Minneapolis Police Station Set Ablaze As Protests Spread Over George Floyd’s Death
Prosecutors say a probe of the unarmed black man’s death in Minneapolis is underway and federal charges are possible. Violent protests erupted for a third night.
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Stung By Twitter, Trump Signs Executive Order To Weaken Social Media Companies
President Trump signs an executive order aimed at limiting the broad legal protections enjoyed by social media companies days after Twitter fact-checked two of his tweets.
Antibody Tests Point To Lower Death Rate For The Coronavirus Than First Thought
Tests for the immune response to the coronavirus are revealing thousands of people who were infected but never got severely ill.
Listen — 3:5540.8 Million Out Of Work In The Past 10 Weeks, 26% Of Labor Force
More than 1 in 4 U.S. workers have lost their jobs since coronavirus shutdowns began.
Rebuffing Criticism, China Moves Forward With Hong Kong Security Law
The National People’s Congress authorized lawmakers to draft and enact a national security law aimed at suppressing dissent in Hong Kong. The U.S. says it means the end of the city's sovereignty.
U.S.-China Tensions Were Already High. Pandemic And Hong Kong Have Made Things Worse.
Relations between the economic giants have gone downhill fast since they signed a preliminary trade pact four months ago. The latest tussles over the coronavirus and Hong Kong add to the friction.
Listen — 3:48'We All Feel At Risk': 100,000 People Dead From COVID-19 In The U.S.
The somber number presents a moment to consider who has died and how many others in the U.S. might follow.
Trump Threatens To Shut Down Social Media After Twitter Adds Warning To His Tweets
The threat came one day after Twitter added a fact-check warning to Trump’s tweets claiming that mail-in ballots are fraudulent.
4 Police Officers Fired After A Black Man Dies In Minneapolis Police Custody
In a video, the man repeatedly cries out and says, “I cannot breathe,” while an officer continues to push down on the man’s neck with his knee.
Twitter Places Fact-Checking Warning On Trump Tweet For 1st Time
A link is added to a tweet in which the president claims without evidence that mail-in ballots are fraudulent.
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