Society and Culture
Leaders, members and associates of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers have become the central targets of the Justice Department’s sprawling investigation.
Rochester Police Department was also responsible for the handcuffing and pepper spraying of a 9-year-old Black girl last month.
One professor was photographed at a 2014 Halloween party dressed as a Confederate soldier. The other two posed with a noose and a whip.
“The whole neighborhood knew he would make history, but we didn’t want it to be this way," said one of Floyd's longtime friends.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The pontiff and Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani delivered a powerful message of peaceful coexistence during their meeting in the holy city of Najaf.
Pope Francis will meet Iraq's Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, a prominent figure in Shiite Islam, to issue a joint call for peace.
The length of time Derek Chauvin restrained Floyd fluctuated between police reports, but has been amended as Chauvin's trial looms.
The tightening legal noose on local activists comes as Chinese officials prepare to unveil electoral reforms that will likely further diminish the role and influence of opposition forces in public office,
Inmates have challenged their convictions following the high court’s ruling that said a large swath of eastern Oklahoma remains an American Indian reservation.
"I'm very confident that we will get justice, but what’s so fearful is that after justice, Ahmaud won’t be with me," Wanda Cooper-Jones said at a vigil.