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Black Lives Matter
One dead, another injured in shooting at Breonna Taylor protest park
Video posted on social media appeared to show a man opening fire into the park as people scrambled for cover. The footage later showed at least one person bleeding profusely on the ground.
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Black Lives Matter
Mississippi poised to remove Confederate emblem from flag
The flag design, set by white supremacists in the Mississippi Legislature in 1894, has been divisive for generations.
- by Emily Wagster Pettus
USA
Minneapolis council votes to dismantle police department
Council members wanted to seize on a groundswell of support for significant policing changes following George Floyd's death under the knee of a police officer.
- by Steve Karnowski and Amy Forliti
History
US Marshals at the ready to protect statues as Trump turns up threats
"This is a challenging assignment due to the breadth of possible targets for criminal activity," the Marshals assistant director wrote in a memo.
- by Devlin Barrett and Matt Zapotosky
Courts
Three men indicted on murder charges in killing of black jogger Ahmaud Arbery
A grand jury has indicted on charges including malice and felony murder in Ahmaud Arbery's death.
George Floyd
Minneapolis police chief says Floyd's death was 'murder'
In what appears to be the first time Chief Medaria Arradondo has used the word "murder" to describe the death of Floyd, he said police were trained in the dangers of positional asphyxiation.
Opinion
Racism
How does the dictionary define racism? It's evolving
We don't want our dictionaries telling us what to think. Their credibility depends on them remaining a neutral, objective arbiter of meaning.
- by Nicholas Goldberg
USA
Skirmish near White House as crowd tries to tear down Jackson statue
CNN reported that Secret Service told members of the press corps to immediately leave the White House grounds, in a "highly unusual decision".
- by Tom Brenner
Racism
'Despicable': noose found in NASCAR black driver Bubba Wallace's garage
"This will not break me, I will not give in nor will I back down," Wallace said.
George Soros
George Soros conspiracy theories surge as protests sweep US
They say he hires protesters and rents buses to transport them. Some say he has people stash piles of bricks to be hurled into glass storefronts or at police.
- by David Klepper and Lori Hinnant
Trump's America
Governor orders Confederate statues moved to 'protect public safety'
Video footage on Twitter showed cheering protesters in Raleigh taking down two Confederate statues with ropes and hanging one to a lamp post.