Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers on the Vietnam War and an anti-war activist, died at the age of 92 on June 16. He was diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer in February.
Following an investigation prompted by the death of George Floyd, the Justice Department accused the Minneapolis police on Friday of a consistent pattern of violating constitutional rights, discrimination against minorities, and “excessive” and “unjustified deadly force” in policing.
Robert Bowers, the gunman who killed 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, was convicted by a federal jury on all 63 charges against him.
The Iowa Supreme Court, in a 3–3 decision, declined to reinstate a six-week ban on abortions that was backed by the state’s governor.
