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The arrest and charges of third-degree murder filed against Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin apparently have not tamped down the anger over George Floyd’s violent arrest and death caught on a video that went viral. Demonstrators marched, stopped traffic and in some cases lashed out violently at police as protests …

US President Trump on Thursday, May 28, signed an executive order targetting Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a federal law that provides tech companies from being held liable for third-party content shared on their sites. You can read the executive order here and below: By the authority vested …

MSNBC host and Emmy nominee Ali Velshi faced an avalanche of online criticism after he described the ongoing Minneapolis unrest as “not, generally speaking, unruly” while reporting live from a burning neighborhood. Ali Velshi was in Minneapolis, Minnesota to cover the violent uproar over the death of George Floyd, a …

CNN accused the Minneapolis police of misrepresenting the circumstances surrounding the arrest of a black CNN correspondent and two TV crew members as they covered the protests against the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on Friday morning. Omar Jimenez was arrested live on air early Friday morning as he …

Donald Trump has lashed out at Twitter after it limited access to one of his tweets. The social media firm said the post, in which Trump suggested he would have people rioting in the wake of George Floyd’s death shot, had violated its rules on glorifying violence. Floyd died after …

The US President Donald Trump has lashed out at those protesting in Minneapolis over the death of an unarmed black man in police custody, calling those involved in the third night of street clashes “thugs”. Mr Trump said he would not “stand back and watch this happen to a great …

Twitter has attached an unprecedented warning to a tweet by Donald Trump, accusing him of “glorifying violence”. The message has been added to a tweet that appears to threaten that people caught looting will be shot amid civil unrest in Minneapolis. Twitter’s warning came just hours after Trump said he …

At least seven people were shot in Louisville as hundreds of protesters converged on City Hall demanding justice for Breonna Taylor, a black woman who was fatally shot in March by police who broke down her door. Louisville Metro Police said early Friday that at least one person was in …

A CNN reporter and crew have been arrested live on air while covering the Minneapolis protests over the killing of George Floyd. Black correspondent Omar Jimenez had just shown a protester being arrested when about half a dozen white police officers surrounded him. Mr. Jiminez told the Minnesota State Patrol …

The US request coincides with rising tensions between Washington and Beijing over the coronavirus pandemic. US and China clashed over Hong Kong at the United Nations on Wednesday after Beijing opposed a request by Washington for the Security Council to meet over China’s plan to impose new national security legislation …

For years, Twitter and Facebook have enjoyed a healthy rivalry: They’ve competed for acquisitions, talent, and advertising dollars, and sometimes gone so far as to copy each others’ features in the never-ending pursuit to grow their audiences. But the clash between the two tech companies appeared to take on new …

US and NATO officials said that US troop strength in Afghanistan is down to nearly 8,600, well ahead of a schedule agreed with Taliban in late February, in part because of concerns about the spread of the coronavirus. The US military withdrawal from Afghanistan is considerably ahead of schedule, an …

A man has been shot dead near the scene of protests in Minneapolis over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody on Monday. The man was found lying on the pavement at around 9.25 pm with a gunshot wound and was taken to hospital, …

Roughly 2.1 million people applied for US unemployment benefits last week, a sign that companies are still slashing jobs in the face of a deep recession even as more businesses reopen and rehire some laid-off employees. About 41 million people have now applied for aid since the virus outbreak intensified …

A group of 23 U.S. states led by California, the District of Columbia and four major cities are filing suit Wednesday to challenge a Trump administration decision to weaken Obama administration fuel efficiency standards In March, the Trump administration issued final rules requiring 1.5% annual increases in efficiency through 2026 …

The sister of an African-American man who died shortly after a white Minneapolis police officer pinned him down with a knee to the neck called for justice on Wednesday, saying the firing of four policemen over the deadly incident was not enough. The four officers were dismissed from the force …

A protest in Minneapolis over the death of a black man in police custody turned violent Tuesday night, with demonstrators clashing with police and trashing a precinct building, reports said. Several hundred demonstrators at about 6 p.m. splintered off from a mainly peaceful afternoon rally and marched to the Minneapolis …

Four Minneapolis officers fired after the death of George Floyd, who died after being pinned down by a white officer. A Black man who yelled “I cannot breathe” as a white Minneapolis police officer pinned him down with his knee in the US state of Minnesota died late on Monday, …

President Trump on Wednesday threatened to “strongly regulate” or close down social media platforms if they silence conservative voices, stepping up his criticism after Twitter attached fact-checking context to Mr. Trump’s tweets for the first time on Tuesday. “Republicans feel that Social Media Platforms totally silence conservatives’ voices. We will …

Tropical Storm Bertha has made landfall in South Carolina. According to the National Hurricane Center, radar imagery indicates that the area of disturbed weather became significantly better organized Wednesday morning. A Tropical Storm Warning is now in effect for the coast of South Carolina from Edisto Beach to South Santee …