Prosecutors are charging a Minneapolis police officer accused of pressing his knee against George Floydβs neck with second-degree murder, and for the first time will level charges against three other officers at the scene, a newspaper reported Wednesday.
As an African American parent, Cassandre Dunbar in Charlotte, North Carolina, always knew she and her husband would have βthe talkβ with their son, the one preparing him for interactions with law enforcement.
North Carolina legislators want to make available another $300 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds to Gov. Roy Cooperβs administration to cover additional government expenses incurred due to the virus.
President Donald Trump said he is seeking a new state to host this summerβs Republican National Convention after North Carolina refused to guarantee the event could be held in Charlotte without restrictions because of ongoing concerns over the coronavirus.
South Carolina may have been hit by surprise Tropical Storm Bertha several days ago, but the stateβs hurricane preparedness week is getting ready to start.
Organizers of the Republican National Convention say they will begin visiting alternative host cities. It comes as Governor Roy Cooper says he can't guarantee a full-scale convention in Charlotte this August.
Protestors want to see change in justice system
The state of Minnesota filed a human rights complaint Tuesday against the Minneapolis Police Department in the death of George Floyd by an officer who pressed his knee into Floydβs neck for minutes, even after he stopped moving.
Though Black Out Tuesday was originally organized by the music community, the social media world also went dark in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, joining voices around the world outraged by the killings of black people in the U.S.
South Carolina is sending hundreds of National Guard troops to the nationβs capital at the request of President Donald Trump to help tamp down unrest in the wake of the death of George Floyd.
A week into the summer season that typically drives South Carolinaβs robust tourism economy, finding ways to safely draw visitors to the state amid the coronavirus outbreak is top-of-mind for officials discussing the stateβs reopening.
North Carolinaβs governor said Tuesday that the GOP must prepare for a scaled-back Charlotte convention because of the coronavirus pandemic, with the national Republican chairwoman responding that organizers would begin visiting other potential host cities.
The music industry is planning to turn off the music and hold a day to reflect and implement change in response to the death of George Floyd and the killings of other black people.
A second North Carolina General Assembly chamber is pushing ahead with legislation designed to help voters access absentee balloting should COVID-19 make in-person voting risky for them.
There are plenty of signs in the statistics that South Carolina is seeing a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in the state.
Activists took their cry for justice to Charlotte's suburbs on Monday night. Hundreds marched through Dilworth and Myers Park, demanding justice for George Floyd and an end to police brutality.
From violent protest to deaths from Covid-19, many people feel hopeless
Wielding extraordinary federal authority, President Donald Trump threatened the nationβs governors on Monday that he would deploy the military to states if they did not stamp out violent protests.
An autopsy commissioned for George Floydβs family found that he died of asphyxiation due to neck and back compression when a Minneapolis police officer held his knee on Floydβs neck for several minutes and ignored his cries of distress, the familyβs attorneys said Monday.
Charlotte native and owner of BW Sweets Bakery, Frankie White, goes mobile with the launch of BW Sweets Express - a food truck serving the Charlotte Metro area with delicious desserts.Β
Some business owners in South Carolina swept up broken glass, boarded windows and took stock of ransacked shelves Sunday after protests erupted into violence across the state.
Nations around the world have watched in horror at the civil unrest in the United States following the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white police officer pressed his knee on his neck until he stopped breathing.
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