Louis Krauss, who shared the video of the fall, said there were at least 300 people gathered at the scene. “After it overturned, the statue was smashed into several pieces, which were then dragged across the plaza and dumped into the inner harbor,” Krauss told CNN. The statue has been …
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A mural of the Prince leaning against a Little Red Corvette looks up at the statue, which was installed June 28 in Henderson, Minnesota. Fans of the 1984 film will recognize Henderson from the Lake Minnetonka scene where actress Apollonia Kotero’s character jumped into the icy water only to discover …
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(Reuters) – Florida and Texas, two states that have emerged as the latest hot spots for the US coronavirus outbreak, both reported record daily increases in confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, with nearly 20,000 additional infections combined. . For the sixth consecutive day, Texas also posted a record high …
Read More »Two Seattle protesters hit by a car on the road, one seriously injured
The Washington State Patrol investigates the scene in which two people in a group of protesters were caught by a car on Interstate 5 while the road was closed to traffic due to the protest in Seattle, Washington, USA, 4 July 2020. REUTERS / Jason Redmond (Reuters) – Two protesters …
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