LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police have arrested nearly 1,400 people in 17 U.S. cities since Thursday as protests continue over the death of George Floyd. Floyd died Monday in Minneapolis after a police officer put his knee on Floyd’s neck for more than 8 minutes. The officer, Derrick Chauvin, was […]
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David Guetta just brought New York City’s largest dance party from the Top of the Rock directly into fans’ homes through his #UnitedAtHomeNYC livestream. In an a collaborative effort with Mayor Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray, the French DJ spun from the top of 30 Rockefeller Center to […]
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — For President Trump, the launch of the sleek SpaceX rocket with two NASA astronauts on Saturday not only propelled America back into the heavens but, he hoped, gave a booster shot to his own beleaguered presidency after months of misery afflicting the country. After watching […]
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Civil unrest flared and curfews were imposed in several major U.S. cities on Saturday as demonstrators took to the streets to vent outrage at the death of a black man shown on video gasping for breath as a white Minneapolis policeman knelt on his neck. From Los […]
ZURICH (Reuters) – Formula One can start its season in Austria with two races behind closed doors on July 5 and 12, the country’s health ministry said on Saturday. FILE PHOTO: Formula One F1 – Austrian Grand Prix – Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria – June 30, 2019 Mercedes’ Lewis […]
MONTREAL/CHICAGO (Reuters) – A United Nations aviation-led task force is urging airlines, airports and countries to come up with a uniform approach to flying safely during the coronavirus pandemic, although it stopped short of providing specific requirements for the hard hit industry’s recovery. FILE PHOTO: Rows of empty seats of […]
Google’s slideshow Doodle celebrates the Galapagos Islands being being declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Google The Galapagos Islands, an archipelago more than 500 miles off Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean, were made famous by Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection, which was formed from observations the British naturalist made […]
Monica Alba 1d ago / 9:17 PM UTC WASHINGTON — After foregoing in-person fundraisers due to the coronavirus pandemic in March, President Trump is expected to resume the campaign staple in mid-June, according to a Republican National Committee official. The president will participate in two high-dollar fundraisers next month: one on June […]