Jun 07 Satellite images show ‘Black Lives Matter’ mural near the White House By News Desk On Saturday, satellite images captured the newly painted "Black Lives Matter" mural on 16th Street, near the White House in Washington, D.C. Continue reading
Jun 07 George Floyd protests spread to smaller, mostly white towns By Grant Schulte, Associated Press While the rallies in major cities nationwide have grabbed headlines, people living in smaller and mid-sized cities have also raised their voices to call for change. Some of those protests have turned violent. Continue reading
Jun 07 How a break in the nation’s food supply caused regional food companies to soar By Melanie Saltzman, Laura Fong During the first months of the pandemic, as industrial meat plants closed and grocery stores experienced shortages, some mid-sized local food companies saw an unexpected boom in business. As people across the country sheltered in place, they turned to these… Continue reading
Jun 07 Officials urge Floyd protesters to get coronavirus tests By Brian Mahoney, Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press As New York City prepared to reopen after a more than two-month coronavirus shutdown, officials on Sunday lifted a curfew that was put in place amid protests of police brutality and racial injustice. But they also urged that demonstrators be… Continue reading
Jun 07 Duty to intervene: Floyd cops spoke up but didn’t step in By Bernard Condon, Todd Richmond, Associated Press Minneapolis was among several cities that had policies on the books requiring police officers to intervene to stop colleagues from using unreasonable force, but that didn't save George Floyd. Continue reading
Jun 07 Rain, road flooding as Tropical Storm Cristobal draws closer By Associated Press Forecasters warned the storm would affect a wide area stretching roughly 180 miles (290 kilometers) east into Florida. But they forecast the worst impacts in southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi, where some spots could get up to 12 inches of… Continue reading
Jun 07 New York City curfew lifts early following peaceful protests By Brian Mahoney, Associated Press New York City is lifting its curfew spurred by protests against police brutality ahead of schedule, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Sunday morning. Continue reading
Jun 07 Massive, peaceful protests across U.S. demand police reform By Steven Sloan, Justin Pritchard, Tom Foreman Jr., Associated Press Massive demonstrations against racism and police brutality filled some of the nation’s most famous cityscapes Saturday, with tens of thousands of people marching peacefully in scenes that were more often festive than tense. Continue reading
Jun 06 ‘A very long, very loud existential scream’ By Yamiche Alcindor, Daniel Bush, Frank Carlson, Vika Aronson, Erica R. Hendry, Emily Carpeaux Amid the largest pandemic in a century, we're also experiencing the biggest protest movement in a generation. In this episode, protesters in Minneapolis and Washington, D.C., tell White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor and Political Reporter Daniel Bush about why they’ve… Continue reading
Jun 06 Watch 19:40 How Newark’s protest preparations have helped maintain calm By PBS NewsHour It has been more than 50 years since deadly riots in Newark, New Jersey broke out. But protests taking place there this past week over George Floyd's death have been mostly peaceful. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka joins Hari Sreenivasan to… Continue watching