Oleksii Liskonih/iStockBy TENZIN SHAKYA, ABC NEWS(FERGUSON, Mo.) — As thousands protest around the country — and around the world — for George Floyd, the black man killed by police who’s become synonymous with a fight for justice and against police brutality and systemic racism, the first black female mayor of […]
iStock/Rawf8(BRUNSWICK, Georgia) — BY: BILL HUTCHINSON Saying the evidence shows three white suspects “chased, hunted down and ultimately executed” Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, a prosecutor on Thursday laid out in detail how the 25-year-old black victim tried to run for his life before he was struck by a vehicle and […]
ABC News(NEW YORK) — BY: MEREDITH DELISO After years of civil rights activists calling for the removal of Confederate monuments, they’re falling like dominoes amid nationwide protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death in police custody. Politicians on Thursday announced Confederate monuments will be removed from Indianapolis and from […]
iStock/Siberian Photographer(NEW YORK) — BY: LUKE BARRAn inmate died Wednesday after being pepper sprayed while in his cell at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, the Bureau of Prisons announced. A source familiar with the investigation told ABC News that the inmate died of a heart attack. The bureau said […]
iStock/Rawf8(BRUNSWICK, Georgia) — BY: BILL HUTCHINSON Saying the evidence shows three white suspects “chased, hunted down and ultimately executed” Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, a prosecutor on Thursday laid out in detail how the 25-year-old black victim tried to run for his life before he was struck by a vehicle and […]
iStock/AndreyPopov(MINNEAPOLIS) — BY: IVAN PEREIRA A Minneapolis judge remanded three of the four former officers involved in George Floyd’s death on a million dollars bail during their first court appearance Thursday afternoon. Kiernan Lane, Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao were all charged with second-degree aiding and abetting felony murder and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A third person has been charged in the destruction of a Salt Lake City police car set on fire during protests over the death of George Floyd. Prosecutors say Connor Peebles, of Belmont, Michigan, helped flip the vehicle onto its roof Saturday. Peebles was charged […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — New figures show the number of people requesting unemployment assistance in Utah last week dropped below 5,000 for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic took hold in the United States but remained at a rate far higher than normal. Utah officials said Thursday that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two Salt Lake City men accused of setting fire to an empty police car during protests over the death of George Floyd have been charged in federal court. Arson charges filed Wednesday say they tossed combustible substances into the patrol car, feeding the flames that […]
In a letter posted June 6 by the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints it was announced that the faith’s October 2020 general conference will be virtual only. In the letter it was stated that “as a worldwide organization we have an obligation to be […]
