Politics

Fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin charged with George Floyd’s murder

By Tim Sullivan, Amy Forliti, Associated Press

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…

WATCH: ‘We are a country with an open wound,’ Biden says about protests following the killing of George Floyd

By Will Weissert, Associated Press

Former Vice President and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will deliver remarks about the death of George Floyd in police custody, which spurred ongoing protests in Minneapolis.

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.

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.

NSA says Russian agents have been hacking major email program

By Frank Bajak, Associated Press

The U.S. National Security Agency says the same Russian military hacking group that interfered in the 2016 presidential election and unleashed a devastating 2017 malware attack has been exploiting a major email server program since last August or earlier.

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.

Obama’s VP pick was a clear choice. Biden’s won’t be

By Daniel Bush

Joe Biden's promise earlier this year that he would choose a woman as his running mate narrowed the field of potential vice presidential candidates. But there is still no consensus in Democratic circles about who Biden should pick.

The cost of redacting police body cam footage must be paid by governments, court rules

By Don Thompson, Associated Press

Governments must bear the costs of redacting police body camera video before making it public, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a decision that was hailed by media organizations and will be costly for cities and counties.

U.S. charges North Korean bank officials in sanctions case

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

The Justice Department has unsealed charges against more than two dozen North Korean individuals accused of making at least $2.5 billion in illicit payments linked to the country's nuclear weapons and missile program.

Mitch McConnell stresses need to wear face masks in public

By Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is stressing the importance of wearing masks in public as the nation's economy reopens. In doing so, the Kentucky Republican waded into a politically charged issue.