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In the wake of George Floyd's death, calls to "defund the police" have in a matter of days escalated from a fringe campaign to a celebrity-backed cause to part of the municipal mainstream -- and now appear primed to spur official action, to varying degrees, in cities across the country.The stunning momentum behind the movement has fueled Republican criticism…

A decade-long search for a treasure hidden deep in the Rocky Mountains that led to multiple people’s deaths is over, the man who hid the treasure announced.Forrest Fenn, a New Mexican art dealer, revealed on Sunday that his famed treasure was found, according to a post on his website that he confirmed to NBC News.Let…

The mayor, at that moment, was in downtown Brooklyn at a memorial for George Floyd — the black man in Minneapolis who died on video as a white police officer knelt on his neck. Chants of “De Blasio Go Home” echoed in the air. Introduced by his wife, Chirlane McCray, who is black, de Blasio…

The third named storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, Cristobal, weakened to a tropical depression Monday morning after making landfall in southeastern Louisiana.The storm system that made landfall near Grand Isle, La., with 50 mph winds will continue to bring heavy rain and tropical storm-force wind gusts into Mississippi and Alabama.Isolated tornadoes are also possible north and east of Cristobal on…

Trump’s electoral fortunes have also apparently faltered over the past several weeks. Among registered voters polled, 41 percent say they would be more likely to cast their ballots for him compared to the 55 percent of voters who prefer Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. In CNN’s previous May poll, the margin between the two…