Someone threw an elaborate fireworks show late at night on a Brooklyn street, just as dozens of drivers fed up with illegal fireworks were honking their horns outside Gracie Mansion to disrupt Mayor Bill de Blasio’s dream, dramatic video posted on Twitter shows. The video, tweeted by Masha Protasova around …

Lincoln County, Oregon, has exempted non-whites from a new order requiring them to cover their faces in public, to avoid racial discrimination. Health officials announced last week that residents should wear face covers in public settings where they can be within six feet of someone other than from the same …

Libya’s internationally recognized government says the plans were discussed with the head of the United States African Command (AFRICOM) to jointly “fight terrorism” in the war-torn country during a meeting with Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj . Libyan-American discussions were held as Arab League foreign ministers were due to hold an …

The data shows that global cases are increasing to record levels, many of them in Latin America and Asia, in countries that never had control over the virus, such as Brazil, Mexico and India. In other countries that have made good progress in reducing or containing the virus, including Germany, …

The NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund (LDF) is urging the Senate to block a Republican Party police reform bill to get an initial test vote on Wednesday. The NAACP LDF, which is a separate entity from the NAACP, sent a letter to the Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) …