 2020, in Boston. Petersen advocates for changing the name of Faneuil Hall, as its namesake Peter Faneuil, was a slave owner. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Safety The Police Report on Breonna Taylor’s Death Was Just Released. It’s Essentially Blank.

Her injuries are listed as "none," despite the fact that she died from at least eight LMPD-administered gunshot wounds.

Emiene Wright Emiene Wright June 11, 2020 3:25 pm EDT
Law and Order Protestors watch as police in riot gear walk down a residential street, Thursday, May 28, 2020, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Law and Order Protests Over the Minneapolis Police Killing of George Floyd Have Gone National

“We just want the police officer to be held accountable,” one woman said.

Kimberly Lawson Kimberly Lawson May 29, 2020 12:57 pm EDT

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The post-war economic boom of the 1950s and 60s sharply increased Wisconsin crop production. In this photo from the Wisconsin Historical Society, Latino farm workers hoe a cucumber field near Wautoma in 1967. Economy From Farms to Factories to New Businesses, Latinos Have Made a Mark on Wisconsin’s Economy for More Than a Century
This 2018 photo shows the signage of the Fayetteville Works plant where the Delaware-based Chemours Company manufactures C3 dimer acid, also known as GenX. The chemical has entered the Cape Fear River, a source of drinking water for much of the southeastern part of North Carolina for an unknown time period. (Photo via AP Photo/Gerry Broome) Environment Polluters of ‘Forever Chemicals’ No Longer Getting a Pass, EPA Head Pledges
A photo of the Fall Creek School District building in Eau Claire County. Gina Kildahl, a parent whose 7-year-old son contracted COVID-19 while attending the school, recently filed a lawsuit against the district for failing to implement masking requirements and other precautions aimed at mitigating the spread of the virus. (Photo courtesy of the Fall Creek School District) Coronavirus Mom Who Sued Over Lack of COVID Protections in National Spotlight
Getty Images Elections Michigan’s County Clerks are Still Living Through the 2020 Election
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Law and Order Breonna Taylor: What You Need to Know About the Kentucky EMT Killed by Police While She Was in Bed

On March 13, Breonna Taylor, an EMT working on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic, was shot and killed in her Kentucky home by police.

Emiene Wright Emiene Wright May 13, 2020 3:51 pm EDT
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Coronavirus McConnell Only Cares About Helping Kentucky, Not the Rest of Us

'As Senate Majority Leader, I'm putting Kentucky's priorities at the center of the national response,' McConnell said on Sunday.

Josh Israel May 4, 2020 12:03 pm EDT