Evening Edition: Sharpton, other speakers call for justice as mourners honor George Floyd
A celebration of life, and a call for justice ; For 48 hours, the nation's capital was gripped by chaos. Then everything changed.; D.C. Council approves sweeping package of police reform measures after days of demonstrations; Trump sides with conspiracy theories over Black Lives Matter protesters; Congress's kente cloth spectacle was a mess of contradictions; Long lines and problems with voting machines snarl Georgia's primary; After criticism, WHO clarifies stance on asymptomatic transmission; Hugo Sosa survived the ICU. But for many like him, that's just the start of recovery.; Following messy start, enormous Paycheck Protection Program shows signs of buttressing economy during pandemic; U.S. moves to block removal of telegraph from Titanic
George Floyd, whose death in police custody sparked widespread protests, will be buried next to his mother at Houston Memorial Gardens in Pearland, Tex.
By Allyson Chiu, Meagan Flynn, John Wagner, Lateshia Beachum, Marisa Iati, Katie Mettler and Michael Brice-Saddler ●Read more »
George Floyd is laid to rest in Texas. We hear from some of the people who knew him. President Trump and federal law enforcement vs. Washington, D.C. And how a black police officer responded to protests.
Post Reports | Listen Now●By The Washington Post ●Read more »
The measures include prohibiting hiring officers with a history of serious misconduct on other police forces and requiring the city to swiftly make public the names of officers who use force on citizens.
It wasn't clear how much of the president's focus on antifa was opportunistic and how much derived from a belief that antifa is jeopardizing the union. In a bizarre tweet, we got our answer.
When congressional Democrats wore kente cloth stoles as they presented their new police reform legislation, they only muddied the current conversation about race.
Amid new procedures put in place because of the pandemic, voters in the Atlanta area reported arriving before polls opened and standing in line for hours.
Election 2020●By Amy Gardner, Michelle Lee and Haisten Willis ●Read more »
The organization said an earlier statement calling asymptomatic transmission of coronavirus "very rare" was a "misunderstanding." But the comment had already been seized upon by conservatives and others to bolster arguments against social distancing and face masks.
For the fortunate covid-19 patients like Sosa, the road home is often an arduous, lonely journey. And the sheer size of the coronavirus pandemic means that thousands of people may need specialized therapy.
By Story by Lenny Bernstein | Photos by Jabin Botsford ●Read more »
The government's giant corporate loan forgiveness program initially ran dry, prompting outrage. The new problem: Now not enough businesses are taking advantage.
By Jonathan O'Connell, Jeanne Whalen, Jeff Stein and Erica Werner ●Read more »
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