Timeline of events since Breonna Taylor's shooting death by police

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Here is a timeline of events that began with the death of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman who was killed by police in her home in Louisville, Kentucky:

— March 13, 2020: Officers serving a narcotics warrant fatally shoot Taylor in her home.

— March 13, hours later: Police announce the arrest of Taylor's boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, in the wounding of an officer during an exchange of gunfire; Taylor is left unidentified at the news conference, described as “an unresponsive woman who was later pronounced dead.”

— March, April, 2020: The shooting stays out of the headlines as the COVID-19 pandemic spreads in the U.S.

— April 27, 2020: Taylor’s family files wrongful death lawsuit against police department and city, challenging the police narrative.

— May 22, 2020: Prosecutors announce they will drop attempted murder charges against Walker, who shot at officers in his girlfriend’s home.

— May 28, 2020: Walker’s anguished 911 call is released, three days after the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minnesota, sparking large protests in Louisville.

— May 29, 2020: Mayor Greg Fischer suspends use of no-knock warrants by Louisville police.

— June 1, 2020: Fischer fires Police Chief Steve Conrad after officers failed to turn on body cameras in the shooting of barbecue cook David McAtee during protests in Louisville.

— June 11, 2020: Louisville Metro Council unanimously passes “Breonna’s Law,” which bans use of no-knock warrants.

— June 23, 2020: Officer Brett Hankison, one of three officers who fired shots the night of Taylor’s death, is fired for “blindly” firing into Taylor’s apartment.

— Sept. 15, 2020: City announces civil settlement providing Taylor’s family with $12 million and promising police reforms.

— Sept. 23, 2020: A Kentucky grand jury indicts Hankison for shooting into neighboring apartments, but did not charge any officers for their role in Taylor’s death.

— April 26, 2021: Attorney General Merrick Garland announces a Justice Department probe into policing in Louisville over Taylor's death.

— March 3, 2022: Former Kentucky police detective Brett Hankison is acquitted of state charges that he endangered neighbors when he fired into Taylor’s apartment during a botched drug raid that resulted in Taylor’s death.

— Dec. 12, 2022: Walker settles two lawsuits against the city of Louisville. The city agrees to pay $2 million to settle lawsuits filed by Walker in federal and state courts.

— March 8, 2023: The U.S. Justice Department finds Louisville police engaged in a pattern of violating constitutional rights and discrimination against the Black community following an investigation prompted by Taylor's death.

— Nov. 16, 2023: Jurors fail to reach a unanimous verdict on federal civil rights charges in the trial of Hankison, who was charged in the police raid that killed Taylor. The judge declares a mistrial.

— Dec. 13, 2023: Federal prosecutors tell a judge they intend to retry Hankison.

— Aug. 23, 2024: A federal judge throws out felony charges against two former Louisville officers, Joshua Jaynes and Kyle Meany, who were accused of falsifying a warrant that led police to Taylor’s door before they fatally shot her.

— Oct. 1, 2024: Federal prosecutors file a new indictment against Jaynes and Meany.

— Nov. 2, 2024: A federal jury convicts Hankison of using excessive force on Taylor during a botched 2020 drug raid that left her dead. It's the first conviction of a Louisville police officer who was involved in the deadly raid.

— Dec. 12, 2024: The Justice Department and the city of Louisville reach an agreement to reform the city’s police force after an investigation prompted by Taylor's death.

— May 21, 2025: The Department of Justice, now under President Donald Trump's administration, moved to cancel the police reform agreement with Louisville, in addition to a settlement with Minneapolis and investigative findings into six other police departments that President Joe Biden's administration had accused of civil rights violations.

— July 21, 2025: A federal judge sentences Hankison to 33 months in prison, rebuffing a Department of Justice recommendation of no prison time.

— Aug. 20, 2025: A federal judge throws out felony charges in the new indictment against Jaynes and Meany.

— Nov. 17, 2025: The Department of Justice argues to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that Hankison should serve no prison time.

— Dec. 31, 2025: A federal judge dismisses the proposed Louisville police reform agreement with the Department of Justice.

— March 20, 2026: The Department of Justice files a motion to dismiss the criminal case against Jaynes and Meany.

FILE - An image of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman who was fatally shot by police in her Louisville, Ky., apartment, is seen as people march to honor the 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Transit Authority on Friday filed a federal lawsuit seeking restoration of $2 billion in commuter rail expansion funding that President Donald Trump's administration stopped last fall.

The action, filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, contends the administration acted arbitrarily in halting transit construction money for the city in an effort to restrict race- and gender-based contracting, which it believes is unconstitutional. It names the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Transportation Authority as defendants.

The Transportation Department responded that it is trying to choke off a “discriminatory” and “illegal” contracting process.

The lawsuit comes days after New York City authorities filed a lawsuit seeking resumption of similar federal transit funding to the tune of $60 million.

Critically affected in Chicago is a 5.3-mile (8.5 kilometer) extension of the Red Line of the elevated L rail system with four train stops to reach 100,000 additional residents in disadvantaged and largely Black neighborhoods. Additionally, the federal dollars had been financing continued work on a North Side project that replaced century-old rails and built four new, accessible stations.

"We are fully committed to the success of these projects, and we will take every step necessary to ensure that they move forward,” CTA Acting President Nora Leerhsen said in a statement. “The Red Line extension is a historic investment into the far South Side of Chicago that will transform public transit and create new economic opportunity for the communities it will serve."

In September, the Trump administration wrote a new rule removing race- and gender-based contracting preferences but applied the rule retroactively only to grants to Chicago and New York, according to the lawsuit. The grant funding was paused on Oct. 3, 2025, and the CTA provided requested documentation a few weeks later.

The Transportation Department requested additional records in December, and since the CTA responded, there has been no further communication, according to the lawsuit, which calls the government's actions “unlawful many times over.”

It complains that the holdup penalizes the CTA for following the rules in place at the time and for failing to “explain why grants to the hundreds of other projects nationwide” that were following the same rules saw no interruption in funding.

The Transportation Department said in an email that it will fight “discriminatory, illegal, and wasteful contracting practices.”

“The American people don’t care what race or gender construction workers, pipefitters, or electricians are,” the department said. "They just want these important projects built quickly and efficiently.”

FILE - Cars pass the 95th Street Red Line Station, the train station currently the farthest south on the line and where the Chicago Transit Authority plans to extend from in 2025, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)

FILE - A train pulls into the Clark Street and Lake Street Blue Line on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley,File)