AMERICAN DIARY: To be black and a journalist at this moment
For many Americans, “space” means leaving the Earth’s atmosphere and exploring the galaxy. They think of this weekend’s Space X launch. Or going where…
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Launch gives spectators pride, reprieve from troubled times
TITUSVILLE, Fla.
For many spectators who filled parks, beaches and roads along Florida’s Space Coast, the launch of two astronauts into orbit…
Fox News reporter attacked, chased from demonstration
NEW YORK
A Fox News reporter was pummeled and chased by protesters who had gathered outside the White House early Saturday as part of nationwide…
Protests over police killings rage on in dozens of US cities
MINNEAPOLIS
Tense protests over the death of George Floyd and other police killings of black men grew Saturday from New York to Tulsa to Los Angeles,…
Trump strikes China over virus, Hong Kong and student visas
WASHINGTON
President Donald Trump announced Friday that he would withdraw funding from the World Health Organization, end Hong Kong’s special trade…
Trump takes aim at WHO as US economic outlook worsens
WASHINGTON
With new U.S. economic numbers highlighting the rough road ahead for a hoped-for rebound, President Donald Trump on Friday took aim at the…
Trump fuels new tensions in moment of crisis
WASHINGTON
Over 48 hours in America, the official death toll from the coronavirus pandemic topped 100,000, the number of people who filed for…
Protests explode in US after cop charged with killing Floyd
MINNEAPOLIS
The white Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee into George Floyd’s neck as he begged for air was arrested Friday and charged…
CNN crew arrested while reporting on Minneapolis protests
MINNEAPOLIS
The Minnesota State Patrol on Friday arrested a CNN television crew as they reported on violent protests in Minneapolis following the…