Nation May 31 Protests flare again in US amid calls to end police violence Curfews 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 unrest America’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 cities Tense 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 spread Thousands 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 murder The 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 response Spurred 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 Twitter Late 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…
Nation May 28 Bracing for more unrest over George Floyd's death, Minnesota calls on National Guard Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has called in the National Guard as a wounded Minneapolis braces for more violence over the death of a handcuffed black man in police custody.
Health May 12 'The grief is so unbearable': Virus takes toll on Navajo From one church, COVID-19 took hold on the Navajo Nation, hopscotching across families and clans and churches and towns, and leaving the reservation with some of the highest infection rates in the U.S.