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Airlines suspend in-flight alcohol service during pandemic
If you’re expecting to have the chance to grab a cold one while in flight to your next destination, don’t. Airlines around the world, including Delta Air Lines and American Airlines, domestically, are halting alcoholic beverage service in response to the coronavirus. According to CNN, the move is part of...
Buffalo protester shoved to ground has skull fracture, lawyer says
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A 75-year-old protester who struck his head on pavement after being shoved back by police remained hospitalized Tuesday with a fractured skull, his attorney said. Martin Gugino’s lawyer has told media outlets in recent days that he had not yet been able to walk. Attorney Kelly Zarcone...
Columbus bans police use of tear gas, limits pepper spray
The city of Columbus on Tuesday prohibited police use of tear gas and limited use of pepper spray to clear streets and disperse peaceful demonstrators following weeks of global protests over the death of George Floyd. Mayor Andrew Ginther issued the directive while announcing that an advisory panel is being...
Justice Department launches portal to report civil rights violations
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced today the launch of a new online tool to help the public report civil rights violations. The Civil Rights Reporting Portal — at civilrights.justice.gov — will consolidate 30 different reporting pathways, according to a news release. The form is fully accessible to people...
PG&E confesses to killing 84 people in 2018 California wildfire
Pacific Gas & Electric confessed Tuesday to killing 84 people in one of the most devastating wildfires in recent U.S. history during a dramatic court hearing punctuated by a promise from the company’s outgoing CEO that the nation’s largest utility will never again put profits ahead of safety. PG&E CEO...
Couple creates nonprofit website to pay tribute to covid-19 victims nationwide
On some maps showing how the covid-19 pandemic has affected the U.S., dots are used to represent a case or a certain number of cases in a particular area. But as the country’s covid-19 death toll passes 116,000, the creators of the Mourning America website want people to know that...
Air Force sergeant charged in killing of federal officer in CaliforniaVideo
OAKLAND, Calif. — An Air Force sergeant already jailed in the ambush killing of a California sheriff’s deputy was charged Tuesday with murdering a federal security officer outside the U.S. courthouse in Oakland the night of a sometimes violent protest last month. In announcing murder and attempted murder charges, federal...
2 Ohio sisters killed when bricks fall on hammock at their homeVideo
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio — Two sisters were killed when they were trapped on a hammock by some falling bricks at their family’s home, authorities said. Emergency responders found Scout Scaravilli, 14, and her sister, Chasey, 12, trapped under a pile of bricks when they responded to their Cleveland Heights home...
In touting executive order, Trump says police reform ‘might have prevented’ Antwon Rose’s death
Following weeks of national protests since the death of George Floyd, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on policing Tuesday that would encourage better police practices and establish a database to keep track of officers with a history of excessive use-of-force complaints. In touting the order, Trump said this...
Canada, U.S. extend border restrictions to July 21
TORONTO — Canada and the United States have agreed to extend their agreement to keep their border closed to non-essential travel to July 21 during the coronavirus pandemic. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday’s agreement extends the closure by another 30 days. The restrictions were announced on March 18...
Black Lives Matter banner removed at U.S. Embassy in Seoul
SEOUL, South Korea — A large Black Lives Matter banner was quietly removed from the U.S. Embassy building in South Korea’s capital three days after it was raised there in solidarity with demonstrators protesting against racial inequality back home. The official explanation from the embassy, which didn’t mention an LGBT...
Shake Shack ‘horrified’ officers’ drinks may have had bleach
NEW YORK — New York City police determined there was no criminality by Shake Shack employees after three officers drank milkshakes believed to be contaminated with bleach. Police came to the determination after “a thorough investigation,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison said in a tweet early Tuesday. The officers...
Russia starts early voting on reform extending Putin’s rule
MOSCOW — Russia’s far eastern region of Kamchatka has kicked off early voting on the constitutional reform that would allow President Vladimir Putin to stay in power until 2036, with election officials traveling to remote areas and bringing ballots to residents who don’t have access to polling stations. Early voting...
Poll: Americans are the unhappiest they’ve been in 50 years
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Spoiler alert: 2020 has been rough on the American psyche. Folks in the United States are more unhappy today than they’ve been in nearly 50 years. This bold — yet unsurprising — conclusion comes from the COVID Response Tracking Study, conducted by NORC at the University...
Rep. Omar announces father’s death from covid-19 complications
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar on Monday announced the death of her father due to complications from covid-19. In a statement, Omar said Nur Omar Mohamed died Monday. She gave no additional information. “No words can describe what he meant to me and all who knew him,” Omar...
Fire breaks out on Japanese cruise ship docked near Tokyo
TOKYO — A fire broke out on a cruise ship docked at a port near Tokyo on Tuesday, with crew members and dozens of firefighters and coast guard personnel taking hours to extinguish it. The cause of the fire was not immediately known, and the coast guard reported no injuries....
North Korea blows up inter-Korea liaison office, raising tensionsVideo
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office building just north of the heavily armed border with South Korea on Tuesday in a dramatic display of anger that sharply raises tensions on the Korean Peninsula and puts pressure on Washington and Seoul amid deadlocked nuclear diplomacy....
Man shot during protest over New Mexico statue
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A man was shot Monday night as protesters in New Mexico’s largest city tried to tear down a bronze statue of a Spanish conquistador outside the Albuquerque Museum. The man was taken to a hospital but his condition was not immediately known, Albuquerque police spokesman Gilbert Gallegos...
New policy requires NYPD to release body camera footage
NEW YORK — A new policy will require New York City police to release all body camera footage of shootings and other instances when force is used and injury or death occurs, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday in what he billed as an additional step toward police reform. The...
‘When does it stop?’ Rayshard Brooks’ family makes tearful pleaVideo
ATLANTA — Pleading through tears Monday, the family of a black man killed by Atlanta police outside a drive-thru demanded changes in the criminal justice system and called on protesters to refrain from violence amid heightened tensions across the U.S. three weeks after George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis. An autopsy...
Police: Missing Black Lives Matter activist, 19, and woman, 75, found dead
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A 19-year-old woman who recently sought justice over police killings has been found dead after going missing earlier this month, Tallahassee police said. The bodies of Oluwatoyin Salau, and Victoria Sims, 75, were discovered on Saturday night in Tallahassee, police said in a news release sent Monday....
NYPD to disband plainclothes anti-crime unitsVideo
NEW YORK — New York City’s top cop said Monday afternoon he was disbanding the NYPD’s plainclothes precinct anti-crime units, which has often been accused of heavy-handed tactics by minority communities. Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said the 600 cops in the units would be moved to other responsibilities. “This is...
Feds: eBay staff sent spiders, roaches to harass couple
Six former eBay Inc. employees have been charged with waging an extensive campaign to terrorize and intimidate the editor and publisher of an online newsletter with threats and disturbing deliveries to their home, including live spiders and cockroaches, federal authorities said Monday. Executives were upset about the newsletter’s coverage, so...
Students urge Trump to maintain training options for international graduates
Graduate students from Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh, Penn State and more than five dozen other top universities say efforts to eliminate a training program for international graduate students could have an unintended impact on the U.S. economy. The program, known as the Optional Practical Training program, permits international...
EU urges U.S. to join new Mideast peace effortVideo
BRUSSELS — European Union foreign ministers on Monday urged the United States to join a new effort to breathe life into long-stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, but they rejected President Donald Trump’s Middle East plan as the basis for any international process. Trump’s proposal, which was unveiled...
