Author: Associated Press

Police release details of Breonna Taylor investigation

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Louisville police have released details of the investigation into the shooting death of Breonna Taylor. The police files released Wednesday show contacts between Taylor and a man she dated previously who was suspected of drug dealing. But the files raise questions about what led narcotics investigators to raid her home, resulting in her death in a…

Marine general has COVID after Pentagon meeting

In this image provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, then-Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Gary L. Thomas, deputy on Aug. 8, 2016. Thomas, now the assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, has tested positive for the coronavirus, days after he and members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff were in a Pentagon meeting with a Coast Guard leader who was infected…

S. Carolina sees tens of thousands of absentee votes roll in

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – The state Election Commission says more than 23,000 absentee ballots were turned in Monday in South Carolina, the first day the state offered in-person absentee voting for the 2020 general election. The commission says the number of votes already cast in the election jumped from nearly 18,500 at the end of last week to nearly 42,000…