The Latest Breaking News from George Floyd

Democratic Gov. Tim Walz is pledging to make the largest investments in public education in Minnesota history as he begins his second term

CHICAGO — After a two-year spike during the pandemic and national outrage over police accountability, Chicago has begun to see a decline in homicides, as the Chicago Police Department works to correct crime trends to levels before the coronavirus and turmoil over the killing of George Floyd took hold.

LOS ANGELES — After one of its deadliest stretches in recent memory, Los Angeles will end 2022 with fewer homicides and shootings than in 2021, sparking hope that the surge in violent crime over the previous two years is flattening.

Exclusive: One of the world’s most prolific civil rights attorneys speaks to The Independent about his fight for justice

Alyssa Farah Griffin recalled one incident which marked the first time she says she thought about resigning from Trump’s White House

Elon Musk caused Twitter chaos, the streaming industry hit adolescence, late night TV lost its footing, there were lots of layoffs and some dispiriting indications of compassion fatigue.

The series follows a north Minneapolis high school football team and its coaches, most of whom are police officers, during the aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd. But the story changed when tragedy struck.

There should be room for officers who make honest mistakes. But deliberately falsifying reports, and other more serious lies, shouldn’t be tolerated.

“A coroner doesn’t have to ever have taken a science class in their life."

When a group of physicians gathered in Washington state for an annual meeting, one made a startling revelation: If you ever want to know when, how — and where — to kill someone, I can tell you, and you’ll get away with it. No problem.

The Civilian Office of Police Accountability found that officers may have included false or misleading information in hundreds of arrest reports during demonstrations at the end of May 2020.