Sep 01 Los Angeles sheriff’s office says Black bicyclist fatally shot by police had dropped a gun By Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press Authorities say a Black man who deputies said was stopped for riding his bicycle in violation of vehicle codes was fatally shot when he dropped a bundle of items that included a gun. Continue reading
Sep 01 WATCH: Trump visits Kenosha, calls out violence as ‘anti-American’ By Zeke Miller, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press President Donald Trump is diving head-first into the latest eruption in the nation's reckoning over racial injustice with a trip Tuesday to Kenosha, Wisconsin, over the objections of local leaders. Continue reading
Aug 31 State police returning to Portland following deadly shooting By Associated Press Oregon State Police will return to Portland to help local authorities after the fatal shooting of a man following clashes between President Donald Trump supporters and counter-protesters. Continue reading
Aug 27 WATCH: Mike Pence’s full speech at the Republican National Convention By Zeke Miller, Jill Colvin, Kevin Freking, Associated Press Vice President Mike Pence says people in the path of Hurricane Laura should heed warnings about the strength of the storm and he pledged the Trump administration’s help. Continue reading
Aug 20 Strike at Belarus’ state TV erodes government control By Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press In a new challenge to Belarus' authoritarian ruler, hundreds of employees of state television have gone on strike amid a rising tide of protests calling for his resignation after a vote the opposition saw as rigged. The journalists' action this… Continue reading
Aug 17 Embattled Belarus leader jeered by workers as strikes grow By Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press Workers heckled President Alexander Lukashenko as he visited a factory and strikes grew across Belarus, raising the pressure on the authoritarian leader to step down after 26 years in power. Continue reading
Aug 14 Texas doctors warn police not to use ‘less lethal’ munitions which can severely hurt people By Acacia Coronado, Associated Press/Report for America In a letter published Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine, 12 doctors from the Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas say Austin police who fired beanbag rounds caused injuries including bleeding on the brain and… Continue reading
Aug 14 Thousands flood Belarus capital as election protests grow By Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press Tens of thousands of people have flooded the heart of the Belarus capital of Minsk in a show of anger over a brutal police crackdown this week on peaceful protesters that followed a disputed election. Earlier, authorities freed at least… Continue reading
Aug 14 Thai student rallies continue despite activist’s arrest By Jerry Harmer, Associated Press Hundreds of students gathered at Chulalongkorn University in central Bangkok to hear speeches calling for a new constitution and for the government to resign. Continue reading
Aug 13 Protesters hold up U.S. detention of 2 in Oregon for 12 hours By Associated Press Border Patrol officers have used pepper spray in Oregon to push through a crowd of demonstrators to get to two men detained by immigration agents in a bus. The bus in the city of Bend could not move for about… Continue reading