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The news that George Floyd’s girlfriend, Courtney Ross, at one time served as a teacher to Daunte Wright echoes the intimate connections between Emmett Till and Fred Hampton, two martyrs of the civil rights era who never met in real life. This shared connection between two men killed by Minneapolis area police who also never

For five nights in a row, protesters have gathered — often with snow falling around them — outside of the Brooklyn Center Police Department to chant the name Daunte Wright, whose fatal shooting during a traffic stop Sunday sparked anger in the Minneapolis area and across the nation. During the days, the local community witnessed

Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA (WGCL) — A confederate statue owned by the City of Atlanta is sitting on borrowed time, now that the Norfolk Southern Company has requested that it be removed from their property in Midtown. Hundreds drive by it every day, It’s held a spot in various Atlanta locations

Click here for updates on this story     RAINIER, Oregon (KPTV) — A Rainier homeowner is safe after his dog alerted him to a house fire early Friday morning. Columbia River Fire & Rescue crews were responded to a house fire in the 68000 block of Whitney Road just after 2 a.m. Officials said the homeowner

Click here for updates on this story     CLAY COUNTY, Missouri (KCTV) — A dump truck driver was arrested for DUI on Thursday afternoon, according to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office. They say deputies arrested the dump truck driver after the person initially refused to stop. “We’re grateful this situation ended without a crash,” the sheriff’s

Click here for updates on this story     CONROE, Texas (KTRK) — Conroe ISD has an official bus patrol officer, tasked with keeping an eye on routes and chasing down a bus or two every day. Little Jack is obsessed with school buses and demands to go outside just to see them pass by everyday. According

President Joe Biden ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff on Friday in the wake of the mass shooting at an Indianapolis FedEx facility that killed at least eight people, calling gun violence an “epidemic” the country must address now. It’s only been two weeks since the last time Biden made such an order after

President Joe Biden was briefed Friday morning on the mass shooting at an Indianapolis FedEx facility that killed at least eight people, and the White House says the President’s determination to act on gun violence has “redoubled” in the wake of recent mass shootings across the country. “Like all of you, we’re horrified by the

When closing arguments are delivered Monday in the trial of Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, jurors will have sat through the testimony of seven witnesses for the defense and 38 for the prosecution. But the jury did not hear from the former Minneapolis police officer, who on Thursday removed his face covering

Click here for updates on this story     MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Milwaukee Public Schools’ Board of Directors is trying to reassure the public that moving to in-person learning was the right decision. On Thursday night, April 15, the board outlined the steps they’ve taken to ensure everyone’s health and safety. Teachers held a late news conference

Hours after a gunman opened fire in an Indianapolis FedEx facility, family members of employees at the facility were still corralled at a nearby Holiday Inn, waiting to hear from their loved ones. Some families were still trying to contact employees as recently as 9 a.m. ET, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department told CNN on

Click here for updates on this story     JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (WABC) — A dog owner has a couple of fast-acting police officers to thank for saving her puppy’s paw at a train station in New Jersey. Port Authority Police officers Anthony Manfrendini and Matthew Maiello say they heard the dog’s yelping and its owners

President Joe Biden will be briefed Friday morning on a shooting at an Indianapolis FedEx facility that left at least eight people dead, a White House official told CNN. White House chief of staff Ron Klain has already been in communication with Indianapolis’ mayor, and Biden’s homeland security adviser, Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, is also in touch