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Trump gives West Point commencement address
New York Post - 13 Jun 2020 15:57
President Trump will address the 2020 graduating class of West Point on Saturday morning, the first time he has spoken to cadets of the storied US Military Academy. The graduation ceremony for the Class of 2020 will be c...
Judge temporarily blocks Seattle PD from using tear gas on protesters
New York Post - 13 Jun 2020 05:28
A federal judge has temporarily barred Seattle police from using tear gas, pepper spray and flash-bang devices against peaceful protesters in the city. The ruling, from U.S. District Judge Richard Jones, comes as the cit...
Anti-Racism Protests Held Coast To Coast Across U.S.
The Huffington Post - 13 Jun 2020 05:23
Demonstrators took to the streets for the 18th day after George Floyd was killed by police, demanding an end to systemic racism and police violence.
Protester in Seattle's CHAZ demands white demonstrators give out cash
New York Post - 13 Jun 2020 20:07
A protester in the police-free district set up by demonstrators in Seattle demanded that white demonstrators fork over $10 to their black counterparts. A video, uploaded to Twitter Saturday, shows a man inside the city�...
William Sessions, FBI director fired by Bill Clinton, dead at 90
New York Post - 13 Jun 2020 15:46
Former FBI head William S. Sessions, the Texas judge appointed to the job by President Ronald Reagan and fired by President Bill Clinton six years later, died Friday at age 90. Sessions died of a congestive heart ailment...
A mutation shows why the coronavirus is such a formidable foe
CNN - 13 Jun 2020 05:48
All living organisms mutate and adapt to maximize survival in their ecologic niche. For months, scientists have been looking into whether the novel coronavirus -- known as SARS-CoV-2 -- is mutating and becoming more tran...
Suicide finding for black man found hanging in California stirs anger
Reuters - 13 Jun 2020 04:16
Police in California on Friday said a young black man found hanging from a tree likely committed suicide, stirring outrage among community members who said authorities were too quick to draw conclusions about what could ...
Demonstrators in Atlanta protest police killing of black man who fell asleep in drive-thru
Reuters - 13 Jun 2020 21:00
Demonstrators took to the streets in Atlanta on Saturday protesting the fatal shooting by police of a black man who had fallen asleep in his car while waiting in line at a fast food drive thru south of downtown.
1 dead, 10 wounded in overnight shootings on South, West sides
Chicago Tribune - 13 Jun 2020 16:18
A person is dead, and at least 10 others were wounded in shootings overnight, Chicago police said.
Police close Paris restaurants and shops in fear of violent protests
New York Post - 13 Jun 2020 15:53
Paris restaurants and shops closed Saturday on police orders in advance of a march against police brutality and racism that officials feared could become violent. Gatherings of more than 10 people remain legally banned i...
Right-wing and anti-racism protesters scuffle in Britain
Reuters - 13 Jun 2020 15:40
Anti-racism protesters rallied again around Britain on Saturday, with scuffles breaking out in London as counter-demonstrators also came out to protect monuments targeted for their links to colonial history.
Ex-cop charged in George Floyd death could get $1 million in pension
CBSNews - 13 Jun 2020 15:39
Minnesota has no law making employees forfeit pensions if they're convicted of crimes related to their work
Four Poachers Arrested After Killing of Rare Silverback Gorilla in Uganda
The New York Times - 13 Jun 2020 15:37
The silverback, known as Rafiki, was killed by a poacher with a spear, according to the Uganda Wildlife Authority. He was the leader of the famed Nkuringo gorilla group, which has been popular with tourists for decades.
Beijing district in 'wartime emergency' after virus spike shuts market
Reuters - 13 Jun 2020 07:12
A district of Beijing was on a "wartime" footing and the capital banned tourism on Saturday after a cluster of novel coronavirus infections centred around a major wholesale market sparked fears of a new wave of COVID-19.
An American policeman killed George Floyd. Now Europe is re-examining its colonial history
CNN - 13 Jun 2020 06:32
At an old stone harbor in the English city of Bristol, young people gather at a bent railing by the water and peer into the murky deep. They're looking for the defaced statue of the 17th century slave trader Edward Colst...
Trump moves campaign rally scheduled for Juneteenth
CBSNews - 13 Jun 2020 06:32
Trump's first campaign rally in months was scheduled for the holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. It's going to be in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the site of a race massacre nearly 100 years ago.
Beijing wholesale market temporarily shut after new coronavirus infections
Reuters - 13 Jun 2020 05:56
Authorities in Beijing have temporarily shut a major wholesale agricultural market following a rise in locally transmitted novel coronavirus infections in China's capital city over the past two days.
Pompeo reportedly plans to meet with Chinese officials in Hawaii
New York Post - 13 Jun 2020 05:52
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is planning to travel to Hawaii to meet with Chinese government officials, Politico reported on Friday, citing two unnamed sources. Pompeo, who has been vocal in criticizing China on a...
Hundreds pack St. Marks Place to drink, party despite coronavirus
New York Post - 13 Jun 2020 04:55
Hundreds of partiers are packed onto St. Marks Place in the East Village Friday night — coronavirus pandemic be damned. Crowds of at least 200 were seen drinking outside for hours, most without facemasks, on the stretc...
Lebanon protesters call on gov't to resign amid economic crisis
Al Jazeera English - 13 Jun 2020 20:24
Demonstrators take to streets across Lebanon after currency loses more than 60 percent of its value.
Algeria offers mediating role in Libya as UN condemns mass graves
Al Jazeera English - 13 Jun 2020 11:23
Algeria, which has adopted a neutral stance on the Libyan conflict, says it rejects military intervention.
DOJ Spreads Bogus Claim About Maryland Protest In Letter Defending Religious Liberty
The Huffington Post - 13 Jun 2020 04:42
"Hundreds" of Black Lives Matter protesters did not pack into a Bethesda library, as Fox News claimed and the Justice Department suggested in a letter.