Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin now faces second-degree murder, and three other officers at the scene are charged with aiding and abetting. In the United States, there were only 27 days in 2019 where the police did not kill someone. In March, Manuel Ellis of Tacoma, Wash., died as
Police brutality prompted this week’s protests. In some cities and towns, the police response has only proved the protesters' point. Meanwhile, Black Lives Matter is working: the number of black people killed by the police has gone down since 2014. A bipartisan group of lawmakers is scrutinizing a
Peaceful protesters near the White House were gassed and shot so the President of the United States could have a photo op in a church after threatening to rain down military force on his own citizens. The New York Times takes widespread heat for treating the moment blithely on its
Yesterday, peaceful demonstrations over the murder of George Floyd continued across the US—though some protests are being overshadowed by people looting and rioting. Scenes of police brutality have been on display during the protests. See also: "Police erupt in violence nationwide." Protests are now heading outside the
Last night and this morning, protests—some turning violent—have continued across the US in response to the murder of George Floyd. Derek Chauvin, the fired Minneapolis officer who killed Floyd, has been arrested and charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. For a higher murder charge, prosecutors
Minneapolis enters a fourth day of unrest in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death. Photos capture the stark contrast in police response to the George Floyd protests and the anti-lockdown protests. Twitter hides a tweet from President Trump—"When the looting starts, the shooting starts"—for
More than 100,000 people in the US have now died of the coronavirus. Public health experts say the CDC's new COVID-19 death rate estimates are too low, and accuse the agency of bowing to political pressure to minimize the deadliness of the coronavirus. So far, predominantly
Latin America is now the center of the global pandemic, with cases surging in Brazil. India begins loosening restrictions. In Russia, the statistics show signs of fraud. A live-tracking map shows where the coronavirus outbreak is growing in the United States, and where it’s slowing down. In case
Beijing will impose new security legislation for Hong Kong. It's China's most aggressive move to curtail civil liberties for Hong Kong residents since the city's 1997 handover. The man who filmed the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery has now been charged with felony murder "
State officials in Florida, Arizona, and Georgia caught censoring scientists and/or providing questionable COVID-19 case data. Florida’s top data scientist says she was ousted for refusing to manually change data “to drum up support for the plan to reopen.” Brazil reports a record high number of COVID-
