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Mon, 01 Jun 2020 05:00:09 -0400

Several police experts said that number appears to be unusually high. "By using this tactic, it's a self-fulfilling tragedy," said one.

Mon, 01 Jun 2020 05:00:00 -0400

A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 372,000 people worldwide. Over 6.1 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The actual numbers are believed to be much higher due to testing shortages, many unreported cases and suspicions that some governments are hiding the scope of their nations' outbreaks.

Mon, 01 Jun 2020 04:56:00 -0400

A man was fatally shot by law enforcement in Louisville, Kentucky, during protests against the killing of George Floyd, according to local reports.The incident occurred at around midnight, an hour after a curfew imposed on the city after several nights of protests. Early reports say that local police officers and the National Guard were attempting to break up a gathering in a parking lot outside a grocery store when they were fired upon from the crowd. They returned fire, and one person was at some point shot dead.

Mon, 01 Jun 2020 04:31:00 -0400

A single mom who moved her family from New Orleans to Houston after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina celebrated her son's graduation from Baylor University by holding a commencement ceremony in her backyard. Ayanna Tatum brought together a stage, a Baylor University banner, a microphone and a small group of family and friends in just a few days in order to give her son, Derrick Williams, a graduation ceremony after his was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Mon, 01 Jun 2020 04:22:05 -0400