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The celebrities who are doing anti-racism right
The Guardian - 15 Jun 2020 21:19
Selena Gomez, Cardi B, Taylor Swift are using their platforms to elevate other voices, urge people to vote and push vital activists into the mainstream In the weeks since George Floyd's death sparked worldwide protests, ...
Live spiders, cockroaches and a bloody pig mask: eBay employees charged with cyberstalking
The Guardian - 15 Jun 2020 22:19
Six former senior employees set out to terrorize a couple for publishing an online newsletter unfavorable to the company Six former senior eBay employees have been charged with waging an extensive campaign to terrorize a...
Harlesden shooting: Bullet 'missed toddler's artery by millimetre'
BBC - 15 Jun 2020 14:28
Five men have been arrested in connection with the shooting but no one has been charged.
Coronavirus: What's happening to free school meals this summer?
BBC - 15 Jun 2020 17:07
Some parts of the UK will scrap free school meal support in the summer.
At least 7 Minneapolis cops have quit since George Floyd's death
CBSNews - 15 Jun 2020 03:44
Officials didn't specify if the departures are specifically due to Floyd's death, but the decisions to leave were made recently.
California's attorney general asked to investigate death of a black man found hanging from a tree
CBSNews - 15 Jun 2020 01:35
California's Attorney General is being asked to investigate the death of Robert Fuller, a 24-year-old black man who was found hanging from a tree. It happened early Wednesday in the city of Palmdale, 60 miles north of Lo...
Wall Street gripped by fears of fresh virus wave
Reuters - 15 Jun 2020 17:39
U.S. stocks dropped on Monday after a spike in new coronavirus cases in China and parts of the United States dampened hopes of a swift economic recovery that had driven a sharp rise in Wall Street's main indexes over the...
Supreme Court makes historic ruling on LGBT employment discrimination
ABC News - 15 Jun 2020 16:22
The Supreme Court issued its opinion on Bostock v Clayton County, about LGBT employment discrimination.
Exclusive: U.S. senators ask Pentagon if $1 billion in Afghan aid was cut
Reuters - 15 Jun 2020 16:06
Two Democratic senators on Monday asked U.S. Defense Secretary Mike Esper what happened to $1 billion in aid for Afghanistan the Trump administration said it would cut nearly three months ago, according to a letter revie...
Philippine court: Rappler's Maria Ressa guilty of cyberlibel
Al Jazeera English - 15 Jun 2020 04:34
National Union of Journalists of the Philippines has accused government of 'weaponising' law against Rappler website.
Turkish fighter jets attack PKK sites in northern Iraq
Al Jazeera English - 15 Jun 2020 04:31
The warplanes took off from various air bases in Turkey, targeting the PKK at Qandil, near the Iranian border.
California Police Kill Suspect They Believe Was Armed With a Gun
Time - 15 Jun 2020 03:51
Officers responded to a report of a man "waving around a handgun," the city's police department said
Alleged hit man charged with killing 4 in 'wanton, violent crimes'
ABC News - 15 Jun 2020 03:01
An alleged "contract killer" has been charged with four counts of murder that took place in 2018 and 2019, the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office announced Friday.
Imprisoned Saudi princess lost all contact with family who have 'no idea' whether she's dead or alive: report
Fox News - 15 Jun 2020 20:19
Relatives of a Saudi Arabian princess, who has purportedly remained imprisoned for over a year after trying to fly to Europe for routine medical care, are now fearing the worst about her health, claiming that they have n...
Trump to Host Balkan Peace Talks
Wall Street Journal - 15 Jun 2020 19:12
President Trump has invited to the White House the leaders of two quarreling Balkan nations, in a bid to broker a resolution to a decades-long dispute that prompted a U.S. military intervention in the region.
U.S. Supreme Court rejects cases over 'qualified immunity'
Reuters - 15 Jun 2020 16:17
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a number of cases involving a legal defense called qualified immunity that can be used to shield government officials from lawsuits including police officers accused of e...
The emotional letters from Mexicans to critical COVID-19 patients
Al Jazeera English - 15 Jun 2020 16:11
In Mexico, seriously ill coronavirus patients rely on nurses to keep them in touch with their families.
Black Lives Matter mural vandalized hours after it was painted in Vermont
New York Post - 15 Jun 2020 16:06
A Black Lives Matter mural outside Vermont's statehouse was vandalized just hours after being painted, police said. The mural, painted Saturday in Montpelier by more than a hundred volunteers, was smeared early Sunday wi...
More than 100 liberal activists urge Joe Biden to pick Elizabeth Warren as VP in letter
USA Today - 15 Jun 2020 16:03U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear gun rights cases
Reuters - 15 Jun 2020 15:54
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a series of new cases seeking to expand gun rights.
Teen to be sentenced for robbery in fatal stabbing of college student
ABC News - 15 Jun 2020 15:47
A teenager who pleaded guilty to robbery in the fatal stabbing of Barnard College student Tessa Majors is set to be sentenced on Monday.
Boston considers removing Abraham Lincoln statue with freed slave
New York Post - 15 Jun 2020 15:45
Boston’s mayor says he’s considering taking down a statue of former President Abraham Lincoln standing before a freed black man after a petition was launched for its removal. Mayor Marty Walsh’s office said he’s ...