5 things to know for April 15: Covid, White House, voter suppression, Russia, China
It’s Tax Day in the US, but don’t freak out! You still have a month to file your 2020 return. There are other changes to this tax season…
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Russian magazine raided, journalists charged by authorities
The office of a Russian magazine for students was raided and several of its editors were temporarily detained by authorities on Wednesday morning,…
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Many Evangelicals say they won’t be vaccinated against Covid-19. Some experts say distrust and misinformation have played a role
At Pastor Tony Spell’s Sunday sermon this week, he preached a different kind of message than usual to his congregants: Don’t trust…
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Former officer charged in the death of Daunte Wright to make first court appearance as tension eases at protests
While protesters gathered for the fourth night in a row in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center to protest the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright,…
Continue ReadingNepal’s rhino population grows to highest in decades as pandemic pauses tourism
Nepal’s population of one-horned rhinos has increased to its highest number in more than 20 years, partly owing to a pause in tourism due to…
Continue ReadingThe body of an LSU student who went missing a week ago has been found in Mississippi River
The body of missing Louisiana State University student Kori Gauthier has been recovered, according to a joint press release from Baton Rouge Police…
Continue ReadingBlack Buffalo police officer fired for trying to stop chokehold wins ruling, to get pension
A Black police officer in Buffalo, New York, who was fired in 2008 for intervening when a White colleague employed a chokehold will be given back pay…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea’s dangerous ghost doctors are putting plastic surgery patients’ lives at risk
One Friday night, Kwon Tae-hoon received a call. “Are you the brother of Mr. Kwon Dae-hee?” the caller asked. “Your brother is in…
Continue ReadingFormer medical examiner says George Floyd died due to his heart disease — not Derek Chauvin
Maryland’s former chief medical examiner testified for Derek Chauvin’s defense on Wednesday that George Floyd died due to his underlying…
Continue ReadingDaunte Wright called his mother right before he was shot. This is what he said
Moments before he was killed, Daunte Wright called his mother and told her he got pulled over. She had no idea it would be the last time she would…
Continue ReadingNew Yorker who allegedly waved a four-bladed glove at Black Lives Matter protesters indicted on charges of trying to hit them with an SUV
A New Yorker who prosecutors say yelled “I will kill you” at Black Lives Matter protesters and then allegedly drove an SUV onto a…
Continue ReadingThe body of an LSU student who was went missing a week ago has been found in Mississippi River
The body of missing Louisiana State University student Kori Gauthier has been recovered, according to a joint press release from Baton Rouge Police…
Continue ReadingFrance cuts two nuclear-powered submarines in half to make one new one
A French nuclear-powered submarine severely damaged by fire last year has been saved from the scrapyard — by cutting it in two and welding the…
Continue ReadingOne body recovered, but 12 people still missing after a commercial vessel capsized off Louisiana coast
One deceased person has been found and 12 others are missing after a commercial vessel capsized Tuesday several miles south of Port Fourchon,…
Continue ReadingClasses canceled at Knoxville school for two days after armed student is killed in encounter with police
No classes were held for the last two days at a school in Knoxville after a student was killed and a police officer was shot and injured during an…
Continue ReadingEric Garner’s mother says Caron Nazario, who was pepper-sprayed in a Virginia traffic stop, is part of her family
Eric Garner‘s mother saw her son’s last minutes after police put him in a chokehold six years ago. This week, she revealed that another…
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Here’s what we know about Kim Potter, the officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright
The fatal shooting of a 20-year-old Black man named Daunte Wright by a White police officer outside Minneapolis has prompted protests and clashes…
Continue ReadingEx-officer charged with 2nd-degree manslaughter in Daunte Wright killing
An ex-police officer who shot and killed a Black man in a Minneapolis suburb after a traffic stop has been arrested and charged with second-degree…
Continue ReadingVirginia police chief calls controversial traffic stop of US Army officer ‘a teaching moment’
The police chief of Windsor, Virginia, said Wednesday that a traffic stop in which two officers pointed guns at a US Army officer, pepper-sprayed him…
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