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A statue of a UK Black Lives Matter protester was removed on Thursday, just a day after it replaced a monument to 17th-century slave trader Edward Colston. The video shows helmets in Bristol carefully removing the statue of protester Jen Reid with her fist in the air around 5:20 am, …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US retail sales rose more than expected in June as consumers bought high-priced items like motor vehicles and went out to dinner, but a resurgence in new COVID cases- 19 is impacting the budding recovery, keeping 32 million Americans unemployed benefits. Economists attributed the second consecutive monthly …

Former New York Police Commissioner Howard Safir on Thursday blamed Mayor Bill de Blasio for protesters who attacked the officers. “I met with all the community leaders to tell them where they could protest, how we would protect them peacefully, and there was no riot, there was no violence, but …

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(Reuters) – The United States’ economic recovery showed signs of stagnation last week when the country struggled against rising coronavirus cases and an increasingly fractured government response, according to data from a broad set of industry sources and government. FILE PHOTO: A waitress takes customers’ temperatures when they come to …