Dozens of babies have contracted the coronavirus in just one Texas county, authorities said, as the state continued to reach a record number of daily deaths. Health officials made the grim announcement when the state reported a record 174 new deaths from coronavirus on Friday, numbers that are expected to …
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Blue Jays’ application to play in Toronto denied
The Toronto Blue Jays will not be able to play home games in Toronto amid the coronavirus pandemic, Canadian officials ruled Saturday.
Read More »New York Police Officer Wounded When Arresting Pro-Police Protester Defacing BLM Mural
A New York police officer was injured after slipping on the paint while trying to stop a woman splashing black paint on the Black Lives Matter street mural outside the Trump Tower in Manhattan. The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon in the 5th Avenue mural created on the orders of …
Read More »Portland Police Say Federal Officers Will Not Work At Their Incident Command Center
The Federal Protection Service will not use its command center starting Saturday night, according to Portland police. During Friday night’s protests, Portland officials and other law enforcement officers, including those from federal agencies, worked together to respond to the dispersed crowds, Portland police said in a statement. Federal officials worked …
Read More »John Lewis’s death sparks support for renaming the Edmund Pettus Bridge, the site of Bloody Sunday, in his honor
After Representative John Lewis died on Friday, millions have paid tribute to decades of Georgia Congress activism, fighting for social justice and voting rights. Many pointed to Lewis’s iconic leadership in the 1965 march that became known as Bloody Sunday, sparking a wave of support to rename the Edmund Pettus …
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