An entire high school baseball team knelt during the National Anthem to protest police brutality
The entire Roosevelt High School varsity baseball team took a knee as the National Anthem played at its season opener…
Late-night hosts joke about Trump's walk
Late-night hosts mock Donald Trump’s slow walk down a ramp at the US Military Academy at West Point. Source link
PG&E pleads guilty to 85 counts in 2018 Camp Fire
Butte County District Attorney Michael L. Ramsey said the “historic moment” should be a signal that corporations will be held…
Keto Mason jar ice cream recipe: Expert tips and products
Of course we don’t need the mercury to be pushing 90 degrees to crave ice cream. It’s just that when…
AirPods Pro sale: Apple’s latest true wireless earbuds are down to their lowest price ever
If you’re in the market for Apple’s AirPods Pro, you’re in luck: Amazon has the true wireless buds down to…
22 last-minute Father’s Day gifts to save the day
Father’s Day is now less than a week away. If you’re still pondering what to get Dad, you’d better hurry…
Rayshard Brooks: A black sheriff says the police shooting was ‘justified.’ Atlanta’s mayor and protesters disagree
But Burke County Sheriff Alfonzo Williams said Rolfe’s actions were “completely justified.” “We saw in the video that Brooks is…
Jimmy Carter’s charity urges ‘painful but necessary reflection’ after Rayshard Brooks’ death in Atlanta
“The death of yet another African American man, Rayshard Brooks, at the hands of police in Atlanta last week once…
Reimagining policing will make us safer (opinion)
Whether it is implicit or explicit, racial bias is real — it can influence perceptions and behaviors, with deadly consequences.…
Martin Gugino: 75-year-old Buffalo protester has a fractured skull and cannot walk
“I am not at liberty to elaborate at this time other than to confirm that his skull was fractured,” Gugino’s…
Katherine Williams-Dunning, daughter of country singer Hank Williams Jr., dies at 27
Williams-Dunning was driving a 2007 Chevy Tahoe while towing a boat Saturday night in Henry County, Tennessee, when it crashed,…
A father’s guide to raising good men
Around the globe, more white people are coming to recognize what black people and other people of color have long…
This bridge is nicknamed the 'narrowest place on Earth'
The island of Eleuthera, home to the showstopping Glass Window Bridge, is among many Bahamian islands that were not hit…
Cameo lets pay thousands of dollars to talk to celebrities for 10 minutes on Zoom
Cameo, a startup that lets you pay celebrities for personal video messages, now lets users book a 10-minute Zoom call…
There could be 36 communicating intelligent civilizations in our galaxy, study says
Maybe we’re not. Scientists have calculated that there could be a minimum of 36 active, communicating intelligent civilizations in our…
Airlines ban alcohol on planes in response to Covid-19
(CNN) — Alcohol sales may have boomed during lockdown, but our return to air travel will be an altogether more…
Man fired after video shows him tearing down kids' signs
An employee of Philadelphia Family Court was fired after video surfaced showing him ripping signs off a fence and responding…
Midea Group founder He Xiangjian: Chinese billionaire held hostage in kidnapping attempt
Midea founder He Xiangjian, 77 — ranked 45th on the global Forbes Rich List with a fortune worth more than…
Something shocking happened to Republicans in West Virginia last week
Any time you see that sort of wipeout less than six months before a major national election within the President’s…
Defense secretary says Pentagon official who questioned legality withholding Ukraine aid to resign
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) Elaine McCusker will resign effective June 26, Esper said in a statement. “Since joining…
GOP senator: Proposal to remove Confederate names from military bases ‘picks on South unfairly’
Sen. John Kennedy, a Louisiana Republican whose state has military installations named after leaders of the Confederacy, sharply criticized the…
SWAT members quit after she took a knee. See her response.
Hallandale Beach Police Chief Sonia Quiñones, who took a knee with protesters, responds to the 10 SWAT members who resigned…
A black officer stepped in when a white cop had a suspect in a chokehold. She was fired and the city wants an investigation
The incident happened in November 2006. At the time, Officer Cariol Horne had served 19 of the 20 years needed…
'Distressing': Reverend reveals what evangelicals say privately about Trump
Reverend Rob Schenck, a former evangelical activist, discusses President Trump’s photo-op after police forcibly moved protesters and what evangelicals are…
CIA cyber weapons stolen in historic breach due to ‘lax security’, internal report says
The hacking tools stolen in the breach, which occurred in 2016, came from its clandestine Center for Cyber Intelligence (CCI).…
Luce Douady: French climber, 16, dies following fall
Douady was a rising star in the French climbing team and was described as “very promising” in a statement from…
These are the ordinary things they were doing when they were killed by police
Chamberlain, 68, was shot after police in White Plains, New York, broke down his door. Chamberlain wore a medical alert…
Donald Trump isn’t *really* interested in police reform
But even as he was speaking, Trump made it crystal clear that he viewed the order as a necessary bit…
North Korea blows up liaison office with South Korea
The destruction is mostly symbolic and designed to send a message to South Korea June 16, 2020, 11:28 AM 4…
Lawyers sue to stop Trump’s Tulsa campaign rally over coronavirus fears
In addition to the lawsuit, the attorneys are requesting a hearing to ask for an emergency temporary injunction to prevent…
Seattle Trader Joe’s employees claim company closed store due to their support of Black Lives Matter
Management says the store is closed for remodeling, but some workers disagree. June 16, 2020, 4:31 AM 6 min read…
Trump administration sues Bolton over book dispute
The suit, filed in Washington, DC, federal court, alleges that Bolton’s 500-plus page manuscript was “rife with classified information,” and…
Trump administration takes Keystone dispute to Supreme Court
The Trump administration is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to revive a permit program that allows new oil and gas…
CDC report offers a detailed demographic breakdown of who is getting sick with coronavirus
The latest figures confirm that older people, minorities and those with preexisting health conditions are at the highest risk of…
Suspect charged with murder, kidnapping in Oluwatoyin Salau case
Salau and another missing woman were found dead on Saturday, police said. June 16, 2020, 6:57 PM 6 min read…
What the pandemic means for our summers (opinion)
Our responses to hearing these numbers seem to vary widely — some of us lock ourselves away in our homes,…
Social media platforms are profiting from COVID-19 misinformation: Nancy Pelosi
The House speaker called on advertisers to “know your power.” June 16, 2020, 8:59 PM 4 min read 4 min…
'Ridiculous logic': Cooper reacts to Trump's remark
CNN’s Anderson Cooper calls out President Trump over comments he made about coronavirus testing. Source link
Editors abandon top Russian newspaper, accusing boss of pro-Kremlin censorship
Most senior editorial staff members at one of Russia’s leading independent newspapers have resigned in protest at the appointment of…
Why will no one in the White House wear a mask?
In Iowa on Tuesday, Vice President Mike Pence stopped at a diner named “Sally’s Restaurant” to greet people. He did…
Washington DC faces House vote to become the 51st state
Calling it an issue that transcends domestic politics, Democrats controlling the House have slated a vote next week to make…
US coronavirus: Model projects 200,000 people could die by October. Why that number might be low
One model cited by the White House now predicts 200,000 US deaths from coronavirus by October 1 — an increase…
More than 1 out of 3 tested federal inmates were positive for coronavirus
More than 35% of federal inmates who have tested for coronavirus were positive, according to data from The Bureau of…
Texas reports new record for daily Covid-19 cases
An Amtrak train heads through Little Falls, New York, on May 19. David Boe/AP Amtrak is warning of another round…
Steroids reduce COVID-19 deaths among seriously ill patients, UK study suggests
Dexamethasone may help save up to one-third of patients on ventilators. June 16, 2020, 9:08 PM 5 min read 5…
Pence tweets photo of Trump reelection campaign
New Day Vice President Mike Pence tweeted a photo showing a crowd of President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign staff not…
Facebook takes down Proud Boys, American Guard accounts connected to protests
The Proud Boys and American Guard are identified as hate groups by the SPLC. June 16, 2020, 10:08 PM 4…
Mike Pence falsely claims coronavirus cases in Oklahoma are on the decline
“In a very real sense they’ve flattened the curve,” Pence said of Oklahoma. “The number of cases in Oklahoma has…
DOJ aims to stop publication of book in new lawsuit against John Bolton
The Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit Tuesday against former national security adviser John Bolton seeking to prevent the publication…
Pence tries to declare coronavirus over as Trump pushes reopening and campaigning
“We may be done with the pandemic, but the pandemic is not done with us,” Dr. Ashish Jha, director of…
Dash Harris is doing the work to end anti-Blackness in LatinX culture
courtesy of Dash Harris The African diaspora gave much of the world a cursed gift in a very layered identity.…
20 Indian soldiers killed in border clashes with Chinese troops
The deaths mark the first casualties between the two in decades. June 16, 2020, 7:50 PM 6 min read Indian…
George Floyd and Black Lives Matter protests across the US and world: Live updates
Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson Jr. speaks at the City Club in Los Angeles, on December 3, 2019…
Virginia governor to propose Juneteenth as state holiday
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday that he’ll propose making Juneteenth an official holiday in a state that was once…
Trump offers full-throated defense of police in executive action signing
But later he veered from that topic and that tone to assault his political rivals and tout the stock market’s…
Georgia city investigating police chief after Facebook post
An Atlanta-area police chief criticized for saying on social media that he doesn’t support the Black Lives Matter movement has…
Ex-prosecutor calls Trump’s police reform a ‘slap in the face’
CNN Right Now President Trump signed an executive order incentivizing police reform after multiple black Americans were recently killed at…