Category Archives: World

Protests large but peaceful after new charges in Floyd case
MINNEAPOLIS - Demonstrations across the U.S. to condemn racism and police abuses remained large but mostly without the violence of previous nights on the eve of a Thursday memorial service for George ...
Jun 04, 2020

Officer shot, 2nd slashed in Brooklyn hours into NYC curfew
NEW YORK - A police officer was shot and a second one slashed in Brooklyn on Wednesday, hours after a curfew that was intended to quell unrest over the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, police said....
Jun 03, 2020

Virginia governor to announce removal of Lee statue
RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is expected to announce plans Thursday for the removal of an iconic statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from Richmond's prominent Monument Avenue, a se...
Jun 03, 2020

Snapchat to stop 'promoting' Trump amid uproar over tweets
OAKLAND, Calif. - Snapchat will stop "promoting" President Donald Trump on its video messaging service, the latest example of a social media platform adjusting how it treats this U.S. president. Last ...
Jun 03, 2020

Cannes announces lineup for a festival cancelled by COVID
From an empty movie theatre in Paris, organizers of the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday announced the films that would have played at there in May had it not been cancelled by the pandemic. The sele...
Jun 03, 2020

Fed approves expansion of state and local support program
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve has approved an expansion of its $500 billion emergency program to support state and local governments. The expansion will allow all states to have at least two cities...
Jun 03, 2020

Pilgrim’s Pride CEO among indicted for chicken price fixing
The CEO of Pilgrim's Pride is one of four current and former chicken company executives indicted Wednesday on charges of price-fixing. The U.S. Department of Justice said a federal grand jury in Color...
Jun 03, 2020

Active-duty troops deployed to DC region start to leave
WASHINGTON - Active-duty troops brought in to help if needed with the civil unrest in the nation's capitol are beginning to return to their home base, after two days of more peaceful demonstrations in...
Jun 03, 2020

Nation's streets calmest in days; police credit curfews
MINNEAPOLIS - Protesters marched on Wednesday in peaceful pleas to end police brutality, after a calmer night in cities across America void of the violence of recent days, as demonstrators heightened ...
Jun 03, 2020

Trump administration moves to block Chinese airlines from US
The Trump administration moved Wednesday to block Chinese airlines from flying to the U.S. in an escalation of trade and travel tensions between the two countries. The Transportation Department said i...
Jun 03, 2020