White defendant used racial slur after shooting Ahmaud Arbery, investigator testifies

2020/06/05 03:08:43

One of the white men charged in the Georgia killing of Ahmaud Arbery used a racial slur after shooti...

'Get your knee off our necks,' activist Sharpton tells George Floyd memorial

2020/06/05 02:57:24

Prominent civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton told mourners on Thursday George Floyd's fatal ...

'How it's going ...' Goldman executive's email on racial inequality in America

2020/06/05 02:30:04

Frederick Baba, a managing director at Goldman Sachs who is black, sent the following email to colle...

U.S. EPA proposes changes to how clean air rules are written

2020/06/05 00:59:08

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released on Thursday a proposed overhaul of how major clean...

Floyd death sparks Democratic, Republican calls in U.S. Congress for action on policing

2020/06/05 00:57:04

The death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody and the protests that followed have st...

U.S. warship sails through Taiwan Strait on Tiananmen anniversary

2020/06/05 00:54:40

A U.S. warship sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Thursday, the U.S. and Taiwanese milita...

Virginia governor banishes statue of Civil War General Lee

2020/06/04 23:53:43

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, responding to widespread protests decrying racism after the death o...

Calls to suicide helpline show Thais' stress in downturn

2020/06/04 23:17:14

In the weeks before she took her own life, Thai waitress Nitiwadee Sae-Tia felt growing financial pr...

Pompeo calls Nasdaq's strict rules a model to guard against fraudulent Chinese companies

2020/06/05 03:01:56

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday warned American investors against fraudulent account...

Goldman Sachs executive's email making plea for racial equality goes viral at firm

2020/06/05 02:30:04

An email by a Goldman Sachs Group Inc employee about his experiences of racial injustice and critic...

Video of Floyd's death offers clues into ex-Minneapolis officers' possible defense, say legal experts

2020/06/05 01:00:38

The video of George Floyd's death offers clues into how three former Minneapolis police officers cha...

Attorney General Barr says foreign groups, extremists stoking divisions in U.S. protests

2020/06/05 00:58:22

U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Thursday that foreign interests and "extremist agitators"...

U.S. senators, college leader spar over shielding schools from coronavirus lawsuits

2020/06/05 00:56:14

A U.S. Senate committee on Thursday debated whether to support a bill that would shield universities...

D.C. mayor wants Trump's out-of-state troops gone from U.S. capital

2020/06/05 00:41:31

Thousands of National Guard troops and federal officers in riot gear and masks ringed the White Hous...

Businesses should be reimbursed for damage by protesters, California governor says

2020/06/04 23:46:57

Businesses damaged in protests over the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who was asphyx...