6 Staffers Setting Up for Trump Rally Test Positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign says six staff members helping set up for his Saturday night rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, have tested positive for coronavirus. The campaign’s communications director, Tim Murtaugh, said in a statement that “quarantine procedures” were immediately initiated and no staff member who tested positive would attend the event. He […]
2nd former officer charged in George Floyd’s death released on bail
Alexander Kueng posted a $750,000 bond and was released late Friday afternoon, according to Hennepin County Jail records. His attorney Thomas Plunkett confirmed to ABC News that Kueng posted bail, but did not provide further statement at this time. Kueng is one of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder […]
One dead, 11 injured in Minneapolis shooting
One person died and 11 more were wounded in a shooting in the US city of Minneapolis, police said Sunday. Images streamed live to Facebook showed at least one person lying on the pavement as dozens gather around — some screaming for medical help. Other footage appeared to show businesses with shattered windows, and police […]
Germany riot: Gangs smash shops and attack police in Stuttgart
BERLIN: Hundreds of people ran riot in Germany´s Stuttgart city centre in the early hours Sunday, throwing stones and bottles at police and plundering stores after smashing shop windows. “Police are currently securing leads and are interrogating more than 20 people who have been provisionally arrested,” authorities in the southwestern city said in a statement. […]
New York City to remove former US President Roosevelt’s statue over racism concerns
NEW YORK: New York City announced Sunday it would remove a statue of former US President Theodore Roosevelt long criticised as a racist and colonialist symbol, but the move drew criticism from Donald Trump. The decision comes with the United States gripped by widespread protests against racial inequality — sparked by the killing in police […]
2 dead, 12 hurt after gunfire erupts at northwest Charlotte Juneteenth party
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — At least two people were killed and a dozen people were injured when a Juneteenth celebration turned violent on Beatties Ford Road in north Charlotte late Sunday night, police said. According to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police, officers responded to a report of a pedestrian being hit on Beatties Ford Road around 12:30 a.m. When […]
Oil falls below $40 on record US inventories, COVID fears
Oil slipped below $40 a barrel on Thursday after a more than 5% fall the previous session, as record-high U.S. crude inventories and a resurgence in coronavirus cases cast doubt on a recovery in fuel demand. U.S. crude stocks rose 1.4 million barrels to a record high, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday. This […]
U.S. records 34,700 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday; highest one-day total since April
A coronavirus resurgence is wiping out two months of progress in the U.S. and sending infections to dire new levels across the South and West, with administrators and health experts warning on Wednesday that politicians and a tired-of-being-cooped-up public are letting a disaster unfold. The U.S. recorded a one-day total of 34,700 new COVID-19 cases, […]
Abhay Deol exposes nepotism in Bollywood
The unfortunate demise of actor Sushant Singh Rajput has sparked an ongoing debate in Bollywood regarding nepotism, favouritism, and all the ways in which the industry is far from welcoming newcomers. Taking to social media, actor Abhay Deol is speaking up about the prejudice he faced while simultaneously calling out award shows. In a post […]
US arrests Pakistan-born Fahad Shah for million-dollar fraud
DALLAS: Pakistan-born American Fahad H. Shah has been arrested in Texas by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for a million-dollar fraud and deception, US authorities confirmed Wednesday. Shah was produced Tuesday morning in the court of East Texas Eastern District Magistrate Judge Christine A. Novak. He hails from Hyderabad, Pakistan, and has been doing […]
