Kenosha
Trial in killing of two people during anti-racism protests in US begins
Carrying a semi-automatic rifle, Kyle Rittenhouse opened fire in confusing circumstances, killing two men and wounding a third.
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Biden to travel to flashpoint city of Kenosha Thursday
Joe Biden will be accompanied by his wife Jill on his visit to the area which has been rocked by violent demonstrations over the shooting of Jacob Blake by police and, later, two demonstrators who were shot by a teenager.
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Trump visits Kenosha, not to urge racial healing but to back police
Trump has largely overlooked the racial wounds caused by police use of force and played down the more than 180,000 US deaths from the coronavirus pandemic.
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Defying local officials, Trump arrives in Kenosha amid protests, racial unrest
Opinion polls show the Republican president narrowing the gap with the front-running Democrat, former vice president Joe Biden, amid ongoing protests over racial injustice and the resulting violence.
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Wisconsin city calm but police shooting reverberates across US
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul on Wednesday identified Rusten Sheskey as the white police officer who fired seven shots at the back of Jacob Blake after Blake opened his car door on Sunday.
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Facebook removes accounts of 17-year-old arrested over US shootings
The 17-year-old was arrested on murder charges after two people were shot dead and a third wounded during anti-police protests in the Wisconsin city Tuesday night.
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Teen arrested in shooting deaths at Wisconsin protest against police brutality
The lakeside city of Kenosha has been rocked by civil unrest since Sunday, when police shot Jacob Blake, 29, in the back at close range.
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Black man shot by US police may not walk again, says his family
Jacob Blake was shot Sunday by a white policeman while getting into a car that held his three children after trying to break up a domestic dispute, according to civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, who is representing the Blake family.
