Month: June 2020

LOS ANGELES—In response to concerns that law enforcement officers were escalating violence in the nationwide George Floyd uprisings, Los Angeles Police Department officials announced Tuesday that they didn’t spend millions on an awesome tank just to let protests stay peaceful. “We got the city to drop, like, $10…

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NEW YORK—Calling on the nation to honor the sacrifices of African American civil rights leaders, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell insisted Tuesday that Martin Luther King Jr. would have wanted to see a 17-game football season and stadiums open to fans. “I quote the good Dr. King when I say, ‘Playing a full 17-week…

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When living things cross into new territory, they are often viewed as threats. But Sonia Shah, who has written a new book — The Next Great Migration — says the “invaders” are just following biology.

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The New Yorker journalist says Putin and Trump were elected president without really wanting the job. They ran “not for president but for autocrat” and did not expect to settle for anything less.

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