tlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms joined the chorus of nationwide outrage about the Sunday, saying that “this was a lynching” which taps into a bigger issue of White House rhetoric she said emboldens “many who are prone to being racist.” On Feb. 23, Arbery, a 25-year-old black man, was shot and killed while jogging in a residential area in Brunswick, Ga. Gregory McMichael and his son Travis McMichael, who are both white, were arrested for the crime on Thursday and charged with murder and aggravated assault.“It is heartbreaking. It’s 2020 and this was a lynching of an African-American man...…tlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms joined the chorus of nationwide outrage about the Sunday, saying that “this was a lynching” which taps into a bigger issue of White House rhetoric she said emboldens “many who are prone to being racist.” On Feb. 23, Arbery, a 25-year-old black man, was shot and killed while jogging in a residential area in Brunswick, Ga. Gregory McMichael and his son Travis McMichael, who are both white, were arrested for the crime on Thursday and charged with murder and aggravated assault.“It is heartbreaking. It’s 2020 and this was a lynching of an African-American man...WW…

Byvery 10 minutes or so, someone knocks on the big wooden door of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s office on Capitol Hill. The noise makes staffers stiffen. It’s almost always a harmless fan, one of dozens who arrive each day, leaving neon-colored Post-it notes as devotional offerings. But in her first three months in Congress, aides say, enough people have threatened to murder Ocasio-Cortez that Capitol Police trained her staff to perform risk assessments of her visitors. This is the daily reality for America’s newest human Rorschach test. Wonder Woman of the left, Wicked Witch of the right,...…Byvery 10 minutes or so, someone knocks on the big wooden door of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s office on Capitol Hill. The noise makes staffers stiffen. It’s almost always a harmless fan, one of dozens who arrive each day, leaving neon-colored Post-it notes as devotional offerings. But in her first three months in Congress, aides say, enough people have threatened to murder Ocasio-Cortez that Capitol Police trained her staff to perform risk assessments of her visitors. This is the daily reality for America’s newest human Rorschach test. Wonder Woman of the left, Wicked Witch of the right,...WW…

(WASHINGTON) — endorsed on Wednesday, the latest of the former vice president’s onetime White House rivals to back him as the Democratic Party moves to project unity against President Donald Trump going into the November election.“Joe Biden has spent nearly his entire life in public service. He knows that a government run with integrity, competence, and heart will save lives and save livelihoods,” Warren said in a nearly four-minute video announcing her decision. “And we can’t afford to let Donald Trump continue to endanger the lives and livelihoods of every American.”The Massachusetts...…(WASHINGTON) — endorsed on Wednesday, the latest of the former vice president’s onetime White House rivals to back him as the Democratic Party moves to project unity against President Donald Trump going into the November election.“Joe Biden has spent nearly his entire life in public service. He knows that a government run with integrity, competence, and heart will save lives and save livelihoods,” Warren said in a nearly four-minute video announcing her decision. “And we can’t afford to let Donald Trump continue to endanger the lives and livelihoods of every American.”The Massachusetts...WW…

(CAPE TOWN, South Africa) — One of the hard lessons the World Health Organization learned during the Ebola outbreak in West Africa was this: Other diseases can be forgotten and take a deadlier toll.The WHO is now warning that the battle against malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, where it already kills hundreds of thousands of people a year, could be set back by 20 years as countries focus energy and resources on containing the coronavirus.The WHO said new projections indicate that in a worst-case scenario, 769,000 people could die of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa this year as campaigns to...…(CAPE TOWN, South Africa) — One of the hard lessons the World Health Organization learned during the Ebola outbreak in West Africa was this: Other diseases can be forgotten and take a deadlier toll.The WHO is now warning that the battle against malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, where it already kills hundreds of thousands of people a year, could be set back by 20 years as countries focus energy and resources on containing the coronavirus.The WHO said new projections indicate that in a worst-case scenario, 769,000 people could die of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa this year as campaigns to...WW…

n Friday, as Oklahoma began easing restrictions set in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19, one city abruptly ended an order that business patrons wear , citing threats against employees. As of Friday, Oklahoma joined in beginning to permit some places, including restaurants and gyms, to reopen, although people continue to be diagnosed with . Just hours after implementing the face covering emergency order on May 1, Stillwater, Okla., Mayor Will Joyce that the order was amended to ask businesses to “encourage, but not require, patrons to cover their faces” to prevent the spread of the...…n Friday, as Oklahoma began easing restrictions set in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19, one city abruptly ended an order that business patrons wear , citing threats against employees. As of Friday, Oklahoma joined in beginning to permit some places, including restaurants and gyms, to reopen, although people continue to be diagnosed with . Just hours after implementing the face covering emergency order on May 1, Stillwater, Okla., Mayor Will Joyce that the order was amended to ask businesses to “encourage, but not require, patrons to cover their faces” to prevent the spread of the...WW…

(Washington D.C.) — President Donald Trump has fired the State Department’s inspector general, an Obama administration appointee whose office was critical of alleged political bias in the agency’s management. The ouster is the latest in a series of moves against independent executive branch watchdogs who have found fault with the Trump administration.A senior department official said Trump removed Steve Linick from his job on Friday but gave no reason for his ouster. In a letter to Congress, Trump said Linick, who had held the job since 2013, no longer had his full confidence and that his...…(Washington D.C.) — President Donald Trump has fired the State Department’s inspector general, an Obama administration appointee whose office was critical of alleged political bias in the agency’s management. The ouster is the latest in a series of moves against independent executive branch watchdogs who have found fault with the Trump administration.A senior department official said Trump removed Steve Linick from his job on Friday but gave no reason for his ouster. In a letter to Congress, Trump said Linick, who had held the job since 2013, no longer had his full confidence and that his...WW…

WASHINGTON — Undeterred by curfews, protesters streamed back into the nation’s streets Tuesday, hours after President Donald Trump pressed governors to put down the violence set off by George Floyd’s death and demanded that New York call up the National Guard to stop the “lowlifes and losers.”But most protests passed peacefully, and while there were scattered reports of looting in New York City, the country appeared calmer by late Tuesday than it did a day earlier, when violence swept through multiple cities.The president, meanwhile, amplified his hard-line calls from Monday, when he...…WASHINGTON — Undeterred by curfews, protesters streamed back into the nation’s streets Tuesday, hours after President Donald Trump pressed governors to put down the violence set off by George Floyd’s death and demanded that New York call up the National Guard to stop the “lowlifes and losers.”But most protests passed peacefully, and while there were scattered reports of looting in New York City, the country appeared calmer by late Tuesday than it did a day earlier, when violence swept through multiple cities.The president, meanwhile, amplified his hard-line calls from Monday, when he...WW…

hio Gov. Mike DeWine is getting high marks for his no-nonsense approach to the coronavirus crisis gripping the country. The Republican rang the alarm early, didn’t wait for Washington to notice and took dramatic steps to shut down much of his state before the pandemic could overrun it. In turn, DeWine seems to have headed off the worst-case scenario playing out in New York and New Jersey. His daily press briefings have been appointment viewing for Ohioans and C-SPAN aficionados alike. And at age 73, the former Congressman, Senator and state Attorney General has never had such a promising a...…hio Gov. Mike DeWine is getting high marks for his no-nonsense approach to the coronavirus crisis gripping the country. The Republican rang the alarm early, didn’t wait for Washington to notice and took dramatic steps to shut down much of his state before the pandemic could overrun it. In turn, DeWine seems to have headed off the worst-case scenario playing out in New York and New Jersey. His daily press briefings have been appointment viewing for Ohioans and C-SPAN aficionados alike. And at age 73, the former Congressman, Senator and state Attorney General has never had such a promising a...WW…

acebook has deleted a post by President Donald Trump for the first time, saying it violated its policy against spreading misinformation about the coronavirus.The post in question featured a link to a Fox News video in which Trump says children are “virtually immune” to the virus.Facebook said Wednesday that the “video includes false claims that a group of people is immune from COVID-19 which is a violation of our policies around harmful COVID misinformation.”A tweet from Trump with the same video remained up on Twitter as of Wednesday afternoon. That’s even though Twitter has been quicker...…acebook has deleted a post by President Donald Trump for the first time, saying it violated its policy against spreading misinformation about the coronavirus.The post in question featured a link to a Fox News video in which Trump says children are “virtually immune” to the virus.Facebook said Wednesday that the “video includes false claims that a group of people is immune from COVID-19 which is a violation of our policies around harmful COVID misinformation.”A tweet from Trump with the same video remained up on Twitter as of Wednesday afternoon. That’s even though Twitter has been quicker...WW…

s tense protests about India’s new rocked the nation’s capital last weekend, four women tried to form a human shield around their male classmate as police beat him with sticks. Shaheen Abdulla’s face was bloody as he yelled at his friends to “go inside.” The women locked eyes with police officers, pointing their fingers at them, urging them to “go away” and leave Abdulla alone. As a video of the encounter went viral on social media, Abdulla and his friends quickly became a . But he insists that “a lot of heroes came out that night” — rescuing each other and sheltering friends. “We are the...…s tense protests about India’s new rocked the nation’s capital last weekend, four women tried to form a human shield around their male classmate as police beat him with sticks. Shaheen Abdulla’s face was bloody as he yelled at his friends to “go inside.” The women locked eyes with police officers, pointing their fingers at them, urging them to “go away” and leave Abdulla alone. As a video of the encounter went viral on social media, Abdulla and his friends quickly became a . But he insists that “a lot of heroes came out that night” — rescuing each other and sheltering friends. “We are the...WW…