In a little over a week, Americans have gone from taking their first hesitant steps outside again to marching in tightly-packed crowds in cities all over the country. Any uncertainty about venturing out during a coronavirus pandemic has been seemingly cast aside to shed light on police brutality after watching the video of George Floyd…… MORE
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3 Chinese nationals sentenced to prison for taking photos at Florida naval base
Three Chinese nationals were sentenced to prison Thursday for entering a restricted area at a naval base in Key West, Florida, to take photos. Chinese national Liao Lyuyou, 27, was sentenced to 12 months in prison after pleading guilty to illegally entering the restricted area within Naval Air Station Key West in December and taking…… MORE
George Floyd remembered at memorial for changing the world as bail is set for ex-officers charged in his death
George Floyd’s brother joyfully shared memories of their childhood together in Houston — from eating banana and mayonnaise sandwiches to playing football together — during the first of several memorials planned in Floyd’s honor. But Philonise Floyd also said it was painful to be so close to his brother for the first time since his…… MORE
George Floyd protests across the US
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What we know about the four ex-police officers charged in George Floyd’s death
One of the officers had been on the job four days. One was on his third shift ever. And Derek Chauvin, who pressed his knee into George Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes, was the field training officer for one of them. Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao were responding to a…… MORE
Trump has walled himself off from America’s conversation on racism
Part of America is tiptoeing toward an uncomfortable self-examination about race. But President Donald Trump, bunkered down in his fortress behind high fences now ringing the White House, is spurning a building wave of national reflection. The death of George Floyd in the latest example of police brutality has drawn tens of thousands of people…… MORE
Chinese companies facing pushback in the US are hedging their bets in Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s status as a global business hub has been cast into doubt in recent weeks. But the city has become increasingly attractive to Chinese companies that fear their business prospects in the United States may be in jeopardy. Gaming company NetEase announced plans this week to raise billions of dollars through a secondary listing…… MORE
Ex-Joint Chiefs chairman: ‘I’m glad I don’t have to advise this President’
Retired four-star Gen. Richard Myers said Thursday evening that he’s “glad” he doesn’t have to advise President Donald Trump as the President threatens to use the military if violent protests continue. “I’m glad I don’t have to advise this President,” Myers, who was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President George W. Bush,…… MORE
The charges against 4 officers involved in George Floyd’s death, explained
Now that prosecutors have charged all four officers involved in the arrest that ended in George Floyd’s death, their real work begins: proving them. The charges against Derek Chauvin, the former officer who kept his knee on Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes, were expanded this week to include the more serious one of second-degree…… MORE
Patients with high blood pressure have twice the risk of dying from coronavirus, study finds
Coronavirus patients with high blood pressure have twice the risk of dying from the infection, an international study has found. High blood pressure has been known to worsen the risk of serious symptoms, but the study, published Thursday in the European Heart Journal, shows just how bad the risk is. The international team of researchers,…… MORE
