President Trump on Friday retweeted a Twitter post suggesting that CNN’s headquarters in Atlanta was being damaged by rioters that the cable news giant itself encouraged as the nation is engulfed in protests over the death of a black man at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer.‘In an ironic twist of fate, CNN HQ…
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President Trump on Saturday praised the Secret Service for its protection of the White House during protests in Washington D.C. on Friday night, calling them “very cool & very professional” -- and warned that any protesters who breached the fence would have met by "vicious dogs" and "ominous weapons."“Great job last night at the White House…
Nicholas Wu, USA TODAY Published 12:51 p.m. ET May 29, 2020 | Updated 4:26 p.m. ET May 29, 2020CLOSE Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was taken into custody after several days of violent protests surrounding the death of George Floyd. USA TODAYFormer President Barack Obama said Friday the death of George Floyd, a black man who…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionCNN correspondent Omar Jimenez was detained live on air A CNN reporter has been released after being arrested while covering protests in Minneapolis over the death of an unarmed black man.Omar Jimenez was led away in handcuffs while he was live on air early on Friday. His…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…