One of the former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd was released from jail on July 4 after posting $750,000 bond. He is now the third of the four officers involved in Floyd's death who has been set free while awaiting trial. Tou Thao, 34, posted bond late on Saturday morning,…
Several groups of right-wing militias descended on Gettysburg National Park in Pennsylvania on July 4 after conspiracy theory websites spread a quickly debunked rumor that antifa was going to burn American flags at the Civil War battlefield. The antifa flag-burning event started on Facebook, and the listing was eventuallyremoved, but not before getting the attention…
Donald Trump celebrated America’s Independence Day weekend by stoking divisions over a perceived culture war and dismissing the two most immediate threats to his presidency: a massive resurgence of coronavirus cases and a growing racial justice movement seeking an end to police violence across the nation. In speeches at historically symbolic venues to mark the…
July 5, 2020 | 4:29pm Enlarge Image Commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration Stephen Hahn AP The US government is sending a “surge” supply of coronavirus drug remdesivir to areas that need it most, the FDA commissioner said Sunday. Dr. Stephen Hahn told CNN’s “State of the Union” that the Department of Health…
In an impassioned press conference Sunday night, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued a full-throated call for citizens to stop "shooting each other up on our streets," after an 8-year-old girl was shot and killed on the Fourth of July near a Wendy's that became a flashpoint of recent anti-police Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests in the…