Hilton and a Hampton Inn franchisee in Wilson, North Carolina, are accused of discrimination in a lawsuit filed by a Black family who allegedly had the police called on them due to a billing error by the inn. A White clerk’s decision to telephone police in the Nov. 23, 2018, […]
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Washington Redskins conducting “thorough review” of team’s name
The Washington Redskins are undergoing a review of their controversial name, the team announced in a statement on Friday. FedEx, the title sponsor of the team’s stadium, has asked the team to change their name. “In light of recent events around our country and feedback from our community, the Washington […]
Daveed Diggs on what Fourth of July means to Black Americans
“What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim.” The striking words spoken by Frederick Douglass on July 5, 1852 were […]
Russia says Bolton’s account of INF treaty talks distorted
July 3, 2020 MOSCOW (Reuters) – A senior Russian defence official accused former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton on Friday of distorting facts in his memoir about talks with the Russian authorities about the U.S. withdrawal from a Cold War-era arms control treaty. Washington last year withdrew from the […]
Turkish court convicts four rights activists on terrorism-related charges
Swedish IT consultant Ali Gharavi poses for photographs at his home in Malmo, Sweden July 3, 2020. A court in Istanbul has acquitted seven human rights activists including Mr. Gharavi, who were accused of terrorism-related charges in Turkey. TT News Agency/Emil Langvad/via REUTERS July 3, 2020 By Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL […]
Washington Redskins to review name after FedEx asks team to change it
A Washington Redskins helmet is seen on the field before the game between the Washington Redskins and the Philadelphia Eagles at FedExField on December 15, 2019 in Landover, Maryland. Scott Taetsch | Getty Images The Washington Redskins said Friday that the organization would be reviewing the team’s name after several […]
WHO sees first results from COVID drug trials within two weeks
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attend a news conference organized by Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva Switzerland July 3, 2020. Fabrice Coffrini/Pool via REUTERS July 3, 2020 GENEVA (Reuters) – […]
Senate Republicans cool to 2nd round of stimulus checks, direct deposits
WASHINGTON — Democrats want another round of direct stimulus payments to Americans up to $1,200 as coronavirus cases rise in dozens of states. President Donald Trump isn’t ruling it out. But Senate Republicans are on the fence or opposed, complicating its prospects. “I wasn’t supportive of the first round. I […]
UK scraps quarantine for some visitors as pubs set to reopen
LONDON — Boris Johnson wants a haircut and a beer. Like millions of other Britons, the prime minister will be able to have a trim and a tipple on Saturday, when the country takes its biggest step yet out of coronavirus lockdown with the reopening in England of restaurants, pubs […]
Hair weaves from Chinese prison camps seized in NY
The Uighurs of China 19 photos Federal authorities in New York on Wednesday seized a shipment of weaves and other beauty accessories suspected to be made out of human hair taken from people locked inside a Chinese internment camp. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials told the Associated Press that […]