A white woman has apologized for calling police on a black man in Central Park on Monday, after the two argued about her unleashed dog. Amy Cooper told CNN she wanted to “publicly apologize to everyone.” “I’m not a racist. I did not mean to harm that man in any way,” she said, adding that…… MORE
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Latin America’s largest airline, LATAM, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
LATAM Airlines Group, the largest air carrier in Latin America, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Tuesday, according to a statement released on its website. Reservations, employee pay, flight vouchers as well as passenger and cargo operations will not be affected, according to the statement. “The U.S. Chapter 11 financial reorganization process provides a clear…… MORE
Picky eating linked to demanding parents who limit foods, study says
Frustrated with your child’s picky eating? If you’re trying to fix the problem by becoming the food police, you’re probably making your child’s habit of picky eating worse, according to a new study that followed more than 300 parent-and-child pairs for five years. Demanding that a child eat, or restricting food are associated with some…… MORE
Changing Southwest may bring Democrats a milestone win
In a critical mark of the shifting political landscape, Democrats in November could secure a clean sweep of the Senate seats from the four key Southwestern states — a milestone the party hasn’t reached in nearly 80 years. Democrats today are strongly positioned to oust Republican Sens. Martha McSally in Arizona and Cory Gardner in…… MORE
As stark 100,000 deaths landmark looms, Trump pursues his political obsessions
Sometime in the next few days, the 100,000th American will succumb to Covid-19 in a pandemic that President Donald Trump once predicted would just “miraculously” disappear. Yet despite, and perhaps because of, his earlier cavalier attitude, Trump spent the long holiday weekend bemoaning everything but the tragic roll call of death — while also finding…… MORE
Asian stocks rise, boosted by ‘re-opening optimism’
Asian stocks and US futures rose on Tuesday, as a growing number of cities and countries around the world take steps toward re-opening. Japan’s Nikkei 225 climbed 2.6%, leading the way in the region. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday lifted the state of emergency for the entire nation, as the coronavirus outbreak there…… MORE
Chicago sees deadliest Memorial Day weekend in four years with 8 killed and 24 injured in shootings
Despite dips in recent years in gun violence and the sanctioned stay-at-home orders, Chicago saw it’s deadliest Memorial Day weekend in four years. At least eight people were fatally shot over the weekend and 24 were injured in shootings as of Monday afternoon, according to Chicago Police data reviewed by CNN. Last year, there were…… MORE
Ahmaud Arbery killing being investigated as federal hate crime, family attorney says
S. Lee Merritt, an attorney for the family of Ahmaud Arbery, told CNN on Monday that the US Department of Justice is investigating the shooting death as a hate crime. Merritt said he learned about the development after meeting with United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia Bobby Christine on Thursday. CNN has…… MORE
Pandemic takes toll on Trump properties while President golfs at one
President Donald Trump golfed this weekend at his Virginia country club, signaling to the nation that it should start returning to normal. In Florida, Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort partially reopened last weekend with social distancing measures in place including spacing sun loungers 6 feet apart on its pool deck, and at least four of the President’s…… MORE
WHO temporarily pauses hydroxychloroquine study due to safety concerns
The World Health Organization has temporarily halted studying hydroxychloroquine as a potential Covid-19 treatment due to safety concerns, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a media briefing in Geneva on Monday. The decision was made after an observational study published Friday in the medical journal The Lancet described how seriously ill Covid-19 patients who…… MORE
