U.S. Marine Corps Issues Ban on Confederate Battle Flags

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City speaker jumps to death after Taiwan mayor recall vote

The speaker of the city council in southern Taiwan's Kaohsiung jumped to his death late on Saturday after the mayor lost a highly-charged recall vote, casting a deep pall over what was an already acrimonious campaign.

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Deception at D-Day: How Fake Armies, False Radio Traffic and Even Rubber Tanks Helped Fool Hitler

On June 6, 1944, the Allies mounted the largest amphibious invasion in military history– it was D-Day and some 156,000 Allied soldiers landed in Normandy, France beginning the liberation of Western Europe. However, in the days and weeks that followed the German military – including their leader Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler – believed the landings at Normandy were merely a feint, a deception with the real invasion still to come at Pas de Calais.

Police arrested in Mexico after riots over man's death

Three police officers have been arrested in the Mexican state of Jalisco over the death of a man taken into custody for allegedly breaking coronavirus restrictions, authorities said Friday. Among those placed under arrest over the death of 30-year-old Giovanni Lopez last month is a municipal police chief in Guadalajara and another middle-ranking officer, state prosecutor Gerardo Solis told reporters. The arrests follow riots in the state capital Guadalajara after protesters had gathered to demand justice over Lopez's death.

Brazil's Supreme Court halts police raids in Rio's favelas during pandemic

A Brazilian Supreme Court minister on Friday prohibited police raids in Rio de Janeiro's favelas during the novel coronavirus pandemic, as a groundswell of criticism of brutal police tactics grows in Latin America's largest nation. In the decision, Minister Edson Fachin forbid raids in favelas - as Brazil's informal shantytowns are known - "except in absolutely exceptional cases," which most be pre-approved by the state prosecutor's office. Rio's police forces are notoriously violent, having killed over 1,800 people in 2019.

Minneapolis businesswoman stands with protesters, even after her store burned down

“This hurts, but watching him lose his life like that, it hurts more, it hurts more than losing my business,” she said.

Carole Baskin says she had to let go of half of Big Cat Rescue's paid staff while she and her husband aren't taking paychecks

Carole Baskin told Insider she had to let go of 10 out of 20 staff members after Big Cat Rescue lost approximately one third of its revenue.

Shot officer was targeted at Vegas protest, authorities say

A prosecutor said Friday a 20-year-old Las Vegas man deliberately shot and gravely wounded a police officer during a Las Vegas Strip protest of the death George Floyd in Minneapolis, and said the man fired at least two other shots that night. Justice of the Peace Melanie Andress-Tobiasson cited her review of police video that hasn’t been made public yet in the attempted murder, battery and firearms case against Edgar Samaniego. Prosecutor Giancarlo Pesci said the footage provides “visual evidence of the actual act.”

Bolsonaro threatens WHO exit as COVID-19 kills 'a Brazilian per minute'

President Jair Bolsonaro threatened on Friday to pull Brazil out of the World Health Organization after the U.N. agency warned Latin American governments about the risk of lifting lockdowns before slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus throughout the region. A new Brazilian record for daily COVID-19 fatalities pushed the county's death toll past that of Italy late on Thursday, but Bolsonaro continues to argue for quickly lifting state isolation orders, arguing that the economic costs outweigh public health risks. Latin America's most populous nations, Brazil and Mexico, are seeing the highest rates of new infections, though the pandemic is also gathering pace in countries such as Peru, Colombia, Chile and Bolivia.

Young white men with long guns at George Floyd protests likely affiliated with far-right group Boogaloo

Some gun-toting men affiliated with far-right group Boogaloo offer protection. Others seek to incite violence between police and demonstrators.

Protests Swell Across America as George Floyd Is Mourned Near His Birthplace

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Top Editor of Philadelphia Inquirer Resigns After ‘Buildings Matter’ Headline

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Protesters in Brooklyn Flood the Streets

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Cristobal enters the Gulf of Mexico

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell issued an emergency disaster proclamation.

New arms race taking shape amid a pandemic and economic crisis

Three decades after the Cold War ended without a feared nuclear cataclysm, arms control experts are starting to think the sigh of relief heard around the world then might have been premature.

Alabama shooting: Seven people found dead in ‘horrific’ scene at home

Seven people have been found shot dead in an Alabama home in what police described as a “horrific” scene.Police were responding to an emergency call reporting gunshots on Sunday evening when they arrived to find the house on fire.

'Rahul is a f---ing champ': The DC man who gave refuge to more than 70 protesters fleeing police and pepper spray is being heralded as a legend

"If you're not black and you're not uncomfortable right now you're probably not doing enough," a protester said.

FBI: National Guardsman expressed white supremacist ideology

An Ohio National Guardsman was removed from policing protests in Washington D.C. after the FBI found he expressed white supremacist ideology online, Gov. Mike DeWine announced in a briefing Friday. The state had sent 100 National Guard soldiers to the nation’s capital Tuesday at the request of Secretary of Defense Mark Esper to assist in quelling violence over the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis.

Robert E Lee statue: Virginia governor announces removal of monument

Virginia's governor says the monument to the Confederate general will be taken down in Richmond.

Mexico governor apologizes for police abuses, searches for missing people

The governor of a Mexican state roiled by clashes between security forces and demonstrators on Saturday apologized for police abuses and pledged to track down a number of people reported missing after the disturbances. Enrique Alfaro, governor of the western region of Jalisco, said he was appalled that police in the state capital Guadalajara had on Friday beaten people who were demonstrating over the death of man in police custody last month. "It embarrasses me, it distresses me, it greatly pains me as a man from Jalisco, and as governor," Alfaro said in a video posted on Twitter.

Coronavirus live updates: Brazil records big surge as global deaths approach 400,000

Here are the latest coronavirus updates from around the world.

Helicopter Crew Grounded as Probe into Low DC Flyovers Continues

The National Guard helicopter crew that flew low over protesters in the nation's capital this week has been grounded.

Oklahoma State Punished by N.C.A.A. for Role in Basketball Recruiting Scandal

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Cities Ask if It’s Time to Defund Police and ‘Reimagine’ Public Safety

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Temecula Mayor Resigns Amid Uproar Over Email About Police Killings

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Bolsonaro threatens WHO exit as COVID-19 kills 'a Brazilian per minute'

President Jair Bolsonaro threatened on Friday to pull Brazil out of the World Health Organization after the U.N. agency warned governments about the risk of lifting lockdowns before slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus.

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Brazil highway operator CCR says traffic has rebounded sharply

Brazilian highway operator CCR SA said on Friday that vehicle traffic on its roads reached its highest level since mid-March, as state authorities throughout the nation begin to relax quarantine measures.

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Retired top general joins Mattis dissent from Trump, warns of 'beginning of the end' for democracy if troops are used against protests

“The slide of the United States into illiberalism may well have begun on June 1, 2020,” retired Marine Gen. John Allen wrote in a scathing op-ed. “Remember the date.”

Buffalo police officers resign from unit in protest of suspended colleagues who shoved man, 75, to ground

Video shows one or two officers appearing to push Martin Gugino, 75, who stumbles backward and falls to the ground. Seconds later, a pool of blood can be seen near his head.

NYPD detained a delivery person a few minutes after curfew, even though they are exempted under city guidelines

A delivery person was detained by police, even though they are exempted from the curfew. He was brought back to the station and then released.

California again extends major contract for protective masks

WHO changes COVID-19 mask guidance

The agency previously had recommended that only health care workers, people with COVID-19 and their caregivers wear medical masks.

Activist DeRay Mckesson to critics of the Black Lives Matter movement: ‘We never want one leader … because if you kill the leader, you kill the movement’

The entire country is on edge right now with people protesting police brutality in the wake of the killing of George Floyd and other unarmed black people by law enforcement. All the while, the world continues to cope with a deadly pandemic, one that disproportionately affects African-Americans. And in November there is a presidential election. It’s a lot for many people to grapple with and make sense of, but in a one-on-one interview with Yahoo News, civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson says it’s important to focus on the crisis at hand and work from there.

South Korea says mulling leaflet ban after Kim's sister threat

Kim Yo Jong, the influential younger sister and key adviser to the leader, issued the warning with inter-Korean ties in a deep freeze despite three summits in 2018 between her brother and the South's President Moon Jae-in, who has consistently promoted engagement with Pyongyang. "The South Korean authorities will be forced to pay a dear price if they let this situation go on while making all sort of excuses," Kim Yo Jong said in a statement carried by the official KCNA news agency.

'Utterly disgraceful': New York police officers suspended after viral video shows them shoving 75-year-old man to ground

A man is in the hospital with a serious head injury after a viral video showed two Buffalo police officers shoving him to the ground.

Australia's most populous state files suit to stop Black Lives Matter protest

News agency: Iranian ship sinks in Iraqi waters, 1 dead

New U.S. ban on Chinese airlines hurts Chinese students who were already struggling to get home

The DOT has now banned Chinese airlines from the U.S., an added burden for Chinese students already stuck here because of their own government’s policies.

Photos show thousands of Hong Kongers defying a police order to attend vigils memorializing the victims of the Tienanmen Square massacre

Hong Kong banned residents from memorializing the Tiananmen Square massacre for the first time, but thousands of protesters gathered Thursday anyway.

UN nuclear watchdog has 'serious concern' at Iran denying inspections

Iran has now accumulated enriched uranium at nearly eight times the limit of a 2015 deal and has for months blocked inspections at sites where historic nuclear activity may have occurred, the UN watchdog said Friday. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) noted "with serious concern that, for over four months, Iran has denied access to the Agency... to two locations," according to an IAEA report seen by AFP. The report said the IAEA has questions as to the possible "use or storage of nuclear material" at the two sites and that one of them "may have been used for the processing and conversion of uranium ore including fluorination in 2003".

Chris Hayes Slams Cuomo and de Blasio for Trying to ‘Gaslight the Public’ on Cops Beating Protesters

MSNBC host Chris Hayes took New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to task on Thursday night for falsely claiming that New York police hadn’t beaten protesters despite video evidence to the contrary.In recent days, several videos have surfaced on social media showing NYPD officers whacking peaceful protesters with batons, including a “horrifying” viral clip of three officers bludgeoning a cyclist on Wednesday night. The latter video prompted widespread outrage—except from the governor and mayor.Noting that Wednesday night’s New York protest over George Floyd’s death devolved into violence because “the NYPD started beating people,” Hayes went on to highlight several incidents captured on video by protesters and journalists.“In fact, the public advocate of the City of New York, Jumaane Williams, was present at the protest and live-streaming,” he said. “A New York Times reporter was following the crowd and documenting the peaceful protest in the march of Brooklyn.”After reading from a reporter’s description of the police escalating the violence and beating multiple protesters, the MSNBC host lambasted Cuomo and de Blasio not only for the heavy-handed tactics but lying to the public about them.“The mayor of New York City and the governor of New York state went before reporters to gaslight the public, all of us, into believing that we did not see what we all saw,” he exclaimed. “That the witnesses are not telling the truth about police beating protesters with their batons.”The MSNBC star went on to play clips of the NYC mayor claiming he hasn’t seen any footage of police violence towards demonstrators and Cuomo taking umbrage at the very suggestion that officers would do that.“A police officer doing their job, do you think there is any sensible police officer who believes their job is bludgeoning a peaceful person with a baton?” Cuomo huffed. “You see, it's that kind of incendiary rhetoric that is not a fact. It's not even an opinion. That is a hyper-partisan rhetorical attack. That is a hyperpartisan rhetorical attack. Police hit peaceful protesters with batons for no reason. That’s not a fact. They don’t do that.”An incensed Hayes retorted to Cuomo: “Well, it is a fact. It is very much a fact.”He would then go on to show more footage of police roughing up protesters before sounding one final note. “If this is what it looks like, and based on eye witness accounts it sure appears it’s what it looks like, there must be consequences for the police officers and the people that command and supervisor them,” Hayes concluded.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.

Protests over police abuses spread to Mexico City, stones thrown at U.S. embassy

Masked men and women protesting police abuses vandalized buildings and threw stones at the U.S. embassy in Mexico City on Friday as Mexican state authorities arrested three officers in a bid to quell anger over the death of a man in police custody. Protesters have been demanding that authorities be held accountable over the death of Giovanni Lopez, who died in police custody in the western state of Jalisco last month. Jalisco Attorney General Gerardo Solis said authorities had arrested three police officers over the death of Lopez, a construction worker.

Esper orders hundreds of troops from 82nd Airborne home from D.C. area

This is the second time this week Esper has ordered the troops to head home.