Somebody used a decal to rename a Minneapolis park after George Floyd
A Minneapolis park got a name change over the weekend to honor George Floyd. Park officials don’t know who put a decal on the sign at George…
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Beijing imposes soft lockdown citywide and tightens outbound travel as coronavirus infections spread
Authorities in Beijing have imposed a soft lockdown on the entire city, after the Chinese capital reported more than 100 new locally transmitted…
Continue Reading Tell Siri you’re getting pulled over and this iPhone shortcut will record your interaction with the police
Amid the widespread protests and anger over police brutality, an iPhone shortcut that allows users to automatically record their interactions with…
Continue Reading Spacecraft captures ‘green glow’ of Mars
Mars may be known as the red planet, but a European spacecraft found oxygen that is causing a green glow in the planet’s atmosphere, according…
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President Trump signs executive order on police reform
WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump took his first concrete steps on Tuesday to address growing national outcry over police brutality…
Continue Reading Teen involved in stabbing of Barnard student Tessa Majors sentenced to 18 months in custody
A teenager involved in the fatal stabbing of Barnard student Tessa Majors in New York last December was sentenced to 18 months in the custody of the…
Continue Reading Several MLB players and team staff test positive for Covid-19, per report
Several Major League Baseball players and team staff have reportedly tested positive for Covid-19. It is unknown how many players or staff have…
Continue Reading Harvard drops standardized test requirements for this year’s applicants
Harvard is dropping its requirements that students submit standardized test scores to apply to be part of the Class of 2025. The university joins…
Continue Reading Virginia protesters tear down a statue of Jefferson Davis a day after bringing down Christopher Columbus
A crowd of protesters in Richmond, Virginia, brought down the statue of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy, CNN affiliate WRIC…
Continue Reading A 911 dispatcher watched live surveillance video of officers kneeling on George Floyd and warned a supervisor
At least two callers and a dispatcher were concerned about Minneapolis police officers’ use of force with George Floyd, according to dispatch…
Continue Reading New Zealand reports two new coronavirus cases after UK travelers test positive
New Zealand has reported its first coronavirus cases in more than three weeks after two women who traveled to the country from the UK were found to…
Continue Reading Seattle police chief denies claims her department is not responding to 911 calls in the autonomous zone
Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best denied claims that officers in her department have been instructed not to respond to 911 calls in the city’s…
Continue Reading The FBI and Department of Justice will investigate the hanging deaths of two black men in California
The FBI and California Attorney General’s Office will now be monitoring the investigation of a man found hanging from a tree in Palmdale, Los…
Continue Reading The cities, states and countries finally putting an end to police neck restraints
Police departments around the world are moving to ban neck restraints in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death and the widespread protests that…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for June 16: LGBTQ rights, North Korea, protests, police, Covid-19
Are people traveling again yet? United Airlines has seen a modest bump in demand. Its July flight schedule is down 75% from a year ago, which is…
Continue Reading NYPD finds no wrongdoing by Shake Shack employees after officers got sick from milkshakes
Three New York City Police Department officers have been released from the hospital after getting sick when they drank milkshakes from Shake Shack…
Continue Reading Protests in Los Angeles cost LAPD $40 million in overtime expenses but officers won’t be paid
Protests in Los Angeles, first over stay at home orders and then the death of George Floyd, have resulted in large amounts of overtime work for…
Continue Reading Charges dropped against black pastor who was assaulted; now 5 people are charged with hate crimes
Five people have been charged with hate crimes in Virginia and the black pastor they are accused of attacking is no longer facing charges for pulling…
Continue Reading Veteran missing for a month found dead in stairwell at VA hospital
The body of a missing veteran was found in a stairwell on the campus of a Massachusetts VA hospital one month after he was reported missing. The…
Continue Reading China’s new coronavirus outbreak sees Beijing adopt ‘wartime’ measures as capital races to contain spread
Beijing is reintroducing strict lockdown measures and rolling out mass testing after a fresh cluster of novel coronavirus cases emerged from the…
Continue Reading Chinese appliance billionaire He Xiangjian held hostage in kidnapping attempt
A home appliance billionaire and one of China’s richest people was held hostage with his family for hours in a dramatic kidnapping attempt in…
Continue Reading A community seeks answers after a young black man is found hanging from a tree in Los Angeles County
Dozens of people gathered at Palmdale city council chambers Friday as officials held a press conference on the death of a 24-year-old black man who…
Continue Reading A NASCAR driver raced in a ‘Back the Blue’ car in support of police
Days after NASCAR’s only full-time black driver raced in a Black Lives Matter-themed car, a competitor drove with a symbol of Blue Lives Matter…
Continue Reading Roger Goodell encourages NFL teams to sign Colin Kaepernick
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell told ESPN Monday that he would support and encourage a team interested in signing Colin Kaepernick. “Well,…
Continue Reading Rayshard Brooks’ widow: ‘Do they feel sorry for what they took away?’
Of all the things still unclear about the night Rayshard Brooks was shot to death by Atlanta police, there’s one thing his widow wants to know…
Continue Reading 10 SWAT members in South Florida resign from unit, saying they feel unsafely restrained by politics
Ten South Florida police officers have resigned from their city’s SWAT unit amid concerns about safety, including their feeling that…
Continue Reading Family and officials say Rayshard Brooks didn’t have to die
Rayshard Brooks, shot while running from police, didn’t have to die, his family says. The mayor of Atlanta agrees. On Monday, she called…
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