America
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American Muslim groups call for reforms to stop police brutality
Jun 15, 2020 23:54Dozens of American Muslim organizations joined Monday to the demands for changing policing practices in the US, after the death of George Floyd under police custody last month.
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‘All Black Lives Matter’ painted on Hollywood boulevard
Jun 15, 2020 12:27“All Black Lives Matter” was painted in a rainbow of colors along a stretch of Hollywood Boulevard in front of the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Saturday, one of the latest moves in ongoing protests over police brutality and the killing of George Floyd.
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Rep. Adam Schiff: Americans must dismantle systemic racism
Jun 15, 2020 05:48Chairman of the US House Intelligence Committee said Americans must all work to dismantle systemic racism, and build a more just and equitable nation.
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NY Gov. Cuomo: Police model should be changed
Jun 15, 2020 02:13The Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo said on Sunday that the current policing model in the state should be changed.
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Brooks' family lawyer criticizes justice in US
Jun 15, 2020 00:57Attorney for Rayshard Brooks family, another African-American who was killed by a white Atlanta police officer, has strongly criticized justice in the United States.
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Poll: Trump's low approval rating is unlikely to move
Jun 15, 2020 00:03A new national Gallup poll finds that 57% of Americans disapprove of the job Donald Trump is doing as the US President, while only 39% approve.
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New footage: US police ignore people's cries about Floyd's death
Jun 14, 2020 23:15Disturbing new footage from the moment George Floyd was killed by US police show that police officers don't even pay attention to the calls of the people present at the scene about the victim's suffocation.
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Stop "a long line of killings unarmed African Americans by US police": UN
Jun 14, 2020 19:32US must take ‘serious action’ to halt police killings of unarmed African Americans, The UN human rights chief on Thursday condemned the killing of 46-year-old George Floyd while in police custody in the city of Minneapolis, calling it the latest in “a long line of killings of unarmed African Americans by US police officers and members of the public”. 205
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Warmer temperatures slow COVID-19 transmission
Jun 14, 2020 14:01Heat and humidity will slow down, but not stop, the spread of the coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, a recent Harvard study suggests.
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US COVID-19 survivor receives $1.1 mn hospital bill
Jun 14, 2020 11:08A 70-year-old American man who nearly died of COVID-19 has been billed a heart-stopping $1.1 million for his hospital expenses.
