Taniyah Pilgrim says she feared she might not survive when police used a Taser on her friend Messiah Young and pulled Pilgrim from a vehicle the pair…
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A 35-year-old black man in federal prison in New York City died after he became “disruptive” and guards used pepper spray, the Justice…
Continue Reading One day after Minneapolis Public Schools said it was ending its relationship with the Minneapolis Police Department following George Floyd’s…
Continue Reading The Rev. Al Sharpton denounced racism and called for accountability in the criminal justice system as he delivered an eulogy Thursday for George…
Continue Reading Benjamin Ryan Teeter was at his home in Hampstead, N.C., when the call to action came. It was an alert from the heart of the raging protests in…
Continue Reading YouTuber Jake Paul has been charged with criminal trespass and unlawful assembly after video showed him at a Scottsdale, Arizona, mall as it was…
Continue Reading What’s the point of a party if you can’t invite your friends? President Donald Trump is trying to turn the off again, on again, off again…
Continue Reading Omar Wasow is a researcher who works in a world of charts and data. But his analytical reserve cracked after watching a video of George Floyd dying…
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NEW YORK, NY — The NBA’s Board of Governors has approved a 22-team format for restarting the league season in late July at the Disney campus near…
Continue Reading Days after deciding not to bring charges in the shooting death of James Scurlock, Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine said Wednesday he is going to…
Continue Reading A World War II-era flag that was presumably stolen during a protest in Nevada was safely returned this week to a journalist who covered its…
Continue Reading New Jersey students will start learning about climate change in kindergarten and keep studying the crisis through graduation under the state’s…
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WASHINGTON, DC — A Navy veteran detained in Iran for nearly two years has been released and started making his way home, with the first leg on a…
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BRUNSWICK, Georgia — A special prosecutor for the state of Georgia said Thursday that evidence in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery shows the young…
Continue Reading Flashes of beauty have bloomed in the most random of places around New York over the past several years — a trash can here, a phone booth there…
Continue Reading The former Minneapolis Police officer who pressed his knee into George Floyd’s neck was charged on Wednesday with a new, more serious count of…
Continue Reading A Florida police officer is under investigation for allegedly shoving a black protester who was kneeling during a protest. But one of his colleagues,…
Continue Reading As protests over police brutality and systemic racism sweep the nation, authorities have partly blamed incidents of property destruction and violence…
Continue Reading The death of a pregnant wild elephant, suspected to have been fatally injured after eating fruit stuffed with firecrackers that exploded in her…
Continue Reading George Floyd had coronavirus before he was killed while in police custody last week in Minneapolis. Floyd tested positive for the virus after his…
Continue Reading The idea of keeping schools closed in the fall because of safety concerns for children might be “a bit of a reach,” said Dr. Anthony…
Continue Reading Ella Jones — who was elected as the first black and first female mayor of Ferguson, Missouri, on Tuesday — shared what her election…
Continue Reading A teen who has been in police custody since December in the killing of Barnard student Tessa Majors’ on Wednesday pleaded guilty to one count…
Continue Reading Trains, planes and trucks are getting back on course after months of coronavirus inertia, and that’s a good sign for the economy as a whole.…
Continue Reading A Florida police department has launched an internal investigation after a video surfaced on social media showing a Sarasota police officer kneeling…
Continue Reading When protests broke out in Beijing and other cities across China in early 1989, many in Hong Kong were exhilarated. “It was a time of…
Continue Reading Drew Brees, the popular New Orleans Saints quarterback, caught heat from the likes of LeBron James and his own teammates, after saying he will…
Continue Reading An attacker with a knife injured 37 children and two adults at an elementary school in southern China on Thursday, according to a local government…
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — Prosecutors are charging a Minneapolis police officer accused of pressing his knee against George Floyd’s neck with…
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