Police responded to reports of gunfire Tuesday near the place where George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer one year ago. One person was transferred to Hennepin County Medical Center with a non-life-threatening injury after arriving at Abbott Northwestern Hospital with a gunshot wound, police said. CNN has contacted the medical center for
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Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — The Clark County Coroner’s office on Tuesday identified the pilot killed when a military jet crashed in a residential neighborhood near Nellis Air Force Base on Monday. According to the coroner’s office, the pilot was identified as Nicholas Hunter Hamilton, 43, of Las Vegas.
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One year ago today, the world watched George Floyd’s life slowly slip away under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer. The outpouring of rage and empathy that followed shook the foundations of Corporate America in unprecedented ways, but experts say it’s far too early to say whether the business world’s pledged commitments to lasting
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — The Clark County School District and the state’s largest teachers union have reached a tentative agreement on how to keep employees’ health plans afloat amid financial difficulties for the nonprofit insurance company covering them. The district on Monday agreed to allow THT Health, the
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TUESDAY: Showers will greet some folks out the door this morning, but more are expected to develop this afternoon. A few heavier downpours and some thunder will accompany some of these later today. Highs will top our near 80. TONIGHT: The chance of showers will linger overnight, but will be pretty isolated. Lows will return to the
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Walmart has apologized to people who received emails containing the n-word in an earlier message from the retailer. On Monday, Walmart said someone outside the company created fake accounts on its site using the email addresses of the individuals in question. That prompted an auto-generated email from the company that contained the racial slur. Walmart
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A German e-commerce startup wants to disrupt the New York City grocery market with deliveries to customers’ apartments in 10 minutes or less. Gorillas, founded last year in Berlin and now available in more than 25 European cities, will begin deliveries in a handful of Brooklyn neighborhoods this month. Brooklyn will be Gorillas’ first location
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Record-holding NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson has spent more time in outer space than almost any other human on the planet, but even in retirement she’s desperate to go back. On Tuesday, the 61-year-old Whitson revealed that she will do just that — and this time, she’s flying private. Axiom, a Houston-based company that focuses on
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For decades, ExxonMobil has deployed Big Tobacco-like propaganda to downplay the gravity of the climate crisis, shift blame onto consumers and protect its own interests, according to a Harvard University study published Thursday. The peer-reviewed study found that Exxon publicly equates demand for energy to an indefinite need for fossil fuels, casting the company as
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MARHSALL, Mo. (KMIZ) Police have arrested two people following a shooting in Marshall early Sunday morning. According to the Marshall Police Department, the shooting happened around 12:30 a.m. in the 100 block of S. Lafayette Ave. Police said officers discovered one person had been shot and taken to Fitzgibbon Hospital for their injuries. That person’s
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President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will meet on Tuesday with the family of George Floyd exactly one year after he was killed by a Minneapolis police officer, sparking nationwide protests against racism and police brutality. The meeting comes as the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act — legislation that would set up a
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A federal judge slammed the Department of Justice for “getting a jump on public relations” when its leaders in 2019 discussed a public rollout that would blunt the Mueller investigation’s damaging findings about then-President Donald Trump, according to a newly released opinion from the judge. Judge Amy Berman Jackson’s scathing analysis was revealed Tuesday morning
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The first face-to-face meeting between President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will take place next month in Switzerland, the White House confirmed Tuesday, as the administration and the Kremlin finalize arrangements for the summit. “President Biden will meet with President Putin in Geneva, Switzerland on June 16, 2021. The leaders will discuss the
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Lawyers for the White nationalist who killed nine people at a historically Black church in Charleston, South Carolina, began making their case Tuesday that his conviction and death sentence can’t stand because he was too “disconnected from reality” to represent himself. That’s the chief contention laid out in a sprawling 321-page motion filed last year
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“Mike Tyson: The Knockout” initially feels like it’s simply retracing the same old steps, charting the boxer’s epic rise, fall and attempted comeback. After the first few rounds, though, this two-part ABC documentary lands some pretty compelling blows, particularly in highlighting the difference 25 years made in terms of Tyson’s third act following his rape
Continue Reading Democrats are poised to confirm Kristen Clarke Tuesday as the first Black woman to lead the Justice Department’s Civil Rights division, a historic step that would come on the anniversary of George Floyd’s killing — and after a vitriolic campaign by Republicans over her stance on policing. If confirmed, she will break barriers in a
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Olivia Rodrigo has a lot to celebrate. The 18-year-old’s new single “Good 4 U” has hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100. This is the second top hit for the singer, the first was “Drivers License.” Both songs are off her debut album “Sour.” “GOOD 4 U IS NUMBER ONE!!!!!!!! IM SO HAPPY AHHHHHH!!!!!”
Continue Reading Police forces across the European Union have been accused of illegal “ethnic profiling” and discrimination after a survey found they were disproportionately stopping and searching members of various ethnic, religious and other minority groups. A report published by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), an independent organization, has for the first time highlighted racial
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Starting wide receiver Jalen Knox has left the Mizzou football team. An MU spokesperson confirmed the news on Tuesday. The rising senior spent the last three years with the Tigers. Last season, Knox caught 31 passes for 305 yards in nine games. The Jonesboro, La. native also rushed for 95 yards and
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As Nepal wrestles with a deadly wave of Covid-19, efforts to help vulnerable families there are facing new and unimaginable challenges. Maggie Doyne, the 2015 CNN Hero of the Year, has spent nearly 15 years caring for children and families in rural Nepal. Doyne is the co-founder and CEO of BlinkNow, a non-profit that runs
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