The Latest Breaking News from George Floyd

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Police Department is making a simple but unusual pitch to its retired cops: Come back. Please.

"There’s institutionalised racism in the school system and TV, people don’t see it because we’re a multicultural society but it does exist"

Trump wanted to un-retire military critics so that he could punish them over op-eds, Gen. Mark Milley said

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.