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The man arrested in the assault on a 65-year-old Asian woman in New York City was out on parole for killing his mother, police told CNN. Brandon Elliot was arrested early Wednesday. Elliot was charged with two counts of second degree assault as a hate crime and one count of first degree attempted assault as

Moments after George Floyd was taken away in an ambulance last May, former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin was confronted by a witness who took issue with Chauvin’s kneeling on Floyd’s neck. “That’s one person’s opinion,” Chauvin responded as he got into his squad car. “We had to control this guy because he’s a sizable

Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny says he is going on a hunger strike to protest against prison officials’ refusal to grant him access to proper medical care, in a post shared by his team on his official Instagram page on Wednesday. “I have the right to call a doctor and get medications. They give me

After a Zoom call with a student and his mother, a California teacher who thought the call had ended was recorded saying her student has learned to lie and make excuses, calling the parents “pieces of sh*t” and saying “this is what Black people do,” according to the mother’s attorneys. Now, the mother from the

Over a decade ago, Brown University released a report with findings on its ties to slavery, and now undergraduate students have voted in support of reparations for descendants of enslaved people. The vote comes at the recommendation of Undergraduate Council of Students (UCS) President Jason Carroll, who is himself a descendant on both sides. Carroll

The trial of Derek Chauvin on second-degree murder charges in the killing of George Floyd has cast a bright spotlight, one that forces Americans to re-confront the police violence that helped trigger a transformative social movement. It also demands we pay attention to the deeper connections between this act of violence — that so many

The man arrested in the assault on a 65-year-old Asian woman in New York City was out on parole for killing his mother, police told CNN. Brandon Elliot was arrested early Wednesday. Elliot will be arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on two counts of second-degree assault as a hate crime and one count of first-degree

The 19-year-old cashier who suspected George Floyd had handed him a counterfeit bill said Wednesday he still feels guilt for Floyd’s death under the knee of a former Minneapolis police officer. Christopher Martin took the stand on the third day of the criminal trial of Derek Chauvin, echoing other witnesses who expressed helplessness and regret

Click here for updates on this story     MILLS RIVER, North Carolina (WLOS) — Glenn C. Marlow Elementary School took the Cereal Box Domino Challenge to benefit Interfaith Assistance Ministries. Since early March, the school has been collecting boxes of cereal to donate to the organization, which is currently serving more than 300 families a week

LeBron James is officially a part owner of Major League Baseball’s Boston Red Sox, according to a Wednesday announcement from Fenway Sports Group (FSG). James, his business partner Maverick Carter and their longtime business associate, Paul Wachter, will become part of FSG’s ownership group, the sports company said in its news release. FSG owns the

French President Emmanuel Macron announced tougher national coronavirus restrictions Wednesday, saying the country must take a “new direction” in its approach to fighting Covid-19 or risk “losing control” over the virus. The measures will start Saturday and last for at least a month, Macron said in a televised national address. Under the “limited lockdown,” curfews