ATLANTA, Georgia — At least 28 states, including Texas, are not following U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines on reporting new Covid-19 cases —half of which saw the trend of new cases increasing in the last week. Those states are not reporting probable cases, according to the daily case count listed on the CDC’s website. Probable cases include those
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Tennis star Venus Williams said the solidarity she has seen in recent protests over the death in custody of George Floyd “has brought me to tears,” writing Monday in an online post that “just as sexism is not only a ‘women’s issue,’ racism is not only a ‘black issue.’” “When the majority groups stay quiet,
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Manuel Ellis’ family isn’t buying the story put forth by Tacoma, Washington, police that Ellis was “combative” and attacked an officer before he died in police custody. “I knew that day they were lying and it was a coverup … because I know my brother,” sister Monet Mixon said. “He would not be combative to
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MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — Border state authorities have arrested a crusading labor lawyer who led a wave of 2019 walkouts for higher wages at border assembly plants known as maquiladoras. Detectives arrested Susana Prieto on Monday in the border city Matamoros on charges that included inciting riot, threats and coercion. Prieto taped her own detention
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CANUTILLO, Texas — The Canutillo Independent School District at a special board meeting on Tuesday decided to make a considerable change to how their school year operates. The vote was unanimous at 7-0 with the CISD board passing a plan to switch over to a ‘year-round’ academic calendar. School board members said the change will
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A powerful series depicting the plight of activists fighting to preserve their communities from mining and agribusiness has led to Uruguayan photographer Pablo Albarenga being named Photographer of the Year at the Sony World Photography Awards 2020. Albarenga won the award for his series “Seeds of Resistance” and will take home the $25,000 prize, according
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Washing masks. House visits. Summer travel. CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta tackles some recent questions on these topics from our listeners and more. You can listen on your favorite podcast app, or read the transcript below. Dr. Sanjay Gupta: There’s no question the coronavirus has reshaped the way we all live our lives.
Continue Reading The outcry for a black “Bachelor” has never been louder, and some former show participants are supporting it. More than 50,000 people have signed a Change.org petition urging ABC to address a lack of diversity on the reality dating franchise, which includes “The Bachelor” and its lead spinoff, “The Bachelorette.” The petition states that “ABC
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Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA, PA (KYW) — All but three of Philadelphia’s 17 city councilmembers are demanding major changes to the Philadelphia Police Department and don’t want to give the department more millions. Mayor Jim Kenney’s proposed budget for the fiscal year 2021 includes cuts to some city programs but also
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, IL (WBBM) — Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood was spared from a lot of the destruction and looting last week. Now, they’re helping hard-hit neighbors down in Auburn Gresham. After the Pilsen Food Pantry heard about how people in Auburn Gresham were struggling to find places that sold
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, IL (WBBM) — Baseball is back, just not the big leagues. New safety measures were put in place for the first youth baseball tournament of the season out in Lake Zurich. The umpire now calls balls and strikes from behind the pitcher instead of the catcher. Besides
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN JOSE, CA (KPIX) — San Jose Police Chief Eddie Garcia announced crowd control policy changes in a memo to his officers Monday more than a week after violent clashes between his police force and protesters. The changes include restrictions on the use of projectiles such as rubber
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — The national conversation surrounding the potential for defunding police departments has come to the Borderland. A preliminary discussion about police funding was opened on Monday by El Paso County Commissioner David Stout during the commissioner’s meeting. He spoke about the concept of ‘participatory budgeting’ while the commissioners debated a resolution aimed
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DENVER, CO (KDVR) — The Denver Police Department isn’t going to be phased out any time soon despite calls for “defunding” the organization, according to one Denver City Councilwoman who said she would like City Council to consider reallocating some traditional police funds to programs that would provide
Continue Reading Bonnie Pointer, one of the founding members of the group The Pointer Sisters, died Monday, according to her sister, Anita Pointer She was 69. “Our family is devastated, on behalf of my siblings and I and the entire Pointer family, we ask for your prayers at this time,” Anita Pointer said in a statement to
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Researchers have captured beautiful aerial footage of thousands of green turtles congregating on the edge of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef during the nesting season. Scientists from Queensland Government’s Department of Environment and Science (DES) captured the footage using a drone at the world’s largest green turtle rookery at Raine Island, a vegetated coral cay approximately
Continue Reading New York City will name a street at a “crucial” location in each borough for “Black Lives Matter,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday. “What will be clear — the street name and on the streets of our city — is that message that now this city must fully, fully deeply feel and this nation
Continue Reading Japan’s public broadcaster has taken down an anime video explaining the “Black Lives Matter” movement after receiving criticism that the video was offensive and failed to explain the complex racial issues accurately. The video, about 80 seconds long, showed a black man talking in rough Japanese about the background of the US protests. He explained
Continue Reading People who are of African descent and other ethnic minorities and indigenous populations should have better access to culturally relevant health care, if countries are ever going to get a better handle on the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Pan American Health Organization. The organization put out guidelines (PDF) Monday to help health care systems
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HOUSTON, Texas — A three-state, five-day final journey for George Floyd ended Tuesday in Houston, the city he called home for most of his life. Thousands of mourners, including longtime friends and family members, gathered for the final funeral services at The Fountain of Praise church. Many wore black face coverings and sat apart in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DENVER, CO (KDVR) — The City and County of Denver announced Monday that it is partnering with Denver Public Health and several community organizations to offer free COVID-19 testing at five new locations this month. The testing sites will be opened in largely non-white communities, which have been
Continue Reading The boy who lived is speaking out. Daniel Radcliffe, the star of the “Harry Potter” franchise, on Monday responded to franchise creator J.K. Rowling’s controversial tweets about gender identity, directly addressing fans who may have felt pain reading the author’s comments, which some labeled as transphobic. Rowling, who has often come under fire by the
Continue Reading A black man dancing in the street of a Northern California city was pinned to the ground and placed under arrest by police after officers were called to the scene, newly-released officer bodycam video shows. The incident in Alameda has prompted the city’s police chief to request an independent investigation into the officers’ actions. The
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MEMPHIS, TN (WREG) — Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland says he’s committed to making changes in policing to solve the problem of how black residents are treated — but is there now a commitment to policing the police? As protesters demand justice in light of the killing of George
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Johns Creek, GA (Gwinnett Daily Post) — More than two months after he was picked to lead the Johns Creek Police Department, Chief Chris Byers has stirred controversy for the north Fulton County city after a news report surfaced about comments he made on his personal Facebook page
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MEMPHIS, TN (WREG) — A Memphis man is facing a long list of charges after he allegedly fired shots at a Memphis Police Department helicopter. It happened during the early morning hours of June 1 as some groups became violent after the peaceful protests on Sunday. According to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — A Florissant woman is using a different approach to make change. While thousands of people have taken to the street to protest, Kennedy Mitchum, who recently graduated with a degree in law, politics and society, took to email. She said it all started
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Dougherty County, GA (Albany Herald) — After weeks of bad news, Dougherty County has something to celebrate. Officials at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital announced Friday there have been no COVID-19 deaths in a week and the hospital had no new admissions of patients with the disease in the
Continue Reading A UK museum has released reimagined versions of some of its most loved masterpieces, with subjects donning face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, eastern England, was forced to close its doors to the public in March following the introduction of lockdown measures to curb the spread of coronavirus. So the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MEMPHIS, TN (WREG) — A man who police said drove into a group demonstrating on Cooper Street on Friday has been taken into custody. Beau Albauer was booked into the Shelby county Jail early Tuesday morning and charged with reckless driving and reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon.
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