Ella Jones — who was elected as the first black and first female mayor of Ferguson, Missouri, on Tuesday — shared what her election symbolizes and where the nation should go next after George Floyd’s death. It is crucial that police officers work with communities to make people “feel that they are being served, instead…… MORE
A newly minted mural celebrating the life of George Floyd has become a vigil in his hometown and has even attracted the attention of Houston police officers. The mural was painted by the Houston area artist Donkeeboy on the side of Scott Food Mart on Tuesday. It depicts a black and white portrait of Floyd…… MORE
The idea of keeping schools closed in the fall because of safety concerns for children might be “a bit of a reach,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. In a phone interview with CNN Wednesday, Fauci noted that children tend to have milder symptoms or even no…… MORE
Six Atlanta police officers were booked, five on felony charges, Wednesday after allegations of using excessive force during a protest Saturday, according to the sheriff’s office. All six have been released on signature bonds, according to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office. In a video recording of the incident, the officers are seen breaking windows of…… MORE
Minneapolis Public Schools is ending its relationship with the Minneapolis Police Department following George Floyd’s death. The Minneapolis Board of Education voted unanimously on Tuesday to terminate the district’s contract with MPD, which provided school resource officers at school buildings. “George Floyd died on the street slowly and deliberately strangled and our children watched,” Jenny…… MORE
A teen who has been in police custody since December in the killing of Barnard student Tessa Majors’ on Wednesday pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree robbery, telling the court he watched one of the teens he was with stab Majors. The now 14-year-old boy, who CNN is not naming because he was not…… MORE
Johnny Majors, the college football coach who led the University of Tennessee to three SEC championships and the University of Pittsburgh to a national championship, has died. He was 85. Majors died early Wednesday at his home in Knoxville, Tennessee, according to his wife, Mary Lynn. “It’s with a sad heart that we make this…… MORE
Eighth-graders at the Waldorf School in Santa Fe, New Mexico had spent the entire year raising $2,800 for their rafting trip, a thrilling end to their time in middle school. But then came Covid-19. Rather than mope after the trip’s cancellation, the students chose to make a major impact on the lives of others by…… MORE
A Florida police officer is under investigation for allegedly shoving a black protester who was kneeling during a protest. But one of his colleagues, a black woman on the force, is receiving praise for appearing to reprimand him after the shove. The Fort Lauderdale Police Department confirmed to CNN that Officer Steven Pohorence was relieved…… MORE
Benjamin Ryan Teeter was at his home in Hampstead, N.C., when the call to action came. It was an alert from the heart of the raging protests in Minneapolis, posted on an online forum by a fellow member of the Boogaloo movement, a loosely knit group of heavily armed, anti-government extremists. The “alert” was from…… MORE
