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New protests emerge across U.S. only hours after violence rocked cities around the country - NBC News

New protests emerge across U.S. only hours after violence rocked cities around the country    NBC News Columbus protest over George Floyd's death turns violent    AOL Ohio State basketball player Seth Towns briefly detained during protest in Columbus    USA TODAY Gov. Mike DeWine deploys National Guard to respond to Columbus protests    cleveland.com Three government officials in Ohio maced during demonstrations protesting George Floyd's death | TheHill    The Hill View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/3di87Td

What do I do if my economic stimulus check never comes? - CNET

What do I do if my economic stimulus check never comes?    CNET Stimulus Money Being Distributed On Prepaid Debit Cards    CBS Los Angeles Too little or too much money? No payment at all? Here's what the IRS says about inaccurate stimulus payments    CNBC My children, aged 10 and 15, each received $1,200 stimulus checks — will the IRS penalize us if we keep them?    MarketWatch AARP assures new stimulus debit cards are real    KHON2 News View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/3eL3bqj

Microsoft Replaces MSN Journalists with Artificial intelligence - Gizmodo

Microsoft Replaces MSN Journalists with Artificial intelligence    Gizmodo Microsoft is replacing newsroom journalists with machines    Al Jazeera English Microsoft 'to replace journalists with robots'    BBC News Microsoft lays off journalists to replace them with AI    The Verge Dozens Of MSN Journalists To Be Replaced By Robots    Forbes View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2ZRLOj3

Google postpones Android 11 unveiling amid U.S. protests - Fox Business

Google postpones Android 11 unveiling amid U.S. protests    Fox Business View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2Alo647

'Duck Dynasty' Star Sadie Robertson and Family React to Phil's News About His Long-Lost Daughter - Entertainment Tonight

'Duck Dynasty' Star Sadie Robertson and Family React to Phil's News About His Long-Lost Daughter    Entertainment Tonight 'Duck Dynasty' stars react to news of family patriarch Phil Robertson's adult daughter: 'Bigger the better'    Fox News Duck Dynasty’s Sadie Robertson Reacts to Grandpa Phil Finding Out He Has an Adult Daughter    Us Weekly Duck Dynasty's Korie & Sadie Robertson react kindly to news of grandpa Phil's new daughter    Daily Mail "Duck Dynasty" Star Has a Daughter From Past Affair | E! News    E! News View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/36L58A1

Kylie Jenner and Kris Jenner Are Reportedly "Freaking Out" Over Forbes' Claims She Lied About Money - Cosmopolitan.com

Kylie Jenner and Kris Jenner Are Reportedly "Freaking Out" Over Forbes' Claims She Lied About Money    Cosmopolitan.com Kylie Jenner Claps Back About FAKE Billionaire Status!    Clevver News Kylie Jenner's former house is on the market for $3.6 million – take a look inside    CNBC Why Coty Stock Was Falling Today    Motley Fool Kylie Jenner and Kris Jenner Are "Freaking Out" About Forbes' Claims She Lied About Being a Billionaire    Yahoo Lifestyle View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/36IpxG0

Jimmy Kimmel says there is a 'blatant double standard' in America amid violent protests - Fox News

Jimmy Kimmel says there is a 'blatant double standard' in America amid violent protests    Fox News Jimmy Kimmel on George Floyd, Riots in Minneapolis & Trump's Violent Stupidity    Jimmy Kimmel Live Jimmy Kimmel Says “Enough Is Enough,” Calls For Trump To Be Voted Out In Emotional Monologue About George Floyd’s Death    Yahoo Entertainment Jimmy Kimmel: Do We Really Want a President Who ‘Intentionally Inflames Violence’? (Video)    TheWrap Jimmy Kimmel grapples with George Floyd, protests, and Trump in emotional monologue    Entertainment Weekly View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/3duZtkp

Draw a Self-Portrait

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By BY CARSON ELLIS from NYT At Home https://ift.tt/36LkuVb

George Floyd Protests: A Timeline

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By BY DERRICK BRYSON TAYLOR from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2XhWhmk

Here’s What You Need to Know About Breonna Taylor’s Death

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By BY RICHARD A. OPPEL JR. from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3eAuQdj

Powell: Fed to soon begin 'challenging' Main Street lending

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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged Friday that the Fed faces a major challenge with the launch in the coming days of a program that will lend to companies other than banks for the first time since the Great Depression. The Fed's Main Street Lending is geared toward medium-sized companies that are too large for the government's small business lending program and too small to sell bonds or stock to the public. Powell said that Main Street will make its first loans in a “few days.” from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3dlFDrK

Biden demands justice in George Floyd death

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Former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday called for justice in the death of a black man in Minneapolis police custody that has inspired days-long, citywide protests. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3eoIhNo

Rudy Giuliani calls for resignations of mayor of Minneapolis, governor of Minnesota

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Don't elect progressive Democrats if you want to be safe, says former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on 'Hannity.' from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3eK5GJt

SpaceX rocket lifts off on historic private crewed flight

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying two veteran NASA astronauts lifted off on Saturday on an historic first private crewed flight into space. The two-stage Falcon 9 rocket with astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley aboard blasted off smoothly in a cloud of orange flames and smoke from Launch Pad 39A at Florida's Kennedy Space Center for the 19-hour voyage to the International Space Station. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3eCQWfo

Will Trump dispute the 2020 election results? His tweets this week suggest so

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Trump’s attack on mail-in ballots raise the possibility that, if he loses in November, he would reject the validity of the voteUnhinged as it may be for the president to accuse, without a scintilla of evidence, a morning television host of murder, that particular conspiracy theory was not the most disturbing accusation to issue from Trump’s Twitter feed this week. No, that prize goes to his tweet from 26 May, claiming:> There is NO WAY (ZERO!) that Mail-In Ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent. Mail boxes will be robbed, ballots will be forged & even illegally printed out & fraudulently signed … This will be a Rigged Election. No way!The president’s defamation of Joe Scarborough is no more than an extreme version of something we have seen throughout Trump’s tenure in office: his ability to deflect attention from one colossal misstep by simply committing a fresh outrage. The fact that even a handful of Republicans have expressed mild regret at T...

Ai Weiwei says new security law is the end of Hong Kong

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Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei believes the newly passed national security law for Hong Kong augurs the end for the semi-autonomous city. Ai was arrested at Beijing's airport in April 2011 and held for 81 days without explanation during a wider crackdown on dissent that coincided with the international ferment of the Arab Spring. In an interview with The Associated Press, Ai said he identifies with Hong Kong’s democracy movement and has been working on a documentary about protests that began a year ago, at times erupting into tear gas-shrouded combat between police and demonstrators. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2TQQDWc

Letters to the Editor: People who insist on going to church should quarantine themselves

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One's right to attend church ends at the tip of another person's nose. People who flout social distancing rules by going to church should quarantine. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3gCo74p

 Trump's 'looting' and 'shooting' remark draws outrage from all sides

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Trump attempted to walk back his comments on Friday afternoon but not before receiving condemnation from a far-right group and a pop star. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3evZ15f

U.S. CDC reports total of 1,737,950 coronavirus cases, 102,785 deaths

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The CDC reported its tally of cases of the respiratory illness known as COVID-19, caused by the new coronavirus, as of 4 p.m. EDT on May 29 versus its previous report released on Friday. The CDC figures do not necessarily reflect cases reported by individual states. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2TQMAJh

SpaceX heading for ISS on historic private crewed flight

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A SpaceX rocket carrying two veteran NASA astronauts was headed for the International Space Station on Saturday on the first ever crewed flight by a private company, ushering in a new era in space travel. The two-stage Falcon 9 rocket with astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley aboard blasted off flawlessly in a cloud of bright orange flame and smoke from Florida's Kennedy Space Center for the 19-hour voyage to the orbiting space station. "Let's light this candle," Hurley, the spacecraft mission commander, told SpaceX mission control in Hawthorne, California, before liftoff at 3:22 pm (1922 GMT) from NASA's fabled Launch Pad 39A. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2XNEdzq

China-India border: Why tensions are rising between the neighbours

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Tensions in the Himalaya have the potential to escalate as they pursue their strategic goals. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3cgRx4s

Cuomo says N.Y. attorney general will review night of violent protests

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Violent clashes between police and civilians took place during protests in Brooklyn on Friday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3chlFwI

'If you say you can't breathe, you're breathing': A Mississippi mayor defended the officer who stood on George Floyd's neck

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Petal, Mississippi, Mayor Hal Marx tweeted Floyd likely "died of overdose or heart attack" and that Minneapolis police are being "crucified." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2yOLB5k

Coronavirus: Bill Gates ‘microchip’ conspiracy theory and other vaccine claims fact-checked

Fact-checking vaccine claims - including ones about the ex-Microsoft boss and a dubious cow-dung trial. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3evgk6A

George Floyd death: Ex-officer charged with murder and manslaughter

Derek Chauvin, one of the officers seen kneeling on George Floyd's neck, has been charged with murder. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Ap1UWF

90-year-old woman tries to help grandson during arrest

Bodycam footage shows a woman, dressed in a nightgown, seem to fall onto her grandson during the incident. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2TRpqme

World's largest all-electric plane takes flight

An historic day for the aviation industry as the world's largest all-electric plane takes flight. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2ZQPamI

China and the Rhineland Moment

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By BY BRET STEPHENS from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3gE2vo7

Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today

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By BY LARA TAKENAGA AND JONATHAN WOLFE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3dkR0A0

A Continent Reopens

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By BY PATRICK KINGSLEY AND LAETITIA VANCON from NYT World https://ift.tt/3diaoNV

Ex-Officer Charged in Death of George Floyd in Minneapolis

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By BY NEIL MACFARQUHAR, TIM ARANGO AND MANNY FERNANDEZ from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2Am86Pv

George Floyd Worked With Officer Charged in His Death

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By BY MATT FURBER, AUDRA D. S. BURCH AND FRANCES ROBLES from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2XeUwGB

A Justice Dept. Skeptical of Police Abuse Cases Vows to Investigate Floyd Death

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By BY KATIE BENNER AND EMILY BADGER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2yLsx7T

Congress Plans Hearings on Racial Violence and Use of Force by the Police

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By BY NICHOLAS FANDOS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2XeRfHj

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By Unknown Author from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/2zzmLXC

White House encourages hydroxychloroquine use for coronavirus again

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Speaking during a press briefing on Thursday, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany strongly endorsed the “prophylactic” use of hydroxychloroquine: that is, to prevent contracting the coronavirus. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3gzXmNM

Ex-officer who knelt on George Floyd's neck charged with murder

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The suspect's knee was on his neck for more than 8 1/2 minutes, including 2 1/2 minutes after he had passed out, according to a criminal complaint. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ZRIa8W

Can you contract coronavirus from a surface or object? 

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The CDC says that it may be possible to contract COVID-19 by coming in contact with a surface or object that has the virus on it, but you're much more likely to get the coronavirus through person-to-person transmission. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/36FryTo

Fox News Star Geraldo Rivera Unloads on Trump: ‘What Is This, 6th Grade?!’

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Geraldo Rivera delivered one of the harshest condemnations of Donald Trump ever aired on Fox News Friday afternoon when he appeared on The Five and took the president to task for threatening Minneapolis protesters with violence.After first criticizing Democrats for “studiously avoiding” the looting and vandalism by “anarchists” in that city following the police killing of George Floyd, Rivera pivoted to attack Trump directly. “But the other thing is, the president, in these tweets, ‘when the looting starts, the shooting starts,’ c’mon!” Rivera said, referring to the tweet that Twitter hid from Trump’s timeline because it broke its rules on “glorifying violence.” “What is this, 6th grade?” he asked. “You don’t put gasoline on the fire. That’s not calming anybody. Who are you daring?” Rivera mocked the idea that any demonstrators would stop what they’re doing because Donald Trump tweeted that they might get shot. “That’s not going to happen!” he exclaimed. “All he does is dimini...

Joshua Wong: Hong Kong Cannot Prosper Without Autonomy

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The prosperity of Hong Kong is based on its autonomy, not Beijing’s dictatorship, writes Hong Kong activists Joshua Wong and Glacier Kwong. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2XFC3lA

One chart shows a noticeable correlation between how late a country started its coronavirus lockdown and the number of excess deaths

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Analysis from the Financial Times has shown that the number of excess deaths correlates to when a country decided to lock down. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3er0U33

Florida governor asks court to stay felon voting ruling

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis gave notice on Friday that he will appeal a federal judge's decision on voting rights for felons, while asking for a stay on the ruling that appeared to clear the way for hundreds of thousands of citizens to vote in a crucial 2020 state. The law in question, introduced by the state's Republican-controlled Senate last year, requires convicted felons in Florida to pay any court costs, fines, fees and restitution to victims before their right to vote could be restored. Opponents argue the law goes against the wishes of Florida voters who approved an amendment to the state's constitution in 2018 to grant voting rights to felons who served their time and were not convicted of murder or sex crimes. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/36KgUuk

Double murder suspect arrested after multistate manhunt

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The manhunt for the 23-year-old college senior had spanned Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3evnDv7

Police officers around the country sound off on Minneapolis policing that led to George Floyd death

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Law enforcement officials around the country are publicly condemning the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who was seen on video gasping for breath as a white officer held him down with a knee on his neck for close to eight minutes. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2zy0A45

Exclusive: U.S. warns governments, firms against aiding Iran fuel shipments to Venezuela - envoy

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Seeking to deter further shipments of Iranian fuel to Venezuela, the Trump administration has quietly warned foreign governments, seaports, shipping companies and insurers that they could face stiff U.S. sanctions if they aid the tanker flotilla, the U.S. envoy on Venezuela told Reuters on Friday. Elliott Abrams, Washington’s special representative on Venezuela, said the pressure campaign targeting heavily sanctioned U.S. foes Iran and Venezuela was being waged “to be sure everyone recognizes this would be a very dangerous transaction to assist.” from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3dhFDZt

41 million jobs lost; homebound gear up to get out, way out

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Following are developments Thursday related to the national and global response, the work place and the spread of the virus. — American Airlines will cut its 17,000 management and support staff by 30%, about 5,100 jobs. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3erUAZ9

Kosovo Court Says New Government Can Be Formed Without an Election

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By BY REUTERS from NYT World https://ift.tt/2Xc45pG

National Guard Called as Minneapolis Erupts in Solidarity for George Floyd

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By BY MATT FURBER, JOHN ELIGON AND AUDRA D. S. BURCH from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3esGzdN

Trump’s Order Targeting Social Media Sites, Explained

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By BY CHARLIE SAVAGE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/36FNvBR

More Notes From Our Homes to Yours

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By Unknown Author from NYT At Home https://ift.tt/2zw8j2A

American Priest Moves a Step Closer to Sainthood

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By BY SANDRA E. GARCIA from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3gAIHSz

Mourning Alone

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By BY LISA LERER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3esB7Yn

Millions Relying on Pandemic Aid Can See Its End, and They’re Scared

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By BY BEN CASSELMAN from NYT Business https://ift.tt/2ZM0qk5

Temperature Checks and Desk Shields: C.D.C. Suggests Big Changes to Offices

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By BY MATT RICHTEL from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2XEWn6v

The man who filmed his encounter with a woman in Central Park says her actions were 'definitely racist,' but he's asking people to stop making death threats against her

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Christian Cooper told CNN that he thinks Amy Cooper's apology is sincere, and has asked people to stop making death threats toward her. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2XKVQAa

Meng Wanzhou: Huawei executive suffers US extradition blow

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A Canadian court has ruled that the extradition hearing of Meng Wanzhou can continue. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3etR40B

UConn student wanted in connection to 2 deaths is captured

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"Peter Manfredonia has been found & is in custody" after a nearly weeklong manhunt, officials said Wednesday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2X6dKhr

Biden on 100,000 coronavirus deaths: 'To those hurting, the nation grieves with you.'

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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden released a video message on Wednesday marking the grim milestone of 100,000 American lives lost to the coronavirus pandemic, telling the bereaved: "The nation grieves with you." Biden spoke after various tallies of COVID-19 deaths, including one compiled by Reuters, showed that the novel coronavirus has killed over 100,000 people in the United States, even as the slowdown in deaths encouraged businesses to reopen and Americans to emerge from more than two months of lockdowns. Biden, speaking from his home in Delaware, drew on his own family loss when making his remarks. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Xb8Foh

Outrage in Iran over gruesome 'honour killing' of teenage girl

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Iran’s president has called for so-called honour killings to be outlawed following the gruesome murder of a teenage girl, allegedly by her father, for running away from home with an older man. Romina Ashrafi, 14, was allegedly beheaded by her father as punishment for fleeing her home in Talesh, near Tehran, with a 29-year-old man. The couple were detained and Romina was handed back to her family as her father appeared to have forgiven her, according to the state news agency IRNA. But on May 21, the girl’s father attacked her while she was sleeping and cut off her head with a sickle, according to a local news website called Gilkhabar. The father has since been arrested, as well as the man Romina eloped with according to local media reports. Under Iranian law, young girls can marry from 13 although most women get married in their early 20s according to the Associated Press. If convicted, the girl’s father would face a prison sentence of ten years. Iran’s penal code currently reduces the ...

Surveillance video of the moments leading up to George Floyd being pinned under a policeman's knee shows that he didn't resist arrest

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An off-duty firefighter saw Floyd "go from struggling to unresponsive on the ground while handcuffed and subdued" by police, an incident report said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3eupKz6

Amy Cooper: Woman sacked after calling police on black man

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The woman, identified as Amy Cooper, called police saying an African-American man was threatening her life. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2XsSeCw