From Kobe Bryant’s death to murder hornets to the ongoing stimulus relief debates, 2020 was a year filled with unprecedented events. Here are the stories that most defined the past year. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. Since March, Americans have been flooded with news around the coronavirus. The […]

Wendy Rittenhouse, the mother of the 17-year-old who opened fire on protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in August, said her son was trying to “help” businesses and protesters shouldn’t have been there. “No one should have been there,” Wendy Rittenhouse told the Chicago Tribune. “The protesters should not have been there, […]

Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old arrested for killing two people at a demonstration in Kenosha, Wisconsin, said he “ended a man’s life” and “shot two white kids” when he turned himself in to police in Antioch, Illinois. The 17-year-old told officers he was “hired to protect businesses in Kenosha during the […]

Fox News host Tucker Carlson said Thursday that “every story” told of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Jacob Blake, and other victims of police brutality is “at its core” a lie. His remarks came on the same day that a federal judge dismissed a defamation case against Fox News, arguing that […]

Wendy Rittenhouse, the mother of accused Kenosha, Wisconsin, shooter Kyle Rittenhouse, reportedly received a standing ovation at a GOP event in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, on Thursday. Rittenhouse was invited by conservative commentator Michelle Malkin, who was speaking at the event about “safety and self-defence” organised by the Republican Women of […]

GOP senator Ron Johnson suggested in a radio interview last week that federal unemployment benefits passed under the CARES Act may be financing violent protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and elsewhere. “You can’t continue to riot for 100 days without having some sort of financial support,” Johnson, who chairs the Senate […]

Rep. Val Demings of Florida sharply criticised President Trump’s handling of racial-justice demonstrations during an ABC interview on Sunday. Demings accused Trump of stoking tensions as racial-justice protests rocked the country. She said Trump was “not trying to sow peace and calm, but actually throwing fire onto an already volatile […]

Facebook removed two of Congressman Clay Higgins’ posts for “violating our policies against inciting violence” after he suggested killing armed demonstrators if they showed up to a Louisiana protest. “One way ticket fellas. Have your affairs in order. Me? … I wouldn’t even spill my beer. I’d drop any 10 […]

Summary List Placement The police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and a federal officer last week arrested food-truck workers at gunpoint, alleging that their presence at a gas station was evidence that they were “preparing for criminal activity” amid protests prompted by the police shooting of Jacob Blake. A Riot Kitchen leader […]

President Donald Trump compared police officers who use excessive force to golfers who “choke” on important shots. Speaking with the Fox News host Laura Ingraham on Monday night, he said: “They choke. Just like in a golf tournament, they miss a 3-foot putt.” Trump was speaking in the aftermath of […]

The police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, say 102 of 175 people arrested there since protests began over the shooting of Jacob Blake listed addresses outside the city, according to The Wall Street Journal. Kyle Rittenhouse, a teen from Antioch, Illinois, charged with two killings in the unrest, is among that number. […]

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and President Donald Trump painted two opposing perspectives on the issue of racial injustice in light of the police shooting of Jacob Blake. The president has largely praised law enforcement policing the ongoing protests sparked by Blake’s shooting, condemned “rioters” and “looters,” and sought to […]

President Donald Trump at a press conference on Monday defended Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old supporter charged with killing two men in Kenosha, Wisconsin. “That was an interesting situation,” Trump said. “He was trying to get away from them, I guess, it looks like, and he fell, and then they very […]

In a live interview on CNN on Monday, Jacob Blake’s father disputed President Donald Trump’s account of the White House trying to get the Blake family on the phone. Less than an hour earlier, Trump said during a press briefing that he was unable to get in touch with the […]

President Donald Trump told reporters last week that mixing politics with sports will “destroy basketball.” Trump was asked on Friday about some initiatives from the NBA and its players to protest against police brutality, including delaying last week’s playoff games days after Jacob Blake was shot by police. “You know […]

President Donald Trump is slated to visit Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday in the wake of protests that erupted after police shot and wounded Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black man. White House spokesman Judd Deere told reporters that Trump is set to meet with local law enforcement and “survey damage from […]

President Donald Trump on Sunday called Ted Wheeler, the mayor of Portland, a “fool” on Twitter and urged for at least the second time that the National Guard be deployed to the city. Demonstrators against police brutality have been protesting in Portland with most demonstrations remaining peaceful. A man was […]