Новости за 02.07.2020

Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19, according to a statement on his Twitter account. Cain, an official surrogate for President Trump’s re-election campaign, has been receiving treatment at an Atlanta-area hospital since Wednesday, the statement says. “Mr. Cain did not require a respirator, and he is awake…

The arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell on Thursday on charges that she recruited underage girls to be sexually abused by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has brought renewed attention to his relationship with Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, who has been accused of having sex with a 17-year-old girl trafficked by Epstein. Audrey Strauss, the…

(AURORA, Colo.) — One of the police officers investigated over photographs connected with the death of Elijah McClain in Colorado has resigned, Aurora police said Thursday. In a tweet, the department said that Jaron Jones was one of the employees depicted in the photos, which were taken sometime after McClain’s death last summer. The department…

At least 81 people in Ethiopia have been killed in massive protests that erupted following the killing of musician and activist Hachalu Hundessa. The 34 year-old singer—a prominent figure of the Oromo ethnic group—was shot dead while driving to Addis Ababa on June 29. The motive for his death remains unknown. In the days following…

(AUSTIN, Texas) — Vanilla Ice has indefinitely postponed a Texas concert that drew fierce criticism due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 1990s rapper with the hit single “Ice Ice Baby” had been scheduled to play a lakeside concert just outside Austin on Friday, but on Thursday he announced it was being postponed. “Due to the…

A British judge on Thursday, 2 July refused to give Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro access to $1 billion in gold being held in a Bank of England (BoE) vault, on the basis that the U.K. does not recognize the socialist leader as president of the Latin American country. Banco Central de Venezuela (BCV), whose board is…

Indigenous activists in Canada peaceful marched in the streets yesterday, as part of the ‘Cancel Canada Day’ protests that took place nationwide on the country’s national holiday. Organized by the Idle No More movement, the march protested the “ongoing genocide” against Indigenous people and paid tribute to those who have lost their lives at the…

(TUSCALOOSA, Ala.) — Several college students in an Alabama city organized “COVID-19” parties as a contest to see who would get the virus first, officials said. Tuscaloosa City Councilor Sonya McKinstry said students hosted the parties to intentionally infect each other with the new coronavirus, news outlets reported. McKinstry said party organizers purposely invited guests…

Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite who was accused by many women of helping procure underage sex partners for Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested Thursday in New Hampshire, the FBI said. Maxwell, who lived for years with Epstein and was his frequent travel companion on trips around the world, was taken into custody around 8:30 a.m., said…

Americans never saw it coming. Hardly anyone in Philadelphia, the nation’s temporary capital, noticed the first to die in the summer of 1793, a few weeks after the celebration of Independence Day: a few foreigners, an oyster seller in the waterfront slums. When more poor began to die, respectable people shrugged it off as a…

Steve James ('Hoop Dreams') spends a year at a proudly diverse high school where inequality lies just below the surface

The flag had come under attack after recent protests against racism focused attention on Confederate symbols

The move comes amid a nationwide campaign to “defund” police in the wake of George Floyd's death

With more than 285,000 confirmed infections, Peru has the seventh highest case count in the world

On Wednesday, Beijing reported just one new confirmed case following an aggressive campaign of testing

David Clark had earlier described himself as an “idiot” for breaking the nation's lockdown measures

The 2020 Black National Convention will take place Aug. 28 via a live broadcast

The production of these goods constitutes a very serious human rights violation,' a Customs & Border Patrol official said

The boy's mother confirmed later that 'his high-stakes negotiating skills netted him two chocolate digestives'

All eight officers are now on leave from the Shreveport Police Department