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AMC Theaters to require face masks after backlash

By Lindsey Bahr, Associated Press

The nation’s largest movie theater chain changed its position on mask-wearing less than a day after the company became a target on social media for saying it would defer to local governments on the issue.

U.N. rights body to report on racism after Floyd killing

By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press

The action by the Human Rights Council on Friday stopped short of ordering a more intensive investigation singling out the United States after George Floyd's death on May 25.

WATCH: Navy upholds firing of carrier captain in virus outbreak

By Lolita C. Baldor, Robert Burns, Associated Press

The spread of the coronavirus aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt while on deployment in the Pacific in March exploded into one of the biggest military leadership crises of recent years.

WATCH: House briefing explores structural racism in policing

By Laura Santhanam

Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform heard testimony Friday about systemic racism in policing after police-involved killings of black Americans.

WATCH: Powell discusses ways to rebuild the workplace amid COVID-19

By Associated Press

The chairman's remarks to a House committee came on the second day of his semi-annual testimony to Congress on monetary policy.

Officer involved in Breonna Taylor shooting to be fired

By Rebecca Reynolds Yonker, Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press

Louisville's mayor says one of three police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor will be fired.

How ‘vaccine nationalism’ could hurt vulnerable populations

By Ana Santos Rutschman, The Conversation

Should the U.S. be able to pre-order vaccines for its citizens when other populations around the globe are at greater risk?…

WATCH: Juneteenth reading of Emancipation Proclamation in Galveston, Texas

By Laura Santhanam

Juneteenth is observed on June 19 to commemorate the day in 1865 when Union military officials let slaves in Galveston, Texas, know they had been freed.

What happened 101 years ago in the Tulsa Race Massacre

By Gretchen Frazee

Up to 300 black Tulsans were murdered by white residents, and a thriving neighborhood burned to the ground.

Trump says he will renew effort to end DACA protections

By Deb Reichmann, Astrid Galvan, Associated Press

President Trump says he will renew his administration’s effort to end legal protections for young immigrants after Supreme Court blocked the first try.