The George Floyd protests are sparking a surprising debate in black America
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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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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A Florida police officer is under investigation for allegedly shoving a black protester who was kneeling during a protest. But one of his colleagues,…
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As protests over police brutality and systemic racism sweep the nation, authorities have partly blamed incidents of property destruction and violence…
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The death of a pregnant wild elephant, suspected to have been fatally injured after eating fruit stuffed with firecrackers that exploded in her…
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George Floyd had coronavirus before he was killed while in police custody last week in Minneapolis. Floyd tested positive for the virus after his…
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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…
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Ella Jones — who was elected as the first black and first female mayor of Ferguson, Missouri, on Tuesday — shared what her election…
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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…
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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.…
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A Florida police department has launched an internal investigation after a video surfaced on social media showing a Sarasota police officer kneeling…
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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…
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Drew Brees, the popular New Orleans Saints quarterback, caught heat from the likes of LeBron James and his own teammates, after saying he will…
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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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Astronomers have confirmed the existence of Proxima b, an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting the closest star to our sun. The European Southern…
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A California fire department is battling a four-alarm wildfire near the Suisun City Wildlife Center in the San Francisco Bay Area. Firefighters…
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Mumbai avoided the worst of Cyclone Nisarga, which made landfall close to the Indian financial capital in western Maharashtra state on Wednesday, but…
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The New Zealand government said Wednesday that it will provide free sanitary products in schools across the country in an effort to tackle period…
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An 8-year-old girl illegally employed as a maid has been killed by her employers in Rawalpindi, Pakistan for letting their pet parrots escape, police…
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HOUSTON, Texas — A newly minted mural celebrating the life of George Floyd has become a vigil in his hometown and has even attracted the…
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Cristobal made landfall in Mexico’s Gulf coast state of Campeche on Wednesday, dumping heavy rain on the…
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Protesters cheered Wednesday by news that four Minneapolis officers are now charged in George Floyd’s death also heard uplifting words from…
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