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Nation Jun 04
WATCH: George Floyd remembered at memorial service in MinneapolisThe memorial services to honor George Floyd are extraordinary: three cities over six days, with a chance for mourners to pay their respects in the communities where he was born, grew up, and died.
Nation Jun 03
WATCH: Murder charge upgraded in Floyd case, 3 other cops chargedProsecutors are charging a Minneapolis police officer accused of pressing his knee against George Floyd's neck with second-degree murder, and for the first time are leveling charges against three other officers.
Nation May 31
Protests flare again in US amid calls to end police violenceCurfews were imposed in major cities around the U.S., including Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. About 5,000 National Guard soldiers and airmen were activated in 15 states and Washington, D.C.
Nation May 31
U.S. cities assess protest damage, await another day of unrestAmerica’s cities boarded up windows, swept up glass and covered graffiti Sunday as the country's most significant night of protests in a half-century promised to spill into another day of unrest fueled by killings of black people at the hands…
Nation May 31
‘We’re sick of it’: Anger over police killings shatters U.S.The scale of the protests, extending to nearly every part of the country and unfolding on a single night, seemed to rival the historic demonstrations of the civil rights and Vietnam eras. And by Sunday morning, the outrage had spread…
Nation May 31
Protests over police killings rage in dozens of US citiesTense protests over the death of George Floyd and other police killings of black people grew Saturday from New York to Tulsa to Los Angeles, with police cars set ablaze and reports of injuries mounting on all sides as the…
Nation May 30
Thousands ignore Minneapolis curfew as U.S. protests spreadThousands of protesters ignored a curfew and vows of a forceful police response to take to the Minneapolis streets for a fourth straight night, as the anger stoked by the police killing of George Floyd spread to more cities across…
Politics May 29
Fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin charged with George Floyd’s murderThe police officer who was seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in custody after pleading that he could not breathe, was arrested Friday and charged with murder in a case…
Nation May 29
WATCH: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz acknowledges ‘abject failure’ in protest responseSpurred by the killing of Floyd, people protested in the streets in Minneapolis this week.
Nation May 29
Protesters set fire to Minneapolis police precinct as Trump attacks uprising on TwitterLate Thursday, President Donald Trump tweeted “Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts,” he…
