Mourners gather in Minneapolis to remember George Floyd; attorney general sees protest ‘agitators’
Mourners gathered in Minneapolis on Thursday for a service to remember George Floyd, the black man whose death in police custody set off a wave of protests that have roiled America in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and a divisive presidential el…
Three Minneapolis police charged in Floyd case appear in court, bail set at $1 million
Three Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting in the murder of George Floyd, a black man whose killing in police custody set off widespread protests, made their first court appearances on Thursday.
Germany’s Merkel calls for reconciliation after ‘terrible’ Floyd murder
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the murder of George Floyd, the black man whose death in U.S. police custody set off a wave of protests, was a “very very terrible thing” and called for reconciliation.
Trump to give agencies power to fast-track big infrastructure projects, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday is expected to sign an executive order that would give federal agencies emergency powers to fast-track major energy and other infrastructure projects by overriding environmental permitting requirements, two sourc…
U.S. health department asks labs to add demographic data to COVID-19 results
U.S. laboratories testing patients for COVID-19 are required to report data such as a patient’s age and ethnicity along with test results, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on Thursday.
Pelosi says increased military in Washington is ‘alarming’
The increased presence of U.S. military and federal law enforcement, including unidentified officers, in Washington is “alarming,” U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday, calling on President Donald Trump to disclose the agencies operating in…
Attorney General Barr says foreign groups, extremists stoking divisions in U.S. protests
U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Thursday that foreign interests and “extremist agitators” tied to the Antifa movement have tried to exploit nationwide protests over the latest in a long series of killings of black men by white police officer…
New York’s Cuomo, concerned about COVID-19 spread, asks protesters to get tested
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday said several days and nights of demonstrations in the state after the killing of George Floyd could accelerate the spread of the coronavirus, and urged protesters to get tested.
Protesters should ‘highly consider’ getting COVID-19 tests, U.S. official says
Protesters particularly in cities that have struggled to control the novel coronavirus should “highly consider” getting tested for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus, a top U.S. health official said on Thursday.
U.S. CDC reports 1,842,101 coronavirus cases
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday reported 1,842,101 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 14,676 cases from its previous count, and said that the number of deaths had risen by 827 to 107,029.
