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2nd Ex-Officer Charged in George Floyd's Killing Posts Bail
According to online records, J. Kueng, 26, posted bail of $750,000 and was released from the Hennepin County Jail, with conditions, about 7:30 p.m. Friday. "(Chauvin) placed his left knee in the area of Mr. Floyd's head and neck. Video of the arrest shows Chauvin, who is white, kneeling on Floyd's neck for several minutes as Floyd pleaded for air and eventually stopped moving. [Full Article...]
State Dept. Lobbyist Resigns in Protest - Fri., Jun. 19, 2020
Mary Elizabeth Taylor, the foreign minister responsible for legislative affairs, announced that she resigned in a letter to Foreign Minister Mike Pompeo . Floyd, 46, an unarmed black man, died on May 25 after being pinned down by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota after reportedly attempting to use a counterfeit $20 bill at a local store. [Full Article...]
Drug check in Germany sparks attacks on police, vandalism
Winfried Kretschmann, the premier of the state of Baden-Württemberg where Stuttgart is located, condemned "this brutal outbreak of violence". People then attacked storefronts in a nearby shopping street, according to German public television reports, tearing up paving stones and smashing store windows. [Full Article...]
Cobain 'Unplugged' guitar sells for record $6 million at auction
Grunge became gold Saturday as the guitar Kurt Cobain played on Nirvana's 1993 " MTV Unplugged " performance months before his death sold for an eye-popping $6 million at auction. Nirvana's Unplugged performance was posthumously released as a Grammy-winning live album in 1994, and as a DVD in 2007. Several other Nirvana-related items also sold at Saturday's auction including a set list fr... [Full Article...]
Brits Will Be Allowed To Enter Spain Without Having To Quarantine
Ending its coronavirus state of emergency on Sunday, Spain will be opening up its borders to European Union and Schengen area countries, in a bid to give its tourism sector a much-needed boost. "We do hope that [the British authorities] will be sensitive to the 250,000 Spaniards that are also living in the United Kingdom and would very much like to enter the United Kingdom without quarantine",... [Full Article...]
Zimbabwe health minister arrested over $60 million COVID-19 equipment contract
Reports say Moyo appeared in court in the capital, Harare, on Saturday to hand over his passport so that he can't flee, and went home. Bail was not opposed by prosecutors who are investigating three charges, including an "abuse of office" charge that carries a maximum sentence of 15 years. [Full Article...]
It's the first day of Summer!
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It's actually a precise moment when the sun appears directly over the Tropic of Cancer, a circle of latitude 23.5 degrees north of Earth's equator. It occurs when the North Pole is the nearest to the Sun. The farther north you are, the longer the sun is up. "Here at WeatherWatch.co.nz we've noticed this [focusing on the positives] is unique to the Winter Solstice and not the Summer Solstice, a... [Full Article...]
One died, 11 injured in Minneapolis shooting
An initial tweet from police advised the public to avoid the area in Uptown Minneapolis where the shooting occurred. Minnesota authorities reopened bars and restaurants, with limited service, on 1 June. Small crowds of people gathered, some crouched over victims on the pavement before police officers on bicycles showed up to attend to them. The city has seen rioting and looting following the d... [Full Article...]