Новости за 30.05.2020

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not attend an in-person summit of G7 leaders that US President Donald Trump has suggested he will host despite concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, a German government spokesman said Saturday. Leaders from the Group of Seven, which the United States heads this year, had been scheduled to meet by videoconference […]

Maintaining social distancing and wearing masks, tourists visiting Florida will be able to take photos with Mickey Mouse again when Disney World reopens on July 11, a month after SeaWorld and Universal Studios are set to do the same, officials said Friday. “Walt Disney World Resort and Sea World have received approval of their re-opening […]

Elon Musk’s private rocket company SpaceX was set for a repeat attempt at launching two Americans into orbit on Saturday from Florida for a mission that would mark the first spaceflight of NASA astronauts from U.S. soil in nine years. The mission‘s first launch try on Wednesday was called off with less than 17 minutes remaining on the […]

1968 was one of the most tumultuous years in American history. Cities across the country burned after the assassination of Martin Luther King. Robert Kennedy was gunned down a few months later. There was a lot of crime, and widespread unrest in response to the seemingly endless war in Vietnam. A bloody police riot marred […]

In the latest edition of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher came down hard on former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin — recently indicted for the death of George Floyd — saying he is part of a breed of losers who become cops so they can bully people. Addressing the death of Floyd after the […]

The wife of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin released a statement on Friday announcing she was seeking a divorce. Kellie Chauvin released the statement through her lawyer, who spoke with her Friday evening. “She is devastated by Mr. [George] Floyd’s death and her utmost sympathy lies with his family, with his loved ones and […]

Everyone has one, that family member who posts on social media a little too frequently about the latest multi-level marketing company selling energy drinks or skincare and won’t listen to reason when people tell them it’s a pyramid scheme.Eventually they get put on probation or in Facebook jail, notifications from their page muted for the […]

From the beginning, President Trump, along with his Republican allies in Congress, have resorted to racist rhetoric to deflect responsibility for their massive incompetence and mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic. Now that more than 104,000 Americans have died as a result of COVID-19 — with the end nowhere in sight — Trump and the congressional GOP are […]

Protests against police violence continued into the early morning hours on Saturday. In Portland, protesters cheered when a Chase Bank location was burned. Here are some of the images from the scene: Video from @KGWNews photographer Richard Gordon shows Chase Bank on fire in downtown Portland. https://t.co/QLnShi8LOf pic.twitter.com/6gmgb1DRgC — KGW News (@KGWNews) May 30, 2020 […]

President Donald Trump’s administration is contemplating using active-duty U.S. troops in an attempt to quell the protests in Minneapolis, the Associated Press reported early Saturday morning. As unrest spread across dozens of American cities on Friday, the Pentagon took the rare step of ordering the Army to put several active-duty U.S. military police units on […]

In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal from the South Bay United Pentecostal Church in Chula Vista, California. The San Diego area church tried to challenge the state’s limits on attendance at worship services: The church argued that limits on how many people can attend their services violate constitutional […]

The wife of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin released a statement on Friday announcing she was seeking a divorce. Kellie Chauvin released the statement through her lawyer, who spoke with her Friday evening. “She is devastated by Mr. [George] Floyd’s death and her utmost sympathy lies with his family, with his loved ones and […]

ATLANTA — Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms had a blunt message to protesters who turned the streets of downtown Atlanta into scenes of violence and destruction late Friday: “Go home.”In an emotional news conference, flanked by hip-hop stars and civil rights leaders, the mayor said that demonstrators outraged at systemic racism and police violence are defying […]

The Speaker of the New York City Council is demanding accountability for a NYPD officer caught on tape violently striking a woman during protests of police violence. Video of the incident appeared on social media on Friday. The video appears to show the cop running up a shoving the woman, launching her off her feet. […]

Police fired pepper bullets at a camera crew doing a live broadcast of the police violence protests in Louisville on Friday evening. “WAVE 3 News reporter Kaitlin Rust appeared to have been hit by rubber bullets reportedly fired by an LMPD officer during a protest in downtown Louisville,” the station reported. Rust was wearing a […]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A state judge Friday ruled against an attempt by Gov. Mike Parson’s administration to shut down the lone abortion clinic in Missouri.In a 97-page decision, Administrative Hearing Commissioner Sreenivasa Rao Dandamudi said Planned Parenthood demonstrated that it meets the requirements for renewal of its abortion facility license in St. Louis.“Planned Parenthood […]

LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will testify before a congressional subcommittee Tuesday about Michigan’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, she said Friday.By then, Whitmer said, she may have news about further loosening of restrictions on Michigan’s economy, she said at a news conference in Lansing.“If it continues this way, I’m optimistic that in the […]

The estate of Jeffrey Epstein and the attorney general of the U..S. Virgin Islands announced Friday that they have reached tentative agreement on a long-delayed compensation fund for sexual abuse victims of the disgraced financier.Executors of Epstein’s estate — two of his longtime lawyers — had proposed last November the creation of a fund to […]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A person who spent Memorial Day weekend at bars and pool parties at the Lake of the Ozarks tested positive for COVID-19, the Camden County, Mo., Health Department announced on Friday.The person, who is a Boone County, Mo., resident, arrived in the area on Saturday and became sick Sunday, the department […]

MINNEAPOLIS — Three recent brutal deaths of black Americans — including George Floyd in Minneapolis — drove a new call Friday from civil rights lawyers for congressional action for greater police accountability.Benjamin Crump represents Floyd’s survivors as well as the mother of Ahmaud Arbery, a young man who was shot while jogging in Georgia. He […]

MINNEAPOLIS — A day after one of the most destructive and violent nights in Minneapolis history, Gov. Tim Walz and the mayors of the state’s two largest cities faced mounting criticism, with the governor calling the city’s response an “abject failure.”As Walz vowed to restore order heading into the weekend, he acknowledged shortcomings in the […]

CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Friday ripped President Donald Trump, saying he’s fomenting violence and playing to racist urges for political gain in response to the killing of a black man by a Minneapolis police officer and subsequent rioting.Lightfoot’s comments were an apparent response to Trump tweeting a message that included “When the […]

Protesters have overrun a police station in New York City, according to a CNN law enforcement analyst. “NYPD source informs me 88 Pct in Brooklyn just been overrun,” former FBI Agent James Gagliano reported Friday evening. “Police Commissioner Shea has called a Level 3 mobilization. Requires all special units respond and four cars from every […]

On Friday, as protests raged across the nation over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Chicago protesters were joined by the inmates of a correctional facility, who audibly banked on the walls in solidarity. Watch below: Not sure if you can hear…but the people locked inside the correctional center are banging on […]

On Friday evening, President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani tweeted a single hash symbol. # — Rudy W. Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) May 30, 2020 Commenters on social media had no idea what Giuliani meant by tweeting this. But they had a lot of fun with it. & — Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 30, 2020 Did […]