Jun 18 WATCH: Pelosi orders removal of Confederate portraits from Capitol By Matthew Daly, Associated Press House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she is ordering the removal from the Capitol of portraits honoring four previous House speakers who served in the Confederacy. Continue reading
Jun 18 Supreme Court rejects Trump administration’s move to end DACA protections for nearly 700,000 young immigrants By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President Donald Trump's effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants. Continue reading
Jun 18 World War II sweetheart singer Vera Lynn dies at 103 By Danica Kirka, Associated Press Dame Vera Lynn, the endearingly popular "Forces' Sweetheart" who serenaded British troops abroad during World War II, has died at 103. Continue reading
Jun 18 Jean Kennedy Smith, last surviving sibling of JFK, dies By Associated Press The last surviving sibling of President John F. Kennedy and a former ambassador to Ireland died Wednesday. Continue reading
Jun 16 WATCH: De Blasio announces policy mandating release of NYC police body-cam footage By Associated Press A new policy will require New York City police to release all body camera footage of shootings and other use-of-force incidents that result in injury or death, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday in what he billed as another step… Continue reading
Jun 16 WATCH: Trump signs executive order on police reform By Lisa Mascaro, Jill Colvin, Zeke Miller, Associated Press Embracing a new priority, President Donald Trump is set to announce executive actions on police procedures and Senate Republicans are preparing a package of policing changes as the GOP rushes to respond to mass demonstrations over the deaths of George… Continue reading
Jun 16 North Korea blows up inter-Korean office, raising tensions By Kim Tong-Hyung, Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office building just north of the heavily armed border with South Korea on Tuesday, in a carefully choreographed display of anger that sharply raises tensions on the Korean Peninsula and puts pressure on… Continue reading
Jun 16 Beijing expands lockdowns as cases top 100 in new outbreak By Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press Chinese authorities locked down a third neighborhood in Beijing on Tuesday as they rushed to prevent the spread of a new coronavirus outbreak that has infected more than 100 people in a country that appeared to have largely contained the… Continue reading
Jun 11 WATCH: Pelosi says Confederate symbols ‘have to go’ from Capitol, bases By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that it's time to remove symbols honoring Confederate figures from the U.S. Capitol building and military bases as the pandemic and racial unrest force a national reckoning with racial discrimination. Continue reading
Jun 11 Stolen Banksy work honoring Bataclan victims found in Italy By Andrea Rosa, Associated Press Italian authorities have unveiled a stolen artwork by British artist Banksy that was painted as a tribute to the victims of the 2015 terror attacks at the Bataclan music hall in Paris. Continue reading