Month: June 2020

Several universities this week joined a growing list of schools reporting coronavirus cases within their athletic programs. Arkansas State reported that seven athletes from three sports programs tested positive last Wednesday. They were all asymptomatic and will remain in quarantine for 14 days, the university said. Three football players from Auburn University in Alabama tested

Deshaun Watson, DeAndre Hopkins and thousands others have called on Clemson University to rename some of its facilities, notably the Honors College program, that bear the name of slaveholder John C. Calhoun. Clemson University was built on the plantation of former Vice President Calhoun. Known for defending slavery and owning about 80 slaves himself, Calhoun

For students in Virginia, the end of summer break will mean a return to classes — in-person. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Tuesday announced that all schools will open for students next year, ridding parents and students of the looming uncertainty following closures and a move to remote learning due to Covid-19. PreK-12 schools in

The Philadelphia police inspector accused of hitting a protester with a metal baton was suspended by his department for 30 days with intent to dismiss after that time, police told CNN Tuesday. Staff Inspector Joseph Bologna faces charges of aggravated assault, simple assault, possession of an instrument of crime and recklessly endangering another person, Philadelphia

Last week, Minneapolis officials confirmed they were considering a fairly rare course of action: disbanding the city police department. It’s not the first locale to break up a department, but no cities as populous have ever attempted it. Minneapolis City Council members haven’t specified what or who will replace it if the department disbands. Camden,

Chad Daybell was taken to jail Tuesday after remains were found on his Idaho property, Rexburg Police Assistant Chief Gary Hagen said at a news conference. Daybell is the husband of Lori Vallow, whose two children have been missing since September. Hagen said that “detectives and investigators have recovered what is believed to be human

In a week where Bubba Wallace wore an “I Can’t Breathe” T-shirt before an event and said racetracks shouldn’t allow Confederate flags, the NASCAR driver will make another bold move Wednesday by racing a car with a Black Lives Matter paint scheme. “I think by running this branding on our car, putting the hashtag out

Newly released police video of a black man’s 2019 arrest in Texas shows him saying “I can’t breathe” several times not long before he died — a death that is being investigated by a district attorney. Body camera video released Monday by the Austin Police Department shows sheriff’s deputies from Williamson County arresting Javier Ambler,

As Americans take to the streets to protest against racism, police brutality and the marginalization of minorities in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, the LGBTQ community is focusing its Pride Month programming on elevating black voices. Some groups are holding protest marches in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter cause. On Friday evening, LGBTQ

George Floyd was an “ordinary brother” from Houston’s housing projects who “nobody thought much about,” which makes his central role in a generational movement that much more powerful, the Rev. Al Sharpton said at his funeral Tuesday. “God took the rejected stone and made him the cornerstone of a movement that’s going to change the