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Hundreds March in Hong Kong as Leader Urges Stability

Posted by Associated Press | Jun 9, 2020 | World

Hundreds of people marched in Hong Kong’s streets on Tuesday to mark a year since the start of...

George Floyd, Whose Death Energized a Movement, to Be Buried

Posted by Associated Press | Jun 9, 2020 | World

The black man whose death has inspired a worldwide reckoning over racial injustice will be buried in Houston Tuesday, carried home in a horse-drawn carriage. George Floyd, who was 46 when he was killed, will be laid to rest next...

UNC Infectious Diseases Expert: ‘We Have Not Flattened the Curve’

Posted by Elle Kehres | Jun 8, 2020 | COVID-19, Health, UNC

One infectious diseases expert said, while we initially did a good job at flattening the curve,...

Police Back off as Peaceful Protests Push Deep Reforms

Posted by Associated Press | Jun 8, 2020 | World

Calls for deep police reforms gained momentum as leaders in the city where George Floyd died at the hands of police pushed to dismantle the entire department. Floyd’s death sparked nationwide protests demanding a reckoning with...

NYC Calmer as Buffalo Police Draw Ire for Protester Injury

Posted by Associated Press | Jun 5, 2020 | World

The latest night of protests in New York City sparked by the death of George Floyd at the hands of police was markedly calmer, while video of a police officer appearing to shove an elderly protester who falls and cracks his head...

Durham Sheriff Talks Crime, Safety and Protests with Latinx Community

Posted by Elle Kehres | Jun 5, 2020 | COVID-19, Crime, Safety

With coronavirus concerns, crimes, racial injustice and protests, the Durham County Sheriff’s...

Ex-Defense Chief Mattis Rips Trump for Dividing Americans

Posted by Associated Press | Jun 4, 2020 | World

In an extraordinary rebuke, former defense secretary Jim Mattis on Wednesday denounced President Donald Trump’s heavy-handed use of military force to quell protests near the White House and said his former boss was setting up a...