U.S. Supreme Court rejects cases over ‘qualified immunity’ for police
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear eight cases involving a legal defense called qualified immunity that can be used to shield government officials from lawsuits including seven involving police accused of excessive force or other miscond…
Atlanta mayor says ‘abundantly clear’ review of policing needed
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Bottoms said on Monday she would issue a series of administrative orders to accelerate a review of policing in the wake of the police shooting of Rayshard Brooks.
Trump campaign to give Tulsa rally-goers masks, fever checks
People attending President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday will receive temperature checks, masks and hand sanitizer before entering the arena, the Republican’s campaign said.
Presidential candidate Biden, Democratic Party raise $81 million in May
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee jointly raised $80.8 million in May, the Biden campaign said on Monday, the campaign’s largest monthly sum of the presidential race.
Biden lands Planned Parenthood endorsement in U.S. presidential race
The political advocacy arm of reproductive-services provider Planned Parenthood on Monday endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for U.S. president, calling his race against Republican President Donald Trump a “fight for our country’s very survival.”
Family of Rayshard Brooks demands justice after Atlanta police fatally shoot him in the back
Relatives of Rayshard Brooks, many of them in tears, called for justice and “drastic change” in policing after a white Atlanta officer fatally shot the African-American man in the back, and the city’s mayor called for a shake-up in the force.
New York to allow gatherings of up to 25 people: Cuomo
Gatherings of up to 25 people will be permitted in parts of New York that have entered the third phase of the state’s reopening plan, up from a previous limit of 10, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday.
In landmark ruling, U.S. Supreme Court bars discrimination against LGBT workers
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered a watershed victory for LGBT rights and a defeat for President Donald Trump’s administration by ruling that a longstanding federal law barring workplace discrimination protects gay and transgender employees.
The family of Rayshard Brooks call for justice, change after the black man’s death by police
The family of Rayshard Brooks, a black man whose death reignited protests in Atlanta over the weekend, on Monday said they were “heartbroken” and “tired” of the racial injustice that they said led to Brooks’ death at the hands of Atlanta police.
Russia defends 16-year jail term for ex-U.S. Marine on spying charges
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday that a 16-year jail term handed down by a Moscow court to former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan was neither unfair nor too harsh and that he would have been given a longer sentence in the United States.
