Jun 15 WATCH: Minnesota governor marks 100th anniversary of Duluth lynching By Associated Press Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz marked the 100th anniversary of a painful chapter in Duluth history by visiting a memorial to three black men lynched by a white mob. Continue reading
Jun 15 EU urges U.S. to join new Middle East peace effort By Lorne Cook, Associated Press European Union foreign ministers want the United States to join them in a new effort to breathe life into long-stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. Continue reading
Jun 15 Blame game breaks out over COVID-19 toll in nursing homes By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press A harrowing blame game with partisan overtones is breaking out over COVID-19 deaths among nursing home residents. Older and frail, they represent a tiny slice of the population but a shockingly high proportion of pandemic deaths. Continue reading
Jun 15 Mexico president would sell gas to Venezuela if asked despite U.S. sanctions By Associated Press Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he'd be willing to sell gasoline to Venezuela despite U.S. sanctions against the South American nation. López Obrador said Monday there's been no request, but he'd be willing to sell gasoline for humanitarian… Continue reading
Jun 15 France backs off chokehold ban, adds stun guns for police By Arno Pedram, Lori Hinnant, Associated Press France's government is testing stun guns for wider use and backing off a ban on police chokeholds after French police staged protests around the country last week. The government says it will allow chokeholds until a better immobilization tactic emerges,… Continue reading
Jun 15 WATCH: Family of Rayshard Brooks pleads for justice and change after Atlanta killing By Russ Bynum, Kate Brumback, Associated Press The family of a black man killed in a scuffle with Atlanta police outside a fast food drive-through is pleading for nonviolent protests and policy changes to end future deaths in police custody. Continue reading
Jun 15 WATCH: New York’s Cuomo offers coronavirus update By Associated Press On Sunday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo decried “rampant” violations of virus restrictions and threatened to reinstate business closings in areas where local governments failed to enforce the rules. Watch Monday's news conference here. Continue reading
Jun 15 WATCH: Trump holds roundtable called ‘Fighting for America’s Seniors’ By Candice Norwood President Donald Trump will hold a roundtable discussion with senior citizens. Continue reading
Jun 15 SCOTUS rules LGBTQ people protected from job discrimination By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The court decided by a 6-3 vote that a key provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 known as Title VII that bars job discrimination because of sex, among other reasons, encompasses bias against LGBT workers. Continue reading
Jun 14 Trump executive order on police reform expected to include use of force guidelines, misconduct tracker, source says By Yamiche Alcindor Amid nationwide protests, the president's executive order is expected to include the creation of national standards for police use-of-force as well as for tracking police misconduct, according to a civil rights lawyer who plans to be at the signing and… Continue reading