iStock/sshepardBy: JON HAWORTH, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A college professor been placed on administrative leave following a racist incident where he refused to call a student by her given name and instructed her — twice — to “anglicize” her name. Phuc Bui Diem Nguyen, a Vietnamese American freshman college […]
iStock/Kameleon007By: SONY SALZMAN, ABC News (NEW YORK) — From the start, the founders of Black Lives Matter have always put LGBTQ voices at the center of the conversation. The movement was founded by three Black women, Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi, two of whom identify as queer. By […]
iStock/MattGushBy: JON HAWORTH, ABC News (MINNEAPOLIS) — Eleven people have been shot and one person has been killed in an overnight shooting in Minneapolis. The incident began on Sunday morning at 12:37 a.m. when multiple calls were made to the emergency services regarding numerous people being shot on the 2900 […]
iSrock/RomoloTavaniBy: ABC News (NEW YORK) — As sport leagues prepare to resume their seasons following the COVID-19 outbreak, fans of the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest are relishing in excitement that the competition will still take place this year. George Shea, co-founder of Major League Eating and the event’s host, […]
Rawf8/iStockBy CHRISTINA CARREGA, ABC NEWS (ATLANTA) — An arrest warrant was issued on Saturday by Atlanta fire officials for a 29-year-old woman accused of setting fire to a Wendy’s restaurant hours after Rayshard Brooks was seen on surveillance video fatally shot by a police officer. Natalie White was charged with […]
jganser/iStockBy ELLA TORRES, ABC NEWS (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Florida continued to set record-breaking numbers of COVID-19 cases, with an additional 4,049 new cases reported Saturday. There were an additional 40 Florida resident deaths related to COVID-19, according to the state’s Department of Health. There are now a total of 93,797 […]
Alex Wong/Getty ImagesBY: LEIGHTON SCHNEIDER, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — After weeks of protests across the country over police violence, President Trump introduced a series of executive actions this week on police reform. The actions include curbing the use of deadly force by police, encouraging a ban on chokeholds, and […]
BlakeDavidTaylor/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL and CHRISTINA CARREGA (NOKOMIS, Fla.) — A 22-year-old Nokomis, Florida, man posted $200,000 bond after he was charged with posting several threatening videos onto his social media accounts with an agenda to shoot everyone at a Black Lives Matter rally. Quintin Adkins was arrested by Sarasota County […]
carlballou/iStockBy ELLA TORRES, ABC NEWS (RICHMOND, Va.) — An armed individual was arrested near the Robert E. Lee monument in Richmond, Virginia, police said Saturday morning. No shots were fired and the area was deemed secure after being searched, police said. “The situation at 1805 Monument Avenue has been resolved,” […]
Smith Collection/Gado/Getty ImagesBy ELLA TORRES, ABC NEWS (SAN FRANCISCO) — The statue of Francis Scott Key, who is known for writing “The Star-Spangled Banner” but was a slave owner, was toppled by protesters in San Francisco during demonstrations against racial injustice. Key wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner” after he saw an […]
