58 h. ago LA protests live: Cities prepare for ‘No Kings’ rallies nationwide as Marines arrive in Los Angeles

Ruling temporarily blocks California Governor Gavin Newsom from regaining control of 4,000 troops mobilized in Los Angeles

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3 d. ago Florida sheriff warns protesters ahead of nationwide rallies: ‘We will kill you dead’

‘We will be notifying your family where to collect your remains, because we will kill you, graveyard dead,’ the sheriff eerily warned Thursday

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4 d. ago LA protests live: Trump admin threatens military deployment nationwide as rallies flare up across US

Los Angeles enforces a second consecutive curfew to crack down on criminal activity as anti-ICE protests erupt in other major cities

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3 w. ago They were shot by police at the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. ‘I came home a different person’

Blinded, beaten or jailed, some protesters are still recovering physically and financially from speaking outFive years ago, on 25 May 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was murdered by Derek Chauvin, a white police officer. During an attempted arrest, Chauvin kneeled on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes, cutting off his oxygen supply. The gruesome killing was captured on video.Floyd’s murder sparked global outcry, launching the largest protests seen in the US since the civil rights movement. During the summer of 2020, upwards of 26 million people protested nationwide to condemn police brutality and demand racial justice. Rallies also spread across the globe, with some 93 countries and territories participating in the uprisings. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Storms kill 20 across US including nine dead in ‘mass casualty event’ in Kentucky

Storms also killed seven in Missouri, spawned tornadoes in Wisconsin and brought a heatwave to TexasStorm systems sweeping across the midwestern US have left more than 20 dead in Missouri and Kentucky.Kentucky’s governor, Andy Beshear, said 14 of the dead were in his state. At least nine of those deaths were reported after a tornado sparked what authorities called a mass casualty event in south-eastern Kentucky. Continue reading...

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last month Storms kill 16 across US including nine dead in ‘mass casualty event’ in Kentucky

Storms also killed seven in Missouri, spawned tornadoes in Wisconsin and brought a heatwave to TexasStorm systems sweeping across the midwestern US have left at least 16 dead, including nine people killed after a tornado sparked what authorities called a mass casualty event in south-eastern Kentucky.Kentucky authorities said there were also severe injuries when a twister tore across Laurel county late on Friday. Continue reading...

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