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Jason Hanna / CNN:
A CNN crew has been arrested while covering Minneapolis protests, and the governor has apologized — Minnesota police arrest CNN team on live television — (CNN)A CNN crew was arrested by Minnesota state police Friday morning while giving a live television report in Minneapolis …
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KSTP-TV:
George Floyd, fired officer overlapped security shifts at south Minneapolis club — A former club owner in south Minneapolis says the now-fired police officer and the black man who died in his custody this week both worked security for her club up to the end of last year.
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New York Times:
Twitter Warns that Trump Tweet Could Spur Violence — The move by the social media platform is likely to spur more threats from the White House and criticism from the president's supporters. — Twitter said early Friday that a tweet from President Trump suggesting that protesters …
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Ina Fried / Axios:
Twitter: Trump's Minnesota tweet violated rules on violence — Twitter said Friday morning that a tweet from President Trump in which he threatened shooting in response to civil unrest in Minneapolis violated the company's rules. The company said it was leaving the tweet up in the public interest.
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Associated Press:
Minneapolis police station torched amid George Floyd protest — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Cheering protesters torched a Minneapolis police station that the department abandoned as three days of violent protests spread to nearby St. Paul and angry demonstrations flared across the U.S over the death of George Floyd …
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Star Tribune:
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey calls Minneapolis unrest ‘unacceptable’; President Donald Trump promises action — Mayor Jacob Frey also said he decided to evacuate a police station later set ablaze: “The symbolism of a building cannot outweigh the importance of life.” Earlier, President Donald Trump tweeted about the unrest.
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Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
CNN crew released after being arrested live on air while reporting on Minneapolis protests — CNN's Omar Jimenez and his crew were released after being arrested Friday by Minneapolis state police while reporting on the protests that followed the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody in the city.
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NBC News:
Minneapolis police precinct on fire as protest rage on after death of George Floyd — MINNEAPOLIS — A police precinct was burning in Minneapolis late Thursday as protests over the death of George Floyd raged on for a third straight day. — Protesters had focused their attention …
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Alex Hern / The Guardian:
Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for ‘glorifying violence’
Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for ‘glorifying violence’
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Noelle Phillips / Denver Post:
Tear gas, pepper bullets used on Denver crowds in George Floyd protests Thursday night
Tear gas, pepper bullets used on Denver crowds in George Floyd protests Thursday night
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Newley Purnell / Wall Street Journal:
Twitter Flags Trump Tweet About Minneapolis Protests for ‘Glorifying Violence’
Twitter Flags Trump Tweet About Minneapolis Protests for ‘Glorifying Violence’
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Minneapolis meltdown spreads
Minneapolis meltdown spreads
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Pilar Melendez / The Daily Beast:
Minneapolis Man: Cop Who Kneeled on George Floyd ‘Tried to Kill Me’ in 2008
Minneapolis Man: Cop Who Kneeled on George Floyd ‘Tried to Kill Me’ in 2008
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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Black CNN Correspondent Omar Jimenez Arrested Live on TV in Minneapolis
Black CNN Correspondent Omar Jimenez Arrested Live on TV in Minneapolis
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Val Demings / Washington Post:
My fellow brothers and sisters in blue, what the hell are you doing? — Val Demings, a Democrat, represents Florida's 10th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. — As a former woman in blue, let me begin with my brothers and sisters in blue: What in the hell are you doing?
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Washington Post:
Racial tragedies stoke pressure on Joe Biden to pick a nonwhite running mate
Racial tragedies stoke pressure on Joe Biden to pick a nonwhite running mate
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Kathryn Krawczyk / Yahoo News:
Amy Klobuchar didn't prosecute officer at center of George Floyd's death after previous conduct complaints
Amy Klobuchar didn't prosecute officer at center of George Floyd's death after previous conduct complaints
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Sky News:
Coronavirus: Monkeys ‘escape with COVID-19 samples’ after attacking lab assistant — One of the primates was reportedly later spotted up in a tree, chewing one of the sample collection kits. — Created with Sketch. — A gang of monkeys attacked a laboratory assistant and escaped …
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
The Most Mendacious President in U.S. History — On Trump, his Twitter lies, and why it's getting worse. — On Sunday, on Tuesday, and again on Wednesday, President Donald Trump accused the TV talk-show host Joe Scarborough of murder. On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday …
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Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
Lori deserves better. So does America.
Lori deserves better. So does America.
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The White House:
Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: — Section 1. Policy. Free speech is the bedrock of American democracy.
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Stephen L. Miller / Spectator USA:
Facebook is right. Twitter is wrong … Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey opened up a Pandora's box two days ago by dropping a fact-check on a tweet by Donald Trump regarding mail-in ballots. That raised all sorts of hell from a bombastic President, as well as more questions than answers.
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Trump says right-wing voices are being censored. The data says something else
Trump says right-wing voices are being censored. The data says something else
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Josh Holmes / Wall Street Journal:
The Covid Political Earthquake — Subsidies will soon end. Americans will then feel the economic pain—and revolt. — The political press is preoccupied with the electoral implications of the virus crisis, and pundits insist the 2020 election will be about the Trump daily soap opera.
Margaret Harding McGill / Axios:
Exclusive: Cruz calls for criminal investigation of Twitter — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), in a letter Friday to the Justice and Treasury departments, is calling for a criminal investigation of Twitter over allegations the company is violating U.S. sanctions against Iran.
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Associated Press:
Trump ally Stone must surrender to prison by June 30, won't need to go to quarantine site — WASHINGTON (AP) — By the end of June, he'll be Inmate No. 19579-104. — But Roger Stone, a longtime confidant of President Donald Trump, will start his prison sentence without needing to comply …
Daniella Silva / NBC News:
Wisconsin reports record number of new coronavirus cases, deaths — Wisconsin saw a record number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported in a single day on Wednesday, two weeks after the state's Supreme Court struck down its statewide stay-at-home order.
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Gabriel T. Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Campaign Drops Fundraiser With Former Top Prosecutor on Mueller's Team — Trump campaign had criticized plans for event, saying Andrew Weissmann had tried to take down Trump's presidency; some GOP donors ask Mike Pompeo to run for open Senate seat in Kansas
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Manu Raju / CNN:
GOP's no-mask caucus: ‘Can you smell through that mask?’ — (CNN)Call them the no-mask caucus. — A contingent of House Republicans continues to defy the recommendations of public health experts and Congress' top physician to wear face coverings to limit the spread of Covid-19 …
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Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Sen. Cortez Masto withdraws name from Biden VP consideration — LAS VEGAS (AP) — Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada said Thursday that she's not interested in serving as running mate to presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden. — Cortez Masto, who in 2016 became …
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Matt Richtel / New York Times:
Temperature Checks and Desk Shields: C.D.C. Suggests Big Changes to Offices — Temperature checks, desk shields and no public transit: The guidelines would remake office life. Some may decide it's easier to keep employees at home. — Upon arriving at work, employees should get a temperature and symptom check.
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Wyatt DobrovichFago / FOX News Radio:
“You keep Government As Far Away From It As You Possibly Can”: Sen. Mike Lee On Regulating Social Media — Utah Senator and constitutional lawyer Mike Lee weighed in on President Trump's controversial move to regulate social media sites. Sen. Lee talking with Fox News Radio's Guy Benson said …
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David Wallace-Wells / New York Magazine:
Has the Pandemic Peaked? — Has the pandemic peaked? COVID-19 has a way of humbling any prediction, whether clinical or epidemiological, sanguine or alarmist. And, nationally, this remains a “patchwork pandemic,” in the memorable language of the Atlantic's Ed Yong, with different regions …
Jon Hamilton / NPR:
Antibody Tests Point To Lower Death Rate For The Coronavirus Than First Thought — Mounting evidence suggests the coronavirus is more common and less deadly than it first appeared. — The evidence comes from tests that detect antibodies to the coronavirus in a person's blood rather than the virus itself.
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