As darkness fell and curfews hit across the eastern U.S., cities were reporting a day mostly of calm, through it was hard to know if the mood would hold or give way to violence as in recent nights.2,147
Much of the destruction and theft in U.S. cities in recent days appears to have been perpetrated by people who saw the demonstrations against police brutality as an opportunity to commit crimes with a low risk of being caught.
For thousands of Minnesotans mourning the death of George Floyd, the corner of East 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis has grown over the past few days from a gritty commercial district and busy thruway to the city’s emotional center.144
The College Board said it won’t pursue plans to offer an at-home version of the SAT this year and warned in-person test dates are already filling up, complicating its efforts to make the exam accessible to rising high school seniors.1
The federal health expert said he believes it is likely that successful vaccine candidates would prove effective ‘within a reasonable period of time’ to fight the novel pathogen.
The U.S. military is ending a decadeslong practice of designating the Middle East as a region safe enough for the families of American service members to live, a signal that the U.S. is scaling back part of its presence in the region, officials said.