RIO ARRIBA COUNTY, New Mexico — Authorities removed a bronze statute of a Spanish conqueror on horseback from a cultural center in New Mexico on Monday amid a new wave of criticism of the memorial as an affront to indigenous people and an obstacle to greater racial harmony. The controversy surrounding Juan de Oñate has
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A Denver neighborhood is moving to change its name to remove its ties to a former mayor who was active in the Ku Klux Klan. The Stapleton neighborhood in Colorado was built on the site of Stapleton International Airport, which was a major aviation hub and an economic driver for the area. It was named
Continue Reading A Minnesota police officer could have shot an armed teen early Monday, and though the officer would’ve been completely justified, he held his fire, St. Cloud Police Chief Blair Anderson said. The officer was shot during a struggle, Anderson said, but neither he nor his partner shot back and the suspect was arrested. Following the
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Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — Many businesses in St. Louis County have already opened their doors since the coronavirus outbreak. Now, the last remaining companies will be allowed to open Monday but with strict social distancing guidelines such as limits on crowd size, face mask requirements and disinfecting
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EL PASO, Texas — T-Mobile was experiencing outages on Monday afternoon throughout portions of the U.S., including Texas and El Paso. DownDetector, which tracks user-submitted outage reports, indicated a major outage for T-mobile, with more than 100,000 reports received nationwide. T-Mobile’s president of technology tweeted that the company’s engineers were working on resolving a “voice and
Continue Reading A 19-year-old Black Lives Matter activist from Florida has been found dead one week after she went missing. Tallahassee police found the bodies of Oluwatoyin “Toyin” Salau, along with 75-year-old Victoria Sims, on Saturday. Their deaths are being investigated as homicides. Police arrested a suspect, Aaron Glee, 49, the Tallahassee Police Department said. Salau was
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Slight chances for rain will persist for the next several days at around 10% each evening and night. Temps will remain in the low to mid 90’s. By the weekend we will begin to warm back to around 100 degrees. For the latest Doppler radar:http://www.kvia.com/weather To follow Doppler Dave on twitter: @Dopplerdaves
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Several players for the Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans have tested positive for the coronavirus, sources tell NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero. None of the players were in the teams’ facilities and both teams followed proper health protocols, according to the report. “Due to federal and local privacy laws, we are unable to
Continue Reading Surfers around the world are paddling out to sea in support of the Black Lives Matter movement to protest injustice and pay tribute to black lives lost to police brutality. Lou Harris, the founder of the East Coast Chapter of the Black Surfing Association, organized a paddle out in New York City’s Rockaway Beach on
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The interim president of the University of Texas said Monday he is scheduling meetings with student groups after dozens of Longhorns athletes said they wanted the school to ditch “The Eyes of Texas” song and rename several campus buildings. The athletes said last week they won’t help the school recruit future
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — After a weekend that saw 17 coronavirus deaths and over 200 new cases, the city of Juárez reported just seven additional infections on Monday with no new fatalities. All of Chihuahua state was on high alert Monday due to increased virus spread in the region, with 2,949 cases and 478 deaths
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Ga. (WGCL) — An attorney for the family of 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks announced during a press conference on Monday that media mogul Tyler Perry will pay for the man’s funeral. Multiple members of Brooks’ family also spoke during the press conference, many of them expressing their frustration
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EL PASO, Texas — Firefighters battled a Upper Valley fire on Monday that produced smoke visible throughout the area. The blaze broke out about 11:15 a.m. in a large shed reportedly used for hay storage in 200 block Easy Way near Songland Avenue in El Paso. A fire department spokesman indicated just before 2 p.m.
Continue Reading When is a police shooting a crime? When is a police shooting justified? And when is a police shooting neither? Those are the questions prosecutors will address this week after an Atlanta Police officer shot and killed Rayshard Brooks at a Wendy’s drive-through on Friday night. Brooks, 27, was being investigated for suspected drunk driving.
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Comedian Jay Pharoah shared surveillance footage of him being detained by Los Angeles police, who allegedly approached him with guns drawn and knelt on his neck in a similar way that led to George Floyd’s death. In a video posted to Instagram last Friday, the former “Saturday Night Live” actor said he was exercising when
Continue Reading A librarian in Virginia concerned about students unable to check out books from the library found a way around coronavirus restrictions to keep kids reading: Book delivery via drone. Middle school librarian Kelly Passek collaborated with drone service Wing from Google’s parent company Alphabet to use drones to deliver library books to students in Christiansburg’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Ne (WOWT) — As rallies surrounding the death of George Floyd continue, the conversations around race are growing louder. The Malcolm X Memorial Foundation has held several gatherings the past few weeks. On Sunday, members of the community gathered indoors for a conversation centered around non-black people.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story JACKSONVILLE, Onslow County (WLOS) — A dog training facility in Jacksonville is taking a former shelter dog and turning him into the first narcotics K-9 for a North Carolina police department. Camp Mutt says it donates services to the local animal shelter by teaching adoption-challenged dogs in obedience
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — A video shared by Portland police shows a green car approaching a group of Portland protesters at southeast 33rd Avenue and Powell Boulevard on Saturday. In the video a few demonstrators are seen attacking the car, slamming the windows and puncturing the tires. An
Continue Reading Tyler Perry has offered to pay for all funeral expenses for Rayshard Brooks, family attorney Chris Stewart said Monday. Brooks was fatally shot by an Atlanta police officer on Friday after officers responded to a call about a man sleeping in a car at a Wendy’s restaurant drive-thru. Authorities said Brooks failed a sobriety test.
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has not yet released the official agenda for New Mexico’s special legislative session due to begin Thursday, but she has indicated a broadened scope beyond budget matters to wade into potentially volatile issues of election procedure and police accountability. The governor wants to consider possible election
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW BRITAIN, CT (WFSB) — People in cities and towns across the state have been complaining about neighborhood fireworks that have been disturbing people well in to the early morning hours. New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart took a stand against them on social media. “Every night? Why?” Stewart
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GILBERTON, PA (WNEP) — Main Street in Gilberton has been transformed into a river. For many, the last four days of fighting floodwaters have been nothing but devastating. “I’ve been off and on crying,” said Kathleen Merna of Gilberton. “I find myself fortunate because I’m young, me and
Continue Reading Howard Stern is speaking out after a television special from 1993 resurfaced in which the radio host appears in blackface and repeatedly used racist language. Stern addressed the controversial performance on his SiriusXM show Monday. “The sh*t I did was f***ing crazy,” Stern said. “I’ll be the first to admit. I won’t go back and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DENVER, CO (KDVR) — On Sunday, community members gathered in Denver to honor three local King Soopers employees who died with COVID-19: Karen Haws, Randy Narvaez and James McKay. Loved ones, former co-workers and UFCW 7 union members gathered for a memorial service Sunday followed by a memorial
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United Airlines is mortgaging its Mileage Plus frequent flyer program, its latest effort to raise the cash it needs to weather the Covid-19 crisis. The term loan will come from Goldman Sachs, Barclays and Morgan Stanley, and it will take seven years to repay. The interest rate was not disclosed. United says between this and
Continue Reading Confederate memorials in Tennessee should be replaced by statues of Dolly Parton, a new petition suggests. The Change.org petition started by Alex Parsons says “Tennessee is littered with statues memorializing confederate officers.” “History should not be forgotten, but we need not glamorize those who do not deserve our praise,” the petition states. “Instead, let us
Continue Reading Amid rising cases in 18 states and renewed concerns about coronavirus outbreaks, top task force medical experts, including coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx and Dr. Anthony Fauci, have remained largely out of view in recent weeks. Their absence coincides with the White House shifting of attention from addressing the health ramifications of coronavirus to
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A return to normalcy following the Covid-19 pandemic could come within a year, but people need to tamp down their expectations for typical summer travel and activities, Dr. Anthony Fauci told British newspaper The Telegraph. The latest time frame comes on the heels of a week that saw the national case count cross 2 million.
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LONDON, ENGLAND — The pilot of a fighter jet that crashed into the North Sea, off the coast of northern England, has been found dead, the U.S. Air Force said Monday. In a statement hours after the crash, it said “the pilot of the downed F-15C Eagle from the 48th Fighter Wing has been located,
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