Today's Headlines: Fired Officer Is Indicted in Breonna Taylor Case; Protesters Wanted Stronger Charges

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Thursday, September 24, 2020

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Fired Officer Is Indicted in Breonna Taylor Case; Protesters Wanted Stronger Charges

By Rukmini Callimachi, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, John Eligon and Will Wright

A former officer was charged with "wanton endangerment" for endangering Ms. Taylor's neighbors with gunshots when she was killed by police officers in her Louisville apartment.

Ginsburg Remembered as Champion of Justice as Struggle Continues Over Her Successor

By Peter Baker

Long lines of mourners waited outside the Supreme Court to pay their respects, but President Trump again made clear he would not honor her dying wish that filling her seat wait until the next president was chosen.

In the Epicenter of Mexico's Epicenter, Feeling Like a 'Trapped Animal'

By Azam Ahmed and Daniel Berehulak

For the vast majority of people in one teeming neighborhood of Mexico City, risking illness or death has simply become the price of survival.

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Magazine | The Voyages Issue

In Dark Times, I Sought Out the Turmoil of Caravaggio's Paintings

By Teju Cole

The work the artist made near the end of his life changed my understanding of both beauty and suffering.

Opinion

I Was a Stay-at-Home Mom. Now I'm Leading a Revolution.

By Svetlana Tikhanovskaya

My husband was jailed for daring to run against our president. So I ran in his place.

Today's Videos

Video: Protests Erupt in Louisville After Breonna Taylor Decision

By Erik Ljung, Malachy Browne and Christina Kelso

Protesters took to the streets in Louisville, Ky., after the state's attorney general announced that only one of three officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor would be charged.

Video: Trump Thinks Nov. 3 Election 'Will End Up in the Supreme Court'

By The Associated Press

President Trump says he wants to have a replacement for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg by the general election.

Video: Even With Vaccine There Will Still Be 'Vulnerable People,' Fauci Says

By Reuters

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci and other top U.S. health officials testified before a Senate panel on the prospect of a vaccine, and warned that social distancing measures would still have to continue.