May 12 Watch 3:41 News Wrap: Biden disputes Trump’s COVID-19 testing claims In our news wrap Tuesday, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden, disputed President Trump’s claims that anyone in the U.S. can get tested for COVID-19. The former vice president charged that Trump has demonstrated “needless complacency” in his response… Continue watching
May 12 Georgia AG seeks probe of prosecutors in Arbery killing case By Associated Press Georgia's attorney general has asked state law officers to investigate allegations of misconduct by local prosecutors in the killing of a black man who was chased by a white father and son, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced Tuesday. Continue reading
May 11 Watch 4:33 News Wrap: Biden blasts Trump’s handling of COVID-19 pandemic In our news wrap Monday, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden blasted President Trump’s handling of the pandemic. In an op-ed for The Washington Post, Biden argued Trump should be working to secure the same protections for all Americans that… Continue watching
May 10 Georgia AG requests federal probe in handling of Arbery case By Jeff Amy, Associated Press Georgia's attorney general on Sunday asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the handling of the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man who authorities say died at the hands of two white men as he ran through a… Continue reading
May 09 Georgia man’s death raises echoes of US racial terror legacy By Aaron Morrison, Russ Bynum, Associated Press The Feb. 23 shooting in coastal Georgia is drawing comparisons to a much darker period of U.S. history — when extrajudicial killings of black people, almost exclusively at the hands of white male vigilantes, inflicted racial terror on African Americans. Continue reading
May 08 Watch 2:15 News Wrap: Suspects in Ahmaud Arbery killing appear in court In our news wrap Friday, two white men in Georgia made their initial court appearance in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. Gregory and Travis McMichael were arrested Thursday night and face murder and assault charges in a case that sparked… Continue watching
May 08 WATCH: Georgia promises thorough probe in killing of Ahmaud Arbery By Russ Bynum, Ben Nadler, Associated Press Georgia authorities addressed the arrests in the Arbery case. Watch their remarks here. Continue reading
May 07 What we know about the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery By Courtney Vinopal, Yamiche Alcindor As attention surrounding the death of Ahmaud Arbery grows, questions about the shooting, and how law enforcement is handling it, remain. Here’s what we know about the case right now and what happens next. Continue reading
May 07 WATCH: Biden holds virtual roundtable with African American leaders in Florida By Will Weissert, Associated Press The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee ventured back onto the campaign trail Thursday, targeting the critical battleground state of Florida — but without actually leaving home. Continue reading
May 07 Watch 7:37 Attorney for Ahmaud Arbery’s family: ‘Why do we have 2 justice systems in America?’ Public outcry is mounting over the killing of an unarmed African American man in Georgia over two months ago. Recently released video shows 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery jogging in late February when he was shot to death by two white men,… Continue watching