Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from George Floyd

Lawyer for teen run over by Chicago police SUV releases video and asks for $2.1 million settlement from city

Astarte Washington was injured as police responded to unrest in Roseland after the killing of George Floyd in 2020.

Chicago Sun-Times

Report: State late in response to unrest after Floyd killing

An external review of Minnesota’s response to days of civil unrest following the May 2020 killing of George Floyd found several weaknesses, including a lack of clear leadership early on as businesses were being destroyed and set ablaze

The Independent UK

Philly City Council leaders are backing a plan to increase police funding and add more officers to the force

PHILADELPHIA — Two years after freezing spending on police in response to the killing of George Floyd, Philadelphia City Council leaders are backing a plan that would steer millions in new funding to the department and add more officers.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot again says Christopher Columbus statue will return to Grant Park. But almost 2 years after its removal, will it?

CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s long-delayed review of Chicago monuments still isn’t completed, but the mayor has restated her controversial pledge to return a Christopher Columbus statue to its prominent pedestal in Grant Park — the site of a bloody battle between police and demonstrators nearly two years ago.

Chicago Tribune

Chicago police ‘brain drain’? Retirements have stabilized, but 660 cops retired in 2021

CHICAGO — Officer Mahir “Mike” Affaneh panicked after he heard Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot make a statement in October that officers might have to go on a no-pay status if they refused to be vaccinated.

Chicago Tribune

Black Lives Matter protests are shaping how people understand racial inequality

Considered to be the largest social justice movement since the civil rights era of the 1960s, Black Lives Matter is more than the scores of street protests organized by the social justice group that attracted hundreds of thousands of demonstrators across the world.

The Conversation

‘No progress’ since George Floyd: US police killing three people a day

As Joe Biden pushes to ‘fund the police’, data from Mapping Police Violence shows high rates of deaths at the hands of law enforcement persist

The Guardian - US

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

After Times report, Sheriff Villanueva denies role in cover-up, replaces top aide

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva accused high-ranking members of his department Tuesday of attempting to cover up an incident in which a deputy kneeled on the head of a handcuffed inmate for more than three minutes.

Los Angeles Times

‘Historic injustice’: Biden makes lynching a US hate crime

Joe Biden signs anti-lynching law named after Emmett Till, a Black teen who was brutally killed in Mississippi in 1955.

Al Jazeera

Philly’s new police oversight board, first proposed in 2020, is moving forward

PHILADELPHIA — Nearly two years after it was first proposed in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, and almost a year since Philadelphia’s City Council approved legislation to create a new police oversight agency, the organization is finally poised to move past the planning phase and into reality.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

‘My skin tone is not really accepted’: model Nyakim Gatwech on colorism and Instagram

Gatwech, who was targeted in a prominent psychiatrist’s racist tweet, has built a career in the face of industry prejudice

The Guardian - US

Inside William and Kate's Caribbean tour blunders that 'damaged royal brand'

The Mirror's Russell Myers observed a series of PR blunders that severely wounded the future king and queen's reputation.

Daily Record

Jurors deliberating over force used on Denver protesters

Jurors began deliberating Friday in a federal lawsuit accusing police of using indiscriminate force against people protesting in Denver the police killing of George Floyd two years ago, violating their constitutional rights

The Independent UK

Inside William and Kate's tone-deaf Caribbean tour and blunders that damaged royal brand

The Mirror's Russell Myers followed Prince William and Kate Middleton all the way on their tone-deaf Caribbean tour, observing a series of PR blunders that severely wounded the future king and queen's reputation and dealt a blow to the royal brand

Daily Mirror

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Salon

Kenosha cop uses chokehold on young girl

Comparisons were quickly drawn to the murder of George Floyd, who was killed by an officer using the same chokehold

Sports Illustrated

11-Year-Old Kaitlyn Saunders Lifts Spirits With Her Figure Skating Performances

Get to know the “The Skate Kid,” the young Black girl who inspired many around the country with her touching tribute to the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.

The Independent UK

London suburb Tulse Hill could be renamed due to its slavery links

The south London suburb was named after Sir Henry Tulse, whose wealth primarily derived from slavery

The Guardian - US

Republican Royce White isn’t the average jock turned politician

While the 30-year-old’s self-determined streak might have cost him a lucrative NBA career, he has a decent shot at being elected to Congress

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Wisconsin dad wants cop charged for restraint of daughter

A Wisconsin father is demanding that prosecutors charge an off-duty police officer who appears to have briefly pressed his knee into his 12-year-old daughter's neck similar to how Derek Chauvin restrained George Floyd

The Independent UK

School video shows off-duty Kenosha cop kneeling on 12-year-old’s neck

Footage of the now viral video sparks outrage in wake of police murder of George Floyd

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Will Bunch: Marina Ovsyannikova's courage should make US stop our own war against protests

It was a stunning, brave act that electrified Americans — even if no one witnessed it in real time. But the soon-to-be-viral video of a Russian state TV employee named Marina Ovsyannikova crashing a live broadcast with a large "NO WAR" sign criticizing the regime of Vladimir Putin for its…

The Independent UK

Video shows dying LA DUI suspect pinned down after refusing to give blood for fear of needles

Criminal justice professor says ‘officers demonstrated callous disregard for value of human life’

Al Jazeera

Before Floyd, a Black man screamed ‘I can’t breathe’ then died

Edward Bronstein struggled, screamed repeatedly, then fell silent as California officers held him down.

The Independent UK

Off-duty police officer accused of kneeling on 12-year-old girl’s neck at Wisconsin school in viral video

Incident has drawn comparisons to George Floyd’s murder and took place in Kenosha where Kyle Rittenhouse shot dead two men and wounded a third during racial justice protests

The Independent UK

Police officer acquitted of murdering Indigenous Australian

A police officer has been acquitted on all charges after shooting dead an Indigenous Australian in a case that was highlighted during protests following American George Floyd’s murder in custody

1 … 54 55 56 57

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.