Judge Rules Breonna Taylor’s Boyfriend Caused Her Death, Drops Some Charges

LOADING ERROR LOADING LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out major felony charges against two former Louisville officers accused of falsifying a warrant that led police to Breonna Taylor’s door before they fatally shot her. U.S. District Judge Charles Simpson’s ruling declared that the actions of Taylor’s boyfriend, who fired a shot Continue reading

Judge Rules Breonna Taylor’s Boyfriend Caused Her Death, Drops Some Charges

LOADING ERROR LOADING LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out major felony charges against two former Louisville officers accused of falsifying a warrant that led police to Breonna Taylor’s door before they fatally shot her. U.S. District Judge Charles Simpson’s ruling declared that the actions of Taylor’s boyfriend, who fired a shot Continue reading

Who did Nick Saban pick to make the College Football Playoff on ‘College GameDay’?

Show Caption Hide Caption Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman on expanded playoff Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman spoke with USA TODAY Sports about the expanded playoff and how it will impact the upcoming season. Sports Seriously College football has been back for less than 24 hours, and Nick Saban already has his eyes Continue reading

Ukraine keeps crossing Russia’s red lines. Putin keeps blinking.

Kyiv’s lightning incursion into Kursk in western Russia this month slashed through the reddest line of all — a direct ground assault on Russia — yet Putin’s response has so far been strikingly passive and muted, in sharp contrast to his rhetoric earlier in the war. On Day One of the invasion in February 2022, Continue reading

Ukraine keeps crossing Russia’s red lines. Putin keeps blinking.

Kyiv’s lightning incursion into Kursk in western Russia this month slashed through the reddest line of all — a direct ground assault on Russia — yet Putin’s response has so far been strikingly passive and muted, in sharp contrast to his rhetoric earlier in the war. On Day One of the invasion in February 2022, Continue reading

NASA Will Keep Stranded Astronauts In Space 6 More Months

LOADING ERROR LOADING CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA decided Saturday it’s too risky to bring two astronauts back to Earth in Boeing’s troubled new capsule, and they’ll have to wait until next year for a ride home with SpaceX. A cascade of vexing thruster failures and helium leaks in the new capsule marred their Continue reading

Columbia protesters’ demands have worked before. This time may be different.

Go to newsletter preferences Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Student protests are escalating there and other college campuses over the Israel-Gaza war and schools’ investments in Israeli entities, with demonstrators on Tuesday breaking into a Columbia campus building and occupying it. Continue reading

GM and Ford’s gas-powered profits and hybrid successes show how hard it will be for Tesla to weather an EV slowdown

Go to newsletter preferences Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read preview Tesla is finally being forced to reckon with a slowdown in electric-vehicle demand, and CEO Elon Musk’s tactics are likely to look different than his peers’ in the automotive industry. Continue reading

Here’s what some swing-state voters say about the Democratic National Convention

To gauge voters’ reactions, The Post sent out an email to participants in a spring poll of registered voters in six battleground states in conjunction with George Mason University’s Schar School. The callout asked voters to explain: “What stood out to you most from the Democratic convention?” They were also asked to describe ideas they Continue reading

Judge blocks NY AG James from going after pregnancy centers over abortion reversal pill

A federal judge this week issued New York Attorney General Letitia James a preliminary injunction that bars her from taking action against pregnancy clinics on the grounds it would restrict free speech. “In sum, on this record, Plaintiffs have standing,” Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr., a Trump appointee, wrote. “Based on a careful application of Continue reading