Vandals outside of the Atlanta headquarters of CNN have sprayed graffiti on the large outdoor sculpture of the news networks' logo and broken the buildings' lobby windows amid a protest against police brutality amid the recent police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Sean Reed.While WGCL reported that the protest outside the building began…
Another round of protests is gripping major cities across the United States against police brutality and violence, especially against unarmed Black people. Several states have called in National Guard troops to help quell the protests, some of which have turned violent. Cities nationwide have also implemented curfews, but protesters appear undeterred. Protesters in Minneapolis, Minnesota,…
Image copyright Twitter/Ruth Richardson Image caption George Floyd repeatedly told the police officers who detained him that he could not breathe The US has been convulsed by nationwide protests over the death of an African-American man in police custody.George Floyd, 46, died after being arrested by police outside a shop in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Footage of the…
By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press | May 30, 2020 | 1:14 PM | ATLANTA A police car burns after protesters marched to the Georgia State Capitol and returned to the area around the Centennial Olympic Park and CNN center where some confronted police Friday, May 29, 2020, in Atlanta. The protesters carried signs and chanted…
George Floyd's family spoke to both President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden this week following Floyd's death in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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…