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Relatives mourn a family member who passed away from COVID-19 during a mass burial of pandemic victims at the Parque Taruma cemetery in Manaus, Brazil.

COVID-19 Deaths Top 1 Million Worldwide. How These 5 Nations Are Driving The Pandemic

Nine months after the first reported fatality in China last January, the world has hit a sobering milestone.

A Kentucky grand jury on Wednesday indicted former Louisville Police Department detective Brett Hanksion for shooting into neighboring apartments. On Monday he pleaded not guilty.

Officer Indicted In Breonna Taylor Case Pleads Not Guilty

Brett Hankison, the former Louisville Police Department detective, has pleaded not guilty to all three counts of wanton endangerment against him, his attorney said on Monday.

Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody was booked on Monday on a $10,000 bond. A grand jury indicted the Texas sheriff on charges of destroying or concealing video in an investigation into the death of Javier Ambler, a Black man who died in police custody last year.

Texas Sheriff Charged With Destroying Evidence In Officer-Related Death

A grand jury has indicted Sheriff Robert Chody with intentionally destroying or concealing video and audio recordings of the encounter involving a Black man who died in police custody last year.

A woman checking in at a new COVID-19 testing at the Mexican Consulate in downtown San Diego on Sept. 14, 2020.

Chicano Federation Report Finds Barriers With COVID-19 Testing, Tracing

According to a report released by the Chicano Federation Monday, there are significant and systemic barriers preventing Latinos from receiving COVID-19 testing and participating in contact tracing efforts in San Diego County.

Man walking out of 7-Eleven in Bay Park on Aug. 1, 2020. The business, like many others in the county, is requiring customers to wear a mask before entering the premises to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

San Diego County Reports 124 New COVID-19 Cases

San Diego County public health officials have confirmed 124 new COVID-19 cases, increasing the region's totals to 46,734 cases as the county awaits the state's data for reopening Tuesday.

A hostess at Union Kitchen and Tap checks a customer's temperature before seating them, Sept. 16, 2020.

San Diego County Reports 279 New COVID-19 Cases, One New Death

San Diego County public health officials have confirmed 279 new COVID-19 cases and one additional death, increasing the region's totals to 46,610 cases and 776 fatalities.

"You didn't just rob me and my family, you robbed the world of a queen," Breonna Taylor's mother, Tamika Palmer, said Friday in a statement that was ready by Palmer's sister, Bianca Austin. In this photo, Taylor's sister, Ju'Niyah Palmer, wipes tears away tears from her mother's face.

'I Have No Faith In The Legal System,' Breonna Taylor's Mother Says

"I was reassured Wednesday of why I have no faith in the legal system, in the police, in the law," Tamika Palmer said in a statement. "They are not made to protect us Black and brown people."

People at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul watch a news program Friday showing a file image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who said he was sorry over the killing of a South Korean fisheries official near the two countries' disputed sea boundary.

Kim Jong Un Says He's Sorry That North Korean Troops Killed A South Korean Man

Pyongyang says an unidentified man was found in North Korean waters and that he murmured he was from South Korea but then stopped responding to soldiers' questions and appeared to try to flee.

An illegal roadside graveyard in northeastern Namibia. People in the townships surrounding Rundu, a town on the border to Angola, are too poor to afford a funeral plot at the municipal graveyard — and resorted to burying their dead next to a dusty gravel road just outside of the town.

Why The Pandemic Could Change The Way We Record Deaths

Before COVID-19 came along, the world wasn't so great at counting deaths and understanding why people die. But the virus has propelled countries to ramp up their efforts.

A sign promoting participation in the 2020 census is displayed as Selena Rides Horse enters information into a phone for a member of the Crow Indian Tribe in Lodge Grass, Mont. in August.

Court Orders Census Counting To Continue Through Oct. 31; Appeal Expected

After the Trump administration made last-minute changes that shortened the 2020 census schedule, a federal judge in California has ordered it to extend counting for another month.

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