Former Minneapolis police officers Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane were convicted Thursday of violating George Floyd's civil rights after being charged with depriving the 46-year-old Black man of his right to medical care when Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd's neck for nine and a half minutes on May 25, 2020.
At dawn on Thursday, Ukrainians' uneasy efforts at normality were shattered. Smoke rose from cities, even well away from the country's disputed eastern border.
Russian police detained at least 389 people at anti-war protests that took place in 39 Russian cities in the wake of Thursday's early-morning attack on Ukraine, the OVD-Info protest monitor said.
UEFA will no longer stage this season's Champions League final in St. Petersburg after Russia attacked Ukraine, The Associated Press has learned.
Well-preserved fish fossils are providing a deeper understanding of the global calamity triggered by an asteroid 12 kilometres wide that struck Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.
Dr. Paul Farmer dedicated his life to providing health care to the poorest people in the world. Long-time colleagues and friends of Dr. Farmer, Dr. Joia Mukherjee and Dr. Anthony Fauci, say his legacy of compassionate, equitable health care will live on.
