5 things to know for June 3: Protests, coronavirus, elections, Israel, RNC
Today is Global Running Day, and like so many events in 2020, it’s gone completely virtual. Well, except for the actual running part.…
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Mars’ moons may hint that the planet once had rings
Mars has two small, funky-looking moons with strange orbits, and they may suggest that the red planet once had rings, like some of the larger planets…
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The world lost a football pitch-sized area of tropical forest every six seconds in 2019
The world lost 3.8 million hectares of tropical primary forest in 2019 — equivalent to a football pitch every six seconds — according to…
Continue Reading Video shows police pepper-spraying a protester. All he seemed to be doing was yelling
A now-viral video is causing outrage at Kansas City, Missouri, police officers after they arrested a man who was yelling during a protest of George…
Continue Reading Omaha bar owner who shot a black protester will not be charged
The family of a black man killed by a white bar owner during protests in Omaha, Nebraska, believes a prosecutor rushed to judgment by declaring the…
Continue Reading Facebook shuts down far-right group planning to bring weapons to protests
Facebook said Tuesday that it had shut down pages and accounts associated with what it said was a hate group, whose members were discussing bringing…
Continue Reading Two young children die in fatal car crash after taking grandparents’ car out for a ride
A 7-year-old boy and his 6-year-old brother were killed in a fatal car crash after they took their grandparents’ car out for a ride,…
Continue Reading Thousands are marching in cities across America calling for justice for George Floyd
They marched by the thousands in Houston. They called for a better America in Los Angeles. They sat in the streets in Chicago and in silence in St.…
Continue Reading Scientists say they have found the cleanest air on Earth
Scientists believe they have identified the world’s cleanest air, free from particles caused by human activity, located over the Southern…
Continue Reading A controversial Confederate statue with its back to the north was removed in historic Old Town Alexandria
Crews in historic Old Town Alexandria quickly removed a bronze statue of a Confederate soldier named “Appomattox” on Tuesday morning. The…
Continue Reading Two lefties make a right, if you’re a rare garden snail
A scientific journey that began with a lovelorn snail has provided new information regarding the cause of that snail’s rare shell. The lovesick…
Continue Reading A dinosaur’s last meal: A 110 million-year-old dinosaur’s stomach contents are revealed
A dinosaur with impressive armored plates across its back became mummified around 110 million years ago after enjoying one last meal before dying.…
Continue Reading A 19-year-old called out New York Democrats accepting police campaign donations. To his surprise, many have listened
In the wake of protests against the death of George Floyd, nine New York Democratic elected officials have at least partially reallocated their…
Continue Reading Why posting a black image with the ‘Black Lives Matter’ hashtag could be doing more harm than good
It’s Blackout Tuesday, a day promoted by activists to observe, mourn and bring about policy change in the wake of the death of George Floyd.…
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Mexico finds links to over $1 billlion in cartel money
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican financial regulators said Tuesday they have frozen the bank accounts of 1,939 people and companies believed to be linked…
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Biden says Trump ‘consumed’ by ego, not leading during crisis
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — Joe Biden mounted one of his most aggressive attacks against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, deriding the commander…
Continue Reading George Floyd’s memorial and funeral services will take place in Minneapolis, Houston and North Carolina
Services honoring George Floyd, who died while being arrested in Minneapolis, will take place in three states over the course of six days. A memorial…
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8 notable details in the criminal complaint against ex-Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin
8 minutes and 46 seconds. That’s how long Derek Chauvin held his knee on George Floyd’s neck, as alleged by the Hennepin County…
Continue Reading Why the three other officers in George Floyd’s death have not been charged — yet
George Floyd’s brother Philonise had a clear and pressing question for the Minneapolis Police chief on Sunday. “I want to know if…
Continue Reading NBA Hall of Famer Wes Unseld dies at 74
Wes Unseld, the burly Hall of Famer who led the then-Washington Bullets to the franchise’s only NBA championship, died Tuesday morning, his…
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Derek Chauvin’s wife requests to change her last name in divorce filing
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — In her filing for divorce from former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, Kellie Chauvin requested a last-name…
Continue Reading Texas football coach Tom Herman talks about the double standard he says fans have for black student-athletes
Texas football coach Tom Herman empathizes with black student-athletes and the double standard that he says fans have regarding them. Discussing race…
Continue Reading Volunteers pitch in to keep clean the site where George Floyd was killed
The curfew in Minneapolis, Minnesota, went into effect Monday from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. But at the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue…
Continue Reading CNN and ‘Sesame Street’ to host a town hall addressing racism
As anger and heartbreak have swept across America over the killing of yet another black man at the hands of police, CNN and “Sesame…
Continue Reading New Zealand set to ease coronavirus restrictions after 11 days with no new reported cases
New Zealand’s government could ease coronavirus restrictions as early as next week, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Tuesday. Adern told…
Continue Reading Police officers are joining protesters for prayers and hugs in several US cities
Americans have been protesting the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police for days on end in dozens of cities throughout the United…
Continue Reading Animal DNA is helping unlock some Dead Sea Scrolls secrets
The Dead Sea Scrolls are like an ancient puzzle that researchers and scholars are trying to piece together, but multiple obstacles block the way.…
Continue Reading To make a different kind of statement, a high school grad went to a protest in the cap and gown he didn’t get to wear
Deveonte Joseph stood out among the protesters in St. Paul, Minnesota, calling for justice after the death of George Floyd. Instead of a mask or…
Continue Reading Louisville fires its police chief over handling of fatal shooting during protest
The police chief of Louisville, Kentucky, has been fired after officials discovered two police officers involved in fatal shooting of a man during a…
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