Oakland, Calif. police declared a Saturday protest an unlawful assembly after “agitators” set fire to a courthouse and vandalized a police station.The Oakland Police Department declared a demonstration that gathered about 700 people total as an “unlawful assembly” shortly after 11:30 p.m. local time. We are declaring an unlawful assembly at the corner of 7th and…
5.49pm EDT 17:49 Summary We’ll be shutting down today’s blog shortly. Here’s a glance at today’s major news items: US records more than 1,000 Covid deaths a day as Republicans mull relief. The US has recorded more than 1,000 deaths a day from Covid-19 for five days running, as cases surge in southern and western…
A man and woman at a Walmart in Minnesota are seen wearing face coverings with swastikas. Raphaela Mueller What is going on at my hometown Walmart? On Saturday, the first day of Minnesota's mandatory mask mandate, a man and a woman went shopping at the Walmart in Marshall — population 15,000 — wearing masks with…
You may get another $1,200 stimulus check, and perhaps a bonus if you go back to work. You won’t immediately face eviction if you can’t pay the rent. But if there is no job for you to return to, you likely will see a cut to your unemployment benefits.Those are the provisions in the Senate…
The late United States Representative John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, for the final time on Sunday as remembrances continue for the civil rights legend. A crowd began gathering near the bridge that became a landmark in the fight for racial justice when Lewis and other civil rights marchers were beaten…