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Webster police chief responds to backlash for lying down in solidarity with protesters
Boston - 9 Jun 2020 20:52
"What happened was wrong. And yes, there's a problem. Let's fix it."
Minnesota police confirm slashing car tires of reporters, others during Minneapolis protests
The Week - 9 Jun 2020 09:21
Minnesota's Department of Safety and the Anoka County Sheriff's office acknowledged Monday that their troopers and deputies had knifed the tires of several parked, unoccupied vehicles in Minneapolis during protests again...
World Leaders Won't Gather for the U.N. General Assembly for First Time in Its 75-Year History
Time - 9 Jun 2020 03:06
This year was expected to bring an especially large number to celebrate the founding of the U.N. in 1945
Contradicting Trump, Barr Says Bunker Visit Was for Safety, Not an 'Inspection'
The New York Times - 9 Jun 2020 03:48
The attorney general's account stood in direct contrast to the version that the president offered last week when he suggested he had merely been looking the place over.
US has no plans to extradite Prince Andrew over Epstein: AG Barr
New York Post - 9 Jun 2020 16:28
Attorney General William Barr confirmed the US wants Prince Andrew to "provide some evidence” about pedophile pal Jeffrey Epstein — but insisted there are no plans to get him extradited. "I don't think it's a questio...
Virginia Ku Klux Klan leader drove pickup truck into protesters, prosecutor says
New York Post - 9 Jun 2020 04:30
A Ku Klux Klan leader from Virginia was arrested Sunday for allegedly driving his truck into a crowd of protesters, a report said. Harry Rogers, 36, is accused of revving his engine and motoring through a group of demons...
North Korea Cuts Off All Communications Lines to South Korea
The New York Times - 9 Jun 2020 04:23
The North's leadership says it will now treat the South as an "enemy," the latest sign of chilling relations between the two Koreas.
The NFL should re-sign Colin Kaepernick, says Seattle Seahawks running back Carlos Hyde
CNN - 9 Jun 2020 12:19
Seattle Seahawks' new signing Carlos Hyde says the NFL should offer Colin Kaepernick a route back to the sport to prove it is serious about change.
The Curfew Is Over. New York City's Fight Is Not.
The New York Times - 9 Jun 2020 04:30
Thousands continue to take to the streets in Brooklyn, Manhattan and the Bronx.
Biden promises police changes without stripping funding
Boston - 9 Jun 2020 04:01
Spokesman Andrew Bates said that Biden "does not believe that police should be defunded."
Bail denied for suspect in deadly high-speed chase days after he was given $1 million bail
Chicago Tribune - 9 Jun 2020 03:48
A Cook County judge on Monday denied bail for the suspect in a deadly televised miles-long vehicle chase and carjacking days after another judge gave him a $1 million bail.
Iran Criminalizes Child Abuse After Outrage Over Teenage Girl's Murder
The New York Times - 9 Jun 2020 03:46
The new law marks the nation's first legal protection for children and adolescents, though it does not address child marriages nor juveniles sentenced to death.
Trump tweets conspiracy theory about 75-year-old protester police knocked to ground
ABC News - 9 Jun 2020 16:27
President Donald Trump is pushing a conspiracy theory on Twitter Tuesday that the 75-year-old peaceful protester, who is still in the hospital, was a threat to police.
Thousands March in Hong Kong Protest in Defiance of Police Ban
Wall Street Journal - 9 Jun 2020 16:17
Thousands of protesters rallied in downtown Hong Kong, facing off with police who had banned recent demonstrations, to mark the one-year anniversary of a million-person rally that thrust the city into its biggest turmoil...
Breaching whale capsizes boat, tossing 2 people into ocean
CBSNews - 9 Jun 2020 16:15
The occupants of the 25-foot boat were fishing close to the shore of Seaside Park when the whale surfaced and knocked the vessel out of the water.
Unpacking the New WHO Controversy Over Asymptomatic COVID-19 Transmission
Time - 9 Jun 2020 16:13
For months, researchers have warned that people without any COVID-19 symptoms could still be silent carriers of the disease, making it that much harder to get the pandemic under control—and that much more important to ...
France pledges $17 billion to keep Europe in the aerospace race
CNN - 9 Jun 2020 16:10
France has pledged nearly $17 billion to support Airbus, Air France and its wider aviation industry, saying Europe cannot fall behind China and the United States in the global aerospace race as a result of the pandemic.
London mayor: Statues of imperialists could be removed
ABC News - 9 Jun 2020 16:07
London's mayor says statues of imperialist figures could be removed from the city's streets
Billions in COVID relief go to biggest hospital chains as smaller rivals await aid
Reuters - 9 Jun 2020 16:04
Spared the worst of COVID-19, the largest for-profit hospital chains in the United States are pursuing a speedy recovery backed by billions of dollars in federal aid, while other hospitals say they have been harder hit a...
Miss Hitler beauty pageant entrant and ex-boyfriend jailed in UK for being members of terrorist group
Fox News - 9 Jun 2020 16:01
A British woman who reportedly competed in a Miss Hitler beauty pageant and her ex-boyfriend have been sentenced to jail Tuesday for being members of a banned far-right terrorist group.
Protester stares down angry white man in powerful image
CBSNews - 9 Jun 2020 15:59
A brief moment at a Montana Black Lives Matter protest was immortalized in a powerful image. A white man named Jay Snowden aggressively confronted demonstrators, and he was met with the unwavering gaze of Samantha Franci...
Houston police chief addresses protesters
Al Jazeera English - 9 Jun 2020 15:59
Houston Police Department Chief Art Acevedo addressess demonstrators at #GeorgeFloyd protests.