Protesters marched on U.S. cities again, after a night of damage and arrests prompted officials to impose tougher curfews and prepare for another night of turmoil.2,087
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, addressing employees Tuesday, defended his decision to preserve posts on the platform by President Trump despite mounting outrage from insiders and civil-rights activists that one of his messages last week was tantamount to a call for violence.197
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.
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Fulton County’s district attorney said he was charging six Atlanta police officers with using excessive force following an incident Saturday involving two college students. Former Vice President Joe Biden sharply condemned President Trump’s handling of protests.
Joe Biden, who is poised to earn enough delegates to formally clinch the Democratic presidential nomination this month, will enter the general election campaign on offense in a group of states President Trump won in 2016.718
Italian banks’ efforts to continue cleaning up by securitizing nonperforming loans are being hurt by the coronavirus pandemic.5
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The burst of activity comes after months of relative quiet, with potential issuers scared away by the coronavirus pandemic and related turmoil. The issues are expected to raise $2.5 billion combined if the shares price at the midpoints of their target ranges.12
President Trump’s economic team wants to encourage the public to return to work and resume normal life, including going to restaurants and taking vacations, in its proposals for the next coronavirus relief package.112
The tech giant sees Teams, its group conferencing and collaboration software, as critical to its future. Some rivals say Microsoft has deployed sharp-elbowed business tactics to get in front.68
Theme parts are requiring masks and temperature checks and social distancing for guests. But it remains uncertain whether enough people will visit them to stave off a financial shock for the companies.78
Spurred by promising early findings, researchers are investigating whether drugs currently approved to treat heart disease can also prevent or reduce complications from Covid-19 and help hospitalized patients recover sooner.54
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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.
The Trump administration Tuesday tightened its web of sanctions around the Maduro regime in Venezuela, blacklisting four companies allegedly involved in the country’s oil sector.12
Business & Finance
A group that promotes online rights filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s executive order targeting social-media companies, contending it violates First Amendment rights of the firms and their users.
The company said demand for rides climbed in recent weeks as people began venturing out following Covid-19 lockdowns but remains well below levels seen a year earlier.
Federal air-accident investigators for the first time directly called on American and European helicopter makers to move toward putting cockpit video recorders on most models, bypassing U.S. aviation regulators and escalating a debate about privacy in the air.
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Iran is rolling back coronavirus restrictions as it attempts to revive its battered economy, despite a surge in new infections that has driven daily cases back toward the country’s peak in late March.
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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
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city’s police department “did not do their job” to stop looters in the city Monday night, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday.18
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During a week of protests, apparel brands took to social media to condemn racism, though some thought their sentiments didn’t go far enough.
A linguistics expert who grew up in Morocco with a love of U.S. westerns takes his family for spins on his Ural cT in the Arizona desert.34
The aftermath of George Floyd’s death has vastly expanded and diversified the universe of prominent athletes backing the movement.
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