What we know about potential armed protests ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration
Washington, DC, and states across the country are heightening security and preparing reinforcements this week ahead of potential armed protests from…
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A driver was arrested after police say she struck 2 women peacefully protesting the police shooting of Andrew Brown Jr.
A White driver is in custody and could face a hate crime penalty after she struck two Black women with a car during a protest Monday over the fatal…
Continue Reading5 things to know for May 25: George Floyd, Covid-19, Justice Dept, immigration, India
The US has warned Americans not to travel to Japan as Covid-19 case numbers there rise, dealing another blow to the already uncertain future of the…
Continue ReadingAt least 31 dead and thousands displaced after volcanic eruption in Democratic Republic of Congo
At least 31 people have died and hundreds of children were feared missing or separated from their families Monday after Mount Nyiragongo erupted in…
Continue ReadingMyanmar ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi appears in court in person for first time since coup
Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi attended a court hearing Monday, her first appearance in person since the military seized…
Continue ReadingNew York City plans mandatory in-person school this fall. That’s left these parents with both hope and worry
Faced with a return to in-person learning in the fall — and with no option for remote schooling — New York parents are hopeful —…
Continue ReadingThe Jewish man who was the victim of a gang assault in New York says the level of hatred was troubling
A 29-year-old Jewish man, who was attacked in a New York City gang assault said Friday that he could not understand why there was so much hate…
Continue ReadingA second person was arrested in the gang assault of a Jewish man in New York during protests
A second person has been arrested in connection with the attack on a Jewish man near Times Square during protests in New York City last week, the New…
Continue Reading15-year-old soccer player should be allowed to play in US professional women’s league, judge rules
A federal judge has ruled that a 15-year-old soccer player should be able to be signed by the National Women’s Soccer League despite the…
Continue Reading21-year-old University of Cincinnati soccer player drowned in an Ohio state park
A 21-year-old University of Cincinnati soccer player drowned in a state park in Ohio over the weekend, authorities said. The Ohio Department of…
Continue ReadingAt least 15 dead and thousands displaced after volcanic eruption in Democratic Republic of Congo
At least 31 people have died and hundreds of children were feared missing or separated from their families Monday after Mount Nyiragongo erupted in…
Continue ReadingPilot in contractor fighter jet that crashed near Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas has died
The pilot whose fighter jet crashed after it took off from Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas has died, according to a release from the…
Continue ReadingWHO coronavirus investigators pinpoint overlooked Chinese data for further study, source says
Previously overlooked Chinese data on extensive screening of animals for coronavirus around the time the pandemic erupted is among several areas…
Continue ReadingCovid made the Philippines’ hunger crisis worse. So why does hardly anyone want a vaccine?
With nine children and one grandchild, life was hard for Mona Liza Vito and her family even before the pandemic. Vito used to work long hours peeling…
Continue ReadingMore than 200 injured after two trains collide in Malaysian capital
More than 200 people were injured in Malaysia on Monday when two trains collided in the capital Kuala Lumpur, the state-run Bernama news agency…
Continue ReadingNFL is reviewing claims made by former coach, who said he was told he was ‘not the right minority’ during an interview
The NFL is reviewing claims made by a former player and coach in the league, who said he was told he was “not the right minority” while…
Continue ReadingMali’s transitional leaders arrested by military members, says UN mission
Mali’s transitional president and prime minister were arrested Monday and are now in the custody of military officers, according to a joint…
Continue ReadingPacific island swears in its first female PM in a tent after she is locked out of Parliament
Samoa swore in its first female Prime Minister in a makeshift ceremony in a tent Monday after she was locked out of Parliament amid a power struggle…
Continue ReadingAircraft crashes after taking off from Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas
An aircraft operated by a contractor crashed after it took off from Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas, according to tweets from the military…
Continue ReadingNation’s largest Confederate memorial to get new exhibit telling the ‘whole story’ of Georgia’s Stone Mountain
A new exhibit that seeks to explain “the whole story” of the nation’s largest Confederate monument, including the history of the Ku…
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