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Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 2 days agoTheWrap offers a brief history lesson on Freedom Day, which commemorates the nation's full abolition of slavery and became a federal holiday just three...
How George Floyd’s Death Exposed a Fake Syndrome: ‘Excited Delirium’
Scientific American· 2 days agoOn May 25, 2020, George Floyd was arrested for allegedly using a counterfeit $20 bill to buy...
Explainer-What is Juneteenth and how are people marking the day? By Reuters
Investing.com· 4 days agoIt became a U.S. federal holiday in 2021, following the signing of a bill by President Joe Biden....
Body camera video captures frantic moments, intense gunfire after fatal shooting of Minneapolis cop
Associated Press· 2 hours agoBody camera footage released Friday shows a chaotic encounter on a Minneapolis street last month, as...
More blue cities using drones instead of police for some 911 calls, expert says: 'They can't get...
Fox News via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoMore blue city police departments are embracing the use of drones to carry out police work, with...
Americans used to unite over tragic events − and now are divided by them
The Raw Story· 5 days agoNatural disasters, school shootings, terrorist attacks and economic crises can become public...
No, Brittney Griner has not been kicked off Team USA | Fact check
USA TODAY via Yahoo Sports· 3 hours agoGriner and other professional athletes demonstrated for racial justice following the police killings of Breonna Taylor and George ...
Once nicknamed ‘Murderapolis,’ the city that became the center of the ‘Defund the Police’ movement...
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThat’s just a few shy of the total killings in 1995, when the city earned the nickname...
The Origins of Juneteenth and Why It Falls on June 19th
Time via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThough it’s been celebrated by Black Americans as early as in the mid-late 1800s, Juneteenth is a...
Tate: Swapping cops with social workers dangerous idea
Boston Herald· 3 days agoYou call 9-11, but all that’s available are unarmed social workers. Cambridge is creating a social...