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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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Former MPD Officer Derek Chauvin In Custody, Charged With Murder In George Floyd's Death — MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been arrested four days after George Floyd's fatal arrest that sparked protests, rioting and outcry across the city and nation …
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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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Derek Chauvin charged with third-degree murder and manslaugther in death of George Floyd — Fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced Friday afternoon.
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Trump just threatened to have looters shot. Biden urged calm. That says it all. — We need to more fully come to terms with an unpleasant truth. It begins here: Donald Trump simply does not accept that he has any institutional obligation of any kind as president to use …
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George Floyd Left a Gospel Legacy in Houston — The rest of the country knows George Floyd from several minutes of cell phone footage captured during his final hours. But in Houston's Third Ward, they know Floyd for how he lived for decades—a mentor to a generation of young men and a …
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Through the lens of a CNN camera on the ground, a view of American disintegration
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Former Minneapolis police officer arrested in George Floyd death
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Minn. mayor gives masks to crowding rioters after warning in-person worship would be ‘public health disaster’
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McConnell says officers involved in George Floyd's death ‘look pretty darn guilty’
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George Floyd's death in Amy Klobuchar's home state renews scrutiny of her criminal justice record
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey calls Minneapolis unrest ‘unacceptable’; President Donald Trump promises action
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George Floyd, fired officer overlapped security shifts at south Minneapolis club
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Reading Native Taylor Swift Says President Trump Is ‘Stoking The Fires Of White Supremacy’ With Shooting Looters Tweet
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Protests in Minnesota Renew Scrutiny of Klobuchar's Record as Prosecutor
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Trump's Looting and ‘Shooting’ Remarks Escalate Crisis in Minneapolis
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CNN crew released after being arrested live on air while reporting on Minneapolis protests
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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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Where does the phrase ‘When the looting starts, the shooting starts’ come from? — WASHINGTON — Twitter said early Friday that a post by President Donald Trump about the protests overnight in Minneapolis glorified violence because of the historical context of his last line: “When the looting starts, the shooting starts.”
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‘When the looting starts, the shooting starts’: Trump quotes Miami police chief's notorious 1967 warning
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The History Behind ‘When The Looting Starts, The Shooting Starts’
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Trump announces U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization — President Donald Trump on Friday said he is terminating the U.S. relationship with the World Health Organization, making good on his April threat to withdraw from the U.N. health agency he's repeatedly blamed for mishandling the coronavirus pandemic.
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Trump announces China sanctions over Hong Kong, termination of WHO relationship
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Trump teases China action today
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7 shot in downtown Louisville at Breonna Taylor protest. Here's what we know — Louisville, Ky. — At least seven people were shot as hundreds of protesters in downtown Louisville gathered Thursday night to demand justice for Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old ER tech who was shot and killed by Louisville Metro Police in March.
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Flynn urged Russian ambassador to take ‘reciprocal’ actions, transcripts show — Incoming national security adviser Michael Flynn told Russia's ambassador to Washington in late 2016 to take “reciprocal” actions in response to Obama administration sanctions for election interference …
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Flynn, Kislyak transcripts transmitted to Congress after DNI declassification
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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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Troll farms from Macedonia and the Philippines pushed coronavirus disinformation on Facebook — One of the largest publishers of coronavirus disinformation on Facebook has been banned from the platform for using content farms from Macedonia and the Philippines, Facebook said on Friday.


Inside Kylie Jenner's Web Of Lies—And Why She's No Longer A Billionaire — Earlier this year, Kylie Jenner sold half of her cosmetics company in one of the greatest celebrity cash-outs of all time. But the deal's fine print reveals that she has been inflating the size and success of her business.
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Leaked posts show Facebook employees asking the company to remove Trump's threat of violence — “If we fail the test case here, history will not judge us kindly” — Facebook's decision not to take action against recent posts about mail-in ballots and the Minnesota protests by President Trump …


Blood of Recovered Covid-19 Patients Is Becoming a Hot Commodity — Demand buoys blood brokers but challenges makers of antibody tests; $1,000 for one milliliter — The blood business is booming. — This normally obscure trade has been set alight by the race to develop Covid-19 antibody tests …
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Customs and Border Protection Is Flying a Predator Drone Over Minneapolis — Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is flying a Predator drone, military technology used for surveilling and killing terrorists abroad, over Minneapolis as protesters continue to demonstrate against police brutality …
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Inside an Extraordinary G.O.P. Event: ‘Pressing Flesh and Kissing Babies’ Again — At the South Carolina event, attended by Senators Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott, there were few masks and no social distancing — and that was the point. — CONWAY, S.C. — The first mention of the coronavirus pandemic was a joke.


Trump in Trouble — President Trump was disappointed. Bad weather on Wednesday forced a delay in SpaceX's planned launch of the Dragon spacecraft, robbing the president of a prized photo opportunity. He plans to attend the next launch window, scheduled for May 30 at 3:22 p.m. EDT …
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Gunshot fired into Republican field office during local Trump campaign event, RNC says — EXCLUSIVE: A gunshot was fired through a window of a Republican National Committee office in Mohave County, Arizona during a Trump Victory event Thursday night, GOP officials tell Fox News.
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