• Some US police resist enforcing coronavirus mask mandates

    Some US police resist enforcing coronavirus mask mandates

    Jul 26, 2020 07:27 PM EST

    ... say penalties were never their goal and that they never envisioned police having to respond to every complaint about someone not wearing one. “Nobody’s asking for a masking gestapo,” Patterson said. “We’re just asking for good behavior and support from our local communities.”___ Associated Press writer Jennifer Peltz ...

  • One Minnesota mayor on why communities need 'deep soul searching' after George Floyd's death

    One Minnesota mayor on why communities need 'deep soul searching' after George Floyd's death

    May 31, 2020 09:04 PM EST

    ... of relatively few elected leaders around the country who knows what it feels like to be pulled over for driving while black. The question you just asked me is a central part of why I ran for mayor in the first place. We've worked in the past couple of ...

  • Protesters converge on White House for second straight day

    Protesters converge on White House for second straight day

    May 31, 2020 01:15 PM EST

    ... MAGA NIGHT AT THE WHITE HOUSE???” Trump later rejected the suggestion that he was stoking a potential conflict between protesters and his supporters. “I was just asking. But I have no idea if they are going to be here," he said. “MAGA is Make America Great Again. By the way ...

  • Imports of medical supplies plummet as demand in U.S. soars

    Imports of medical supplies plummet as demand in U.S. soars

    Mar 20, 2020 10:30 PM EST

    ... the painter booties and jumpsuits they had to wear while caring for people. "It's so frustrating because we feel like health care workers are being asked for a lot — and that's fine, we can do our job. We're just asking for the equipment we need," she said.

  • Inmates fearful of virus argue for release

    Inmates fearful of virus argue for release

    Mar 18, 2020 06:06 PM EST

    ... The 81-year-old Madoff, who is serving a 150-year sentence for bilking thousands of investors in a $17.5 billion Ponzi scheme, had just asked last month to be released early in light of his terminal kidney disease. Now his attorney is calling on all at-risk federal ...

  • In these parts of Greece, crisis is building between residents and migrants

    In these parts of Greece, crisis is building between residents and migrants

    Feb 17, 2020 11:35 PM EST

    ... incarceration and seizing land," they chant. Man: They want to leave as much as we want them to leave, because it is ruining our regular daily life there. We're not asking for anything else. We're just asking what they want to do. They want to leave as well.

  • Does the Roger Stone fight hurt the Justice Department's credibility?

    Does the Roger Stone fight hurt the Justice Department's credibility?

    Feb 12, 2020 11:35 PM EST

    ... judge that put Paul Manafort in solitary confinement, something that not even mobster Al Capone had to endure? How did she treat crooked Hillary Clinton? Just asking." Now, Paul Manafort was a former chairman of the president's 2016 campaign. He's now in federal prison for unrelated crimes that ...

  • Takeaways from the N.H. primary, and what it means for the longer race

    Takeaways from the N.H. primary, and what it means for the longer race

    Feb 12, 2020 11:30 PM EST

    ... the mantle of front-runner, which is really something else, considering he won the first two states, and the real story being exactly what you just asked, which is, who is going to be seen as the alternative to Bernie Sanders? Who can appeal to more moderate voters? Who can ...

  • What newly released emails reveal about OxyContin, Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family

    What newly released emails reveal about OxyContin, Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family

    Dec 03, 2019 11:40 PM EST

    They say the e-mails discuss how doctors who prescribed OxyContin were upset that insurance companies wanted to avoid paying for their patients' medicine. They also say that Dr. Sackler was just responding by asking whether it would be accurate to make a presentation to the insurance companies, that they ...

  • Why Gordon Sondland's public testimony was 'extraordinary'

    Why Gordon Sondland's public testimony was 'extraordinary'

    Nov 20, 2019 11:55 PM EST

    Gordon Sondland: I said that about 19 times, Mr. Maloney. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney: Sir, sir, we just went through this. When he asked you about investigations, which we all agree, now, means the Bidens -- we just did this about 30 seconds ago. It's a pretty simple question isn ...