Amy Klobuchar claims he didn’t blame Derek Chauvin in the shot
Minnesota Year Amy Klobuchar reported on Friday that while she served as a county attorney in 2006, she was unable to bring accusations that she called an illegal “lie” to the police officer involved in George Floyd’s death….
Climate change: How can rich people help save the planet?
The more things you have and the more you travel, the more fossil fuels are burned and more greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere. Wandering around, buying luxury goods, keeping the mansions warm and driving super cars…
Trump announces end of US relationship with World Health Organization
“We will end our relationship with the World Health Organization today, as we are unable to implement the demanded and much needed reforms, and we will direct these funds to other countries worldwide and deserve their urgent global…
Rising seas turn Miami’s high land into hot property
Nowadays everything in Miami is about height, height, height. Some scientific models predict that by 2100, polar ice will melt at least 10 feet above sea level to South Florida, while only a modest 12-inch Miami will make…
German military rabbis to re-launch for the first time since the 1930s
On Thursday, the German Parliament stamped the law that re-established the military rabbi’s official position in the first enlargement of the military pastoral care law since 1957. Military rabbis were part of the German armed forces during the…
George Floyd and Derek Chauvin once worked overlapping shifts
George Floyd and Derek Chauvin — the now-fired Minneapolis cop caught on viral footage pinning his knee on Floyd’s neck — once worked overlapping security shifts at a club in the city, according to a local report. Floyd…
Disney CEO explains why it’s safe to go back to Disney World
Chapek spoke with CNN Business about reopening the parks and how different they will look under the new health guidelines. This interview has been edited and condensed. I’m a Disney World annual passholder. Tell me why it’s safe…
Madonna posted a video tribute to George Floyd, and it didn’t go down well
As anger grew at footage showing a police officer kneeling on Floyd’s neck as he died, the singer Thursday tweeted a two-minute clip of her son, David Banda, dancing to Michael Jackson’s song “They Don’t Care About Us.”…
Beware of bankrupt stocks – CNN
Hertz and JCPenney are two of the most high profile publicly traded companies to file for Chapter 11 protection since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the United States. They have plenty of company. But investors should reconsider if they…
Updates from around the world
Grave diggers carry the coffin of a Covid-19 patient, in a section of a cemetery reserved for coronavirus victims, outside Moscow on May 26. Pavel Golovkin/AP Moscow health authorities have revised the city’s coronavirus death toll for April,…