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Biden and DNC rake in $80 million in May
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's campaign says it raised almost $81 million in May, a clear jump over his April figures. The campaign said that over half of the donors were first-time givers. Biden's best fundraising month prior to Monday's numbers was April, when his campaign and the DNC brought in about $60 million between them. The poll also shows that a majority o... [Full Article...]
Mandela statue boarded up ahead of London protest
Breitbart journalist Chris Tomlinson suggested there was something sinister afoot after pointing to the fact that a statue of Churchill in London had only recently been boarded up, purportedly in an effort to shield it from Black Lives Matter demonstrators. [Full Article...]
Supreme Court declines to hear challenges to gun laws in 4 states
Despite a low hurdle for the right-leaning Supreme Court, the justices turned down petitions from 10 challenges to state laws established to limit the availability and accessibility of some firearms and when they can be carried in public. Gun rights advocates had hoped the court would expand the constitutional right to "keep and bear arms" beyond the home. Gun-rights activists accused the Court of... [Full Article...]
New Zealand Confirms Two New Cases Of Coronavirus
New Zealand's 24-day streak without a new case of Covid-19 has come to an end, with the two new cases allowed to travel from Auckland to Wellington on compassionate grounds. All people at the hotel are being tested. They will be "assessed and tested". 1News has reported the pair were given a special exemption to travel to New Zealand to attend a funeral. [Full Article...]
Japan to scrap costly land-based US missile defence system
Tokyo has stopped bringing the US-made Aegis Ashore ballistic missile defense sites online on Japanese soil, one month after it suspended plans to deploy an installation in the country's east following opposition from locals. Kono said the way the system was now designed, they could not guarantee that the rocket booster from the missile system would not fall outside the Ground Self-Defense Force's... [Full Article...]
NYPD to transition plainclothes anti-crime officers to other units
A separate anti-crime unit will still operate in the transit system and the department will continue to use plainclothes officers for things like surveillance and narcotics work, Shea said. Without them, the risk is "squarely on my shoulders", he said, according to WABC-TV . New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday signed into law a sweeping package of police accountability measures that recei... [Full Article...]
Bodies of George Floyd Protesters Found in Tallahassee
Her body was found only a few miles away from the last place she was seen. The bodies of Oluwatoyin Salau , and Victoria Sims , 75, were discovered in Tallahassee on Saturday night, police said in a news release sent Monday. She said she "trusted the holy spirit to keep [her] safe". Salau spoke at the protests and carried signs pleading for justice in the wake of black lives lost, the pape... [Full Article...]
'BLM' Banner Removed From Seoul Embassy
Both were replaced by a banner commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Korean War. It was hung on the facade of the embassy in Seoul by U.S. ambassador Harry Harris on Saturday. On Twitter, the United States ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris quoted late president John F. Kennedy in saying that from "diversity we gain our strength". [Full Article...]