How police failures let a violent insurrection into the Capitol
Decisions made long before rioters stormed Congress cast the die for the security collapse, which played out in critical points analyzed by USA TODAY.
Cara Kelly, Daphne Duret, Ramon Padilla, Erin Mansfield, Stephen J. Beard and Jayme Fraser, USA TODAY
Published
8:52 pm UTC Jan. 15, 2021
President Donald Trump was still in the midst of an incendiary speech outside the White House last Wednesday when some of his supporters began milling around the front of the U.S. Capitol a mile and a half away.
More followed in waves, their ranks soon multiplying into an angry crowd of thousands who felled the temporary perimeter fencing as if it were made of toothpicks and charged toward the marbled facade.
US riots: Making sense of the mob mentality
13 Jan, 2021 04:00 AM
11 minutes to read Crowds do not act with one irrational mind, said one sociologist. There are many groups, doing different things, for different reasons. Photo / AP Crowds do not act with one irrational mind, said one sociologist. There are many groups, doing different things, for different reasons. Photo / AP
New York Times
By: Benedict Carey
Why do some mass gatherings turn violent? Experts in crowd behavior say there s still much to learn. The reign of King Louis Philippe, the last king of France, came to an abrupt and ignominious end
Thomas Verdillo, 77, Dies; Restaurateur Went from Red Sauce to Blue Ribbon
He put a refined twist on traditional Italian-American cooking at his South Brooklyn restaurant, Tommaso. He died of complications of Covid-19.
Thomas Verdillo was the owner, head chef, sommelier and chief tenor at his restaurant, Tommaso, in Brooklyn.Credit.via Verdillo family
By Glenn Rifkin
Jan. 11, 2021
This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others
.
Tommaso at first seemed like a classic red-sauce restaurant when it opened in 1971 in South Brooklyn. But it quickly became a critically admired dining spot frequented by foodies, neighborhood people, Manhattanites and mobsters alike.
Press release content from Globe Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation.
electroCore Provides Business Update and Select Financial Guidance
electroCoreJanuary 11, 2021 GMT
Full year 2020 revenue expected at the upper end of previously announced guidance range of $3.3M - $3.5M; greater than 40% growth over full year 2019 revenue of $2.4M
Net cash used for the fourth quarter 2020 of $3.7 million, compares favorably to previously announced guidance of $4M
December 31, 2020 cash and cash equivalents of $22.6M
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Jan. 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) electroCore, Inc. (Nasdaq: ECOR), a commercial-stage bioelectronic medicine company, today provided an operating and business update as well as select unaudited financial guidance for the fourth quarter.