Nation Jun 08 WATCH: Congressional Democrats hold moment of silence to honor George Floyd “We're here to observe that pain,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, drawing on the nation's founding with slavery.
Nation Jun 08 Most stocks on Wall Street rise again on hopes for economy The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 248 points, or 0.9%, at 27,359, as of 10:52 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was up 0.2%.
World Jun 08 BP to cut 10,000 jobs worldwide amid virus pandemic Chief Executive Bernard Looney said that the cuts will affect office-based roles in BP's global workforce of 70,000 people and come mostly this year.
Politics Jun 08 Democrats look to counter GOP vote-by-mail fraud claims Democrats are mounting a new effort to push back against a well-funded Republican campaign that seeks to undermine public confidence in mail-in voting.
Politics Jun 08 WATCH: Congressional Democrats unveil police overhaul plan The package, among other things, would change “qualified immunity” protections for police “to enable individuals to recover damages when law enforcement officers violate their constitutional rights,” it says.
World Jun 08 Restoration work resumes on Paris' fire-ravaged Notre Dame On Monday morning operations began to dismantle scaffolding that was already in place before the April 2019 fire amid previous restoration efforts on the old structures.
Nation Jun 08 NYC police misconduct often involves minority youths, watchdog report says The vast majority of complaints about New York City police officers' mistreatment of youths stemmed from encounters with black and Hispanic children, according to the report.
Nation Jun 08 Tropical storm crashes onto U.S. Gulf Coast amid flood threat Cristobal made an afternoon landfall between the mouth of the Mississippi River and the since-evacuated barrier island resort community of Grand Isle, the storm packing 50-mph (85-kph) winds.
Nation Jun 07 Minneapolis council majority backs disbanding police force It's an aggressive stance that comes just as the state has launched a civil rights investigation after George Floyd’s death.
Nation Jun 07 NY Times editorial page editor resigns amid fury over op-ed The New York Times’ editorial page editor has resigned amid outrage over an op-ed by a Republican senator who advocated using federal troops to quell protests — outrage that only grew when it was revealed the editor had not read…