May 29 WATCH: U.S. cuts World Health Organization ties over virus response By Ben Fox, Associated Press He said the WHO failed to adequately respond to the coronavirus because China has "total control" over the global organization. Continue reading
May 29 Twitter adds ‘glorifying violence’ warning to Trump tweet By Associated Press Twitter has added a warning to one of President Donald Trump’s tweets about protests in Minneapolis. The company says the tweet violated the platform’s rules about glorifying violence. Continue reading
May 29 WATCH: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz acknowledges ‘abject failure’ in protest response By Tim Sullivan, Amy Forliti, Associated Press Spurred by the killing of Floyd, people protested in the streets in Minneapolis this week. Continue reading
May 29 Protesters set fire to Minneapolis police precinct as Trump attacks uprising on Twitter By Tim Sullivan, Amy Forliti, Associated Press 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… Continue reading
May 29 Police nationwide condemn custody death of George Floyd By Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press Murder. Brutality. Reprehensible. Indefensible. Police nationwide, in unequivocal and unprecedented language, have condemned the actions of Minneapolis police in the custody death of a handcuffed black man who cried for help as an officer knelt on his neck, pinning him… Continue reading
May 28 Watch 9:55 ‘We want justice’ for George Floyd, local activist says as violence erupts in Minneapolis Communities in Minneapolis are reeling from the death of George Floyd, the bitter dynamic many residents feel with law enforcement and how protests have changed over the past day. Minnesota’s governor called in the National Guard Thursday to help quell… Continue watching
May 28 Trump ally Stone won’t need to go to prison quarantine site By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press Longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone will start his prison sentence without needing to comply with a Bureau of Prisons directive that newly-sentenced inmates be sent to a quarantine site. Continue reading
May 28 Watch 9:20 What Americans are looking for from leaders at a time of extraordinary loss More than 100,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 so far -- a number unimaginable before the pandemic began. The U.S. has nearly 30 percent of reported deaths worldwide. How does this tragic moment fit into American historical context? Judy Woodruff… Continue watching
May 28 Man charged for attempted $317 million sale of virus masks that didn’t exist By Associated Press A Georgia man has been charged in federal court with trying to swindle a foreign government out of $317 million in exchange for a huge shipment of masks to protect against the coronavirus that didn't really exist. Continue reading
May 28 Bracing for more unrest over George Floyd’s death, Minnesota calls on National Guard By Tim Sullivan, Amy Forliti, Associated Press 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. Continue reading