A handful of 17th-century Arabian silver coins unearthed around New England may help solve one of the planet’s oldest cold cases.
Katherine Lee
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Biden launches community corps to promote COVID vaccinations
The Biden administration is unveiling a coalition of community, religious and celebrity partners to promote COVID-19 shots as it seeks to overcome vaccine hesitancy
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Virginia Supreme Court rules city can remove Confederate statues
The decision permits Charlottesville to take down monuments to Gens. Robert E. Lee and ‘Stonewall’ Jackson.
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Suspect in attack on Asian American woman in New York City is arrested
Police say Brandon Elliot, who was was convicted of killing his mother nearly 2 decades ago, faces assault and hate crime charges.
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Pentagon reverses Trump transgender military ban, issues new rules to broaden access
The new department regulations allow transgender people who meet military standards to enlist and serve openly in their self-identified gender.
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New York is latest state to legalize recreational marijuana
The Empire State could become the East Coast’s largest recreational marijuana market – generating a potential $2.3 billion in annual sales by its fourth year, a trade publication estimates.
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Police video shows Floyd struggle, then takedown
The video was part of a mountain of footage and testimony at former Officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial that showed how the Black man’s alleged attempt to pass a phony $20 bill last May escalated into tragedy.
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Lawyer: FBI enlisted Proud Boys leader to inform on antifa
Proud Boys organizer Joseph Biggs agreed to provide the FBI with information about anti-fascist activists after an agent contacted him in late July 2020.
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Congress faces pressure to address anti-Asian American attacks
The organization Stop AAPI Hate has received more than 3,800 reports of incidents ranging from shunning and verbal harassment to assault from March 2020 to Feb. 28.
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Onlookers’ anger grew as Floyd stopped moving, say witnesses in ex-officer’s trial
The teenager who shot the video of the arrest that set off nationwide protests testifies that then-Officer Derek Chauvin gave the crowd a ‘cold’ and ‘heartless’ stare.