National News

• Calls for justice in Black suspect's death in North Carolina August 7, 2020
  Demonstrators held a vigil in North Carolina to call for justice in the case of a Black man who died days after his arrest
• 2 rescued sea turtles released in Florida after recovery August 7, 2020
  Two rehabilitated sea turtles, rescued at different times and locations by the U.S. Coast Guard, have been released off the Florida Keys
• July US jobs report is expected to point to hiring slowdown August 7, 2020
  Economists have forecast that U.S. employers added 1.6 million jobs in July
• Today in History August 7, 2020
  Today in History Today is Friday, Aug. 7, the 220th day of 2020. There are 146 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On August 7, 1964, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, giving President Lyndon B. Johnson broad powers in dealing with reported North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. forces. On this […]
• Kansas House speaker had coronavirus; governor to get tested August 7, 2020
  A top Republican legislator in Kansas was hospitalized last month after testing positive for the novel coronavirus and didn’t disclose it to colleagues until this week
• Milwaukee chief demoted over tear-gas use, other concerns August 7, 2020
  An oversight board has demoted Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales after questioning how he handled multiple incidents, including ordering officers to fire tear gas and pepper spray at protesters demonstrating over George Floyd’s death
• Judge nixes Trump bid to delay suit from woman alleging rape August 7, 2020
  A New York judge has knocked down President Donald Trump’s bid to delay a lawsuit from a woman who accused him of rape
• Milwaukee police commission demotes chief after questions over tear-gas use, several incidents involving Black men. August 7, 2020
  Milwaukee police commission demotes chief after questions over tear-gas use, several incidents involving Black men.
• Judge dismisses Rep. Nunes' lawsuit over Iowa farm story August 7, 2020
  A federal judge in Iowa has dismissed a lawsuit California Rep. Devin Nunes filed against a major media organization that alleged he was defamed in a magazine story about his family’s Iowa dairy farm
• Senegal president offers condolences to Denver fire victims August 7, 2020
  The president of Senegal has offered his condolences after five people who immigrated to Colorado from the West African country were killed in a house fire in suburban Denver
• Fed's Main Street pandemic support program off to slow start August 6, 2020
  The Federal Reserve says its Main Street Lending Program designed to help small and medium-sized companies get through the pandemic has managed to make just eight loans in its first month of operations
• US appeals court denies bid to resurrect Bundy standoff case August 6, 2020
  A U.S. appeals court refused to resurrect the criminal case against states’ rights figure Cliven Bundy and family members stemming from a 2014 armed standoff with federal agents in Nevada
• US ambassador says Iran is world No. 1 sponsor of terrorism August 6, 2020
  The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is calling Iran “the world’s number one sponsor of terrorism” and warning Russia and China that they will become “co-sponsors” if they block a resolution to extend the U.N. arms embargo on Iran
• 4 poultry plant execs indicted after 2019 immigration raid August 6, 2020
  Four executives from two Mississippi poultry processing plants have been indicted on federal charges tied to one of the largest workplace immigration raids in the U.S. in the past decade
• Commissioner blames Black people for virus, uses racial slur August 6, 2020
  A northern Michigan county official has been heard using a racial slur prior to a public meeting to describe African Americans in Detroit whom he blamed for spreading the coronavirus
• Man pleads guilty to threatening to shoot Black renters August 6, 2020
  Federal prosecutors say a North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to violating the Fair Housing Act for threatening to shoot a Black family in 2014 for renting a home
• Ex-cop's lawyer wants prosecutor dropped from Floyd case August 6, 2020
  An attorney for a fired Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd wants the local prosecutor dropped from the case
• California, cities battle over marijuana home-delivery rule August 6, 2020
  Where can you deliver legal marijuana in California
• Ex-officer's lawyers say trip didn't break bond conditions August 6, 2020
  Lawyers for the former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks say he shouldn't have his bond revoked for traveling to Florida
• Army secretary: Fort Hood has high rates of murder, assault August 6, 2020
  U.S. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy says Fort Hood has one of the highest rates of murder, sexual assault and harassment in the Army