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FILE – In this Wednesday, June 3, 2020 file photo a Maasai man, who said he had seen videos on Facebook about protests in the U.S. over the death of George Floyd, jumps next to a new mural painted this week showing Floyd with the Swahili word “Haki” meaning “Justice”, in the Kibera slum, or […]

A health official wearing protective gears puts a sample of a person into a plastic bag during the COVID-19 testing at a makeshift clinic in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) Switzerland says it plans to lift restrictions on travel from European Union countries and Britain on June 15. The Swiss […]

FILE – In this May 28, 2020, file photo, Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo, center, listens as Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey becomes emotional during a news conference in Minneapolis, Minn. George Floyd’s death and the protests it ignited nationwide over racial injustice and police brutality have raised questions about whether Arradondo — or any chief […]

In this photo taken Thursday, June 4, 2020, a customer walks out of a U.S. Post Office branch and under a banner advertising a job opening, in Seattle. The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 13.3% in May, and 2.5 million jobs were added — a surprisingly positive reading in the midst of a recession that […]

This combination photo shows country singer Joe Diffie at the 12th annual ACM Honors in Nashville, Tenn. on Aug. 22, 2018, from left, and undated images of violinist Vincent Lionti, fashion designer Jenny Polanco and architect and urban theorist Aaron Sorkin posing for portraits. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of artists and artisans, writers […]

A 176-year-old slave auction block has been removed from a Virginia city’s downtown. The 800-pound (363-kilogram) stone was pulled from the ground at a Fredericksburg street corner early Friday after the removal was delayed for months by lawsuits and the coronavirus pandemic, The Free Lance-Star reported. The weathered stone was sprayed with graffiti twice and chants […]

  Former Vice President Joe Biden is expected to attend the funeral next week of George Floyd, the black man who died at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer, a lawyer for Floyd’s family said Tuesday. The lawyer, Ben Crump, said Floyd’s family will hold the funeral in Houston, Texas, on June 9, […]

New Orleans police clash with protesters after a largely peaceful protest march, on top of the bridge on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, days following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (Chris Granger/The Advocate via AP) More than 10,000 people have been arrested […]

Faith leaders participate in a National Day of Mourning and Lament interfaith prayer service organized by Sojourners on June 1, 2020 to mourn the loss of over 100,000 people in the United States that have died after contracting COVID-19. | Screenshot: Facebook.com/Sojourners Interfaith clergy as well as civic leaders in at least 50 cities nationwide […]

A former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says he was “sickened” to see National Guard troops and other security personnel forcibly clear protesters from a square near the White House to facilitate President Donald Trump’s walk to a nearby church to pose for photographers. Calling the visit Monday a “stunt,” Mike Mullen, a […]