Obama calls on every U.S. mayor to pursue policing reforms in wake of protests
In his first live remarks on the unrest gripping dozens of U.S. cities, former U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday urged every American mayor to review and reform their police department’s use-of-force policies in consultation with their communiti…
ACLU sues Minnesota police, alleging harassment of journalists at protests
The American Civil Liberties Union has accused Minnesota law enforcement of wrongly arresting, injuring and harassing journalists covering unrest sparked by the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, in Minneapolis police custody.
After long silence, Mattis denounces Trump and military response to crisis
After long refusing to explicitly criticize a sitting president, former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis accused President Donald Trump on Wednesday of trying to divide America and roundly denounced a militarization of the U.S. response to civil unrest.
Amazon is sued over warehouses after New York worker brings coronavirus home, cousin dies
Amazon.com Inc has been sued for allegedly fostering the spread of the coronavirus by mandating unsafe working conditions, causing at least one employee to contract COVID-19, bring it home, and see her cousin die.
Mexican glass maker Vitro to shut two U.S. plants due to coronavirus
Mexican glass producer Vitro said on Wednesday that it will shut two plants in the United States before the end of the year after the effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic hit demand from the automotive sector.
UCLA complains Jackie Robinson Stadium used as ‘field jail’ for civil rights protesters
The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) said it was “troubled” by reports that the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) used its baseball venue Jackie Robinson Stadium as a “field jail” for people arrested while staging “Black Lives Matter” pro…
Trump says he likely won’t need military to respond to protests
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he did not believe that he would need to use U.S. troops to counter domestic protests sparked by a police killing of an unarmed black man in Minneapolis.
Fired U.S. State Department watchdog tells lawmakers he was impartial
A State Department inspector general abruptly fired by U.S. President Donald Trump last month defended his record to lawmakers on Wednesday, saying he had served in his oversight role without regard to politics.
African, Caribbean migrants continue trek towards U.S. border
Migrants from Africa and the Caribbean, stranded in Honduras after Central American countries closed their borders to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, on Wednesday kept marching north in an attempt to reach the United States.
All four Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd death
Prosecutors on Wednesday leveled new criminal charges against four Minneapolis police officers implicated in the death of an unarmed black man who was pinned by his neck to the street during an arrest caught on video, sparking nine days of nationwide p…
