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Guests gather at North Central University Thursday, June 4, 2020, before a memorial service for Geo...
AARON MORRISON and TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press

`Get your knee off our necks!’: Floyd mourned in Minneapolis

A spirited and fiery memorial service for George Floyd has brought a call for action.
6 years ago
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ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer

Ill-considered social media posts lead to lost jobs amid protests, crisis

A writer from a "Law & Order spin-off and an NBA broadcaster found themselves out of jobs after social media posts this week, and they're not alone.
6 years ago
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JILL BLEED Associated Press

VIRUS DIARY: When the class hamster came home – and stayed

A parent in Little Rock, Arkansas details what happened when the class pet came home and stayed.
6 years ago
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Kelli Pierce

Campaigning during COVID-19: 4th Congressional District candidates get creative online

Utah's 4th Congressional District candidates are grappling with campaigning online as the COVID-19 pandemic hinders their ability to meet with voters.
6 years ago
FILE - This Tuesday, June 27, 2017 file photo shows the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee...
ALAN SUDERMAN and SARAH RANKIN Associated Press

Virginia governor to announce removal of Lee statue

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is expected to announce plans Thursday for the removal of an iconic statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from Richmond’s prominent Monument Avenue.
6 years ago
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Scottie Andrew, CNN

Amazon books best sellers list dominated almost entirely by books on race right now

15 of the top 20 bestselling Amazon books are about race, racism and white supremacy in the US. Sales surged following protests of George Floyd's death.
6 years ago
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Mary Richards

Utah National Guard members help clean Washington DC

Utah National Guard members are already hard at work in Washington DC, not long after being deployed to the area to help with continued civil unrest and protests.
6 years ago
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Becky Bruce

The Venezuela crisis: The conditions that led to the arrest of Josh Holt

The Venezuela crisis took decades to evolve, setting the stage for the 2016 arrest of Josh and Thamy Holt.
6 years ago
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Curt Gresseth

Live Mic: Feds to come after those behind downtown SLC violence

The U.S. Attorney for Utah tells Live Mic with Lee Lonsberry the feds will bring to justice to any lawbreakers behind the downtown violence this weekend.
6 years ago
A mural of George Floyd painted by the artist eme_freethinker on a wall at Mauerpark in Berlin, Ger...
Curt Gresseth

Dave & Dujanovic: NAACP leader shares views on protests

The Utah president of the NAACP shares her insights on police and the nationwide protests over the death of an unarmed black man.
6 years ago
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Melissa Mahtani, CNN

CNN and ‘Sesame Street’ to host a town hall addressing racism

Sesame Street has scheduled a "town hall" meeting for Saturday, to help families and children address racism in America.
6 years ago
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Frank Pallotta, CNN Business

Television changed last night, did you notice?

Many networks owned by Viacom marked the death of George Floyd by removing programming for the length of time Floyd was knelt on by a police officer.
6 years ago
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MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer

SpaceX captures the flag, beating Boeing in cosmic contest

The first astronauts launched by SpaceX have captured the flag left behind at the International Space Station nearly a decade ago by the last crew to launch from the U.S. NASA astronaut Doug Hurley showed off the flag Monday, a day after arriving at the orbiting outpost.
6 years ago
Carole Baskin, whose longstanding feud with Joe Exotic was chronicled in the hit Netflix docuseries...
Colby Walker

Carole Baskin, foe of the Netflix ‘Tiger King’ awarded Joe Exotic’s zoo

Tiger King Joe Exotic's zoo has been awarded to Carole Baskin and Big Cat Rescue after a federal judge found the property was fraudulently transferred to avoid paying $1 million in a previous lawsuit.
6 years ago
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Sandra Gonzalez, CNN

Music industry leaders vow to pause business for a day in observation of Blackout Tuesday

Originally Published: 01 JUN 20 15:21 ET (CNN) — The show will be paused. At least, that’s the message coming from leaders and artists in the music business as part of a movement being referred to as Blackout Tuesday. Music executives Jamila Thomas and Brianna Agyemang spearheaded the effort to shutter normal business operations on […]
6 years ago
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Cami Mondeaux

‘Anonymous’ hacker group threatens to “expose many crimes” of Minneapolis PD

Anonymous posted a video online saying they "do not trust" the police department to bring justice to Floyd -- with threats of exposing crimes.  
6 years ago
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Alicia Lee and Sara Sidner, CNN

99 years ago today, America was shaken by one of its deadliest acts of racial violence

As Americans' rage over racial injustice boils over into a sixth day of protests, Monday also marks the 99th anniversary of one of the worst acts of racial violence the country has ever seen.
6 years ago
This undated handout photo provided by Christopher Harris shows George Floyd. The mayor of Minneapo...
The Associated Press

Mayor says George Floyd’s body will return to Houston

The mayor of Houston says the body of George Floyd will be returning to Texas.
6 years ago
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Jeremy Herb, Evan Perez, Donie O'Sullivan and Mark Morales, CNN

Breakdown: the outside elements involved in protests across the US

Which outside elements have involved themselves in protests across the nation? CNN writers gather what is known so far.
6 years ago
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Theresa Waldrop, CNN

New York police officers kneel with protesters

In the midst of protests and destruction, a moving scene unfolded Sunday in New York when some of the city's police officers knelt with protesters.
6 years ago
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MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer

2 astronauts climb aboard SpaceX rocket for historic flight

astronauts making a second attempt at a history-making ride into orbit aboard a rocket ship built by Elon Musk's SpaceX company.
6 years ago
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Mary Richards

Utah runner’s dream of running Boston Marathon now on hold

News that the Boston Marathon won’t happen is sad for some Utah runners with it on their bucket list. Now they'll decide to wait or run it virtually.
6 years ago
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Madeline Holcombe and Rebekah Riess, CNN

7 people shot in protests over the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor, police say

Outcry over the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor reached a boiling point overnight Thursday in Louisville, Kentucky, when gunfire erupted during protests.
6 years ago
A protester carries the carries a U.S. flag upside, a sign of distress, next to a burning building ...
TIM SULLIVAN and AMY FORLITI Associated Press

Minneapolis police station torched amid George Floyd protest

Protesters angered by the death of a black man who died while pleading for air as a white police officer kneeled on his neck have torched a Minneapolis police station that the department abandoned.
6 years ago