Mayor of Richmond calls Confederate monuments ‘the fake news of their time’ Kylie Mar Host & Producer, Yahoo Entertainment July 13, 2020 [embedded content] On 60 Minutes, Anderson Cooper took a deep dive into the debate over the removal of Confederate monuments, research that, Cooper says, CBS began in 2017. During his report, Cooper sat […]
Read MoreMayor Lori Lightfoot is concerned about coronavirus cases climbing among young people. | Sun-Times file As for again banning inside dining at bars and restaurants, the mayor said: “I’m not gonna take anything off the table. … We’re not gonna hesitate to take the steps that are necessary if we continue to see a rise in […]
Read MoreNew York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday said the city is seeing a surge in positive cases of coronavirus in individuals between the ages of 20 and 29, calling it a “problem” that needs to be addressed. De Blasio, during a press conference on Monday, said the city – which was an early epicenter […]
Read MoreIt appears nobody had Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer’s back during a news conference on Friday. While making an announcement at a city housing project, the mayor’s speech was interrupted by protesters who came up from behind him, and drowned him out with chants of “Fire! Fire! Gentrifier!” while holding a large banner. Others signs referred […]
Read MoreLyda Krewson, the embattled mayor of St. Louis — who has faced repeated protests over the past two weeks — won’t be stepping down anytime soon, her spokesman said Friday. Communication Director Jacob Long issued the statement Friday morning, after work crews were seen trying to remove the message “RESIGN LYDA RESIGN,” which had been […]
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Read MoreLate Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon left behind an apologetic will before his death. Park, 64, was found dead early Friday in a wooded hill of northern Seoul hours after he vanished amid sexual harassment allegations. Police said there were no signs of criminality at the site but declined to disclose a cause of death. Park in his […]
Read MoreNew York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, his wife Chirlane McCray and Rev. Al Sharpton help paint a Black Lives Matter mural on Fifth Avenue directly in front of Trump Tower on July 9, 2020 in New York City. In a tweet, President Trump called the mural a “symbol of hate” and said that it […]
Read MoreOn the night of May 31st, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin sat in his office in City Hall, watching on social media as a crowd of protestors gathered one block away. Six days earlier, George Floyd had been killed by Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin — some have called it a modern-day lynching — and Woodfin […]
Read MoreLocal police said the body of the missing mayor of South Korea’s capital, Seoul, has been found. Mayor Park Won-soon’s body was discovered in hills in northern Seoul early Friday, more than seven hours after local authorities launched a massive search for him. His daughter called police on Thursday afternoon to report him missing, saying […]
Read MoreThe mayor of South Korean capital Seoul has been reported missing and search operations are underway on Thursday, police said. Police officers said they are looking for Mayor Park Won-sun at Seoul’s Sungbuk neighborhood where his mobile phone signal was last detected. His daughter called police earlier Thursday and said her father has been unaccounted […]
Read MorePhiladelphia Mayor Jim Kenney says the city will drop all code violation notices handed out to demonstrators during the protests against police brutality and racial injustice that followed the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis while in police custody By The Associated Press July 8, 2020, 8:59 PM 2 min read PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Mayor […]
Read MoreNew York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said public schools will not fully reopen this fall amid the coronavirus pandemic, and that students will instead learn on a “blended” schedule and be limited to a maximum of three days in the classroom, while engaging in remote learning for the remainder of the week. “This is the […]
Read MoreThe mayor of Atlanta said Tuesday that she doesn’t agree with the Georgia governor’s order to mobilize the National Guard in her city as a surge in violence became a political talking point By KATE BRUMBACK and BEN NADLER The Associated Press July 7, 2020, 4:02 PM 3 min read ATLANTA — The mayor of […]
Read MoreNew York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday that he plans to reopen 3,000 child care centers in the city as early as next week. During a press briefing on Tuesday, de Blasio said that the city’s Board of Health would reconsider plans to open up child care centers, saying that their closures have […]
Read MoreAtlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, a top candidate to be presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s running mate, tells CNN’s Chris Cuomo about her testing positive for coronavirus. #CNN #News
Read MoreAtlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Monday she tested positive for COVID-19. The mayor said in a tweet she has exhibited no symptoms. “COVID-19 has literally hit home. I have had NO symptoms and have tested positive,” Bottoms, 50, wrote on Twitter. Bottoms’ state of Georgia saw 1,548 new coronavirus cases Monday and 18 deaths, […]
Read MoreChicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot cited the coronavirus pandemic as a contributing factor to a recent spike in shootings in her city. When asked by CNN’s Omar Jimenez why shootings were up 40 percent over last year and homicides up more than 30 percent, Lighfoot said: “All of these forces are coming together at the same […]
Read MoreMayor Bill de Blasio blamed the uptick in violence over the weekend on the coronavirus pandemic, while defending the city’s latest policing reforms and vowing to keep New York City “the safest big city in America.” De Blasio held a press conference Monday after a weekend of violence across New York City that left at least […]
Read MoreA new poll of likely voters gives Mayor Lori Lightfoot a high approval rating. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times file photo The poll of 500 likely voters gives the mayor a job approval rating of 78%, a personal high. The poll, conducted June 21-23, also shows 75% of those surveyed support the mayor’s push for state […]
Read MoreIt’s a clash of the lefty titans. Firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Mayor Bill de Blasio are engaged in another public spat — this time after Hizzoner called the lawmaker “just wrong” when she accused him of fudging his $1 billion cut to the NYPD budget. During an interview on CNN’s “New Day” on Wednesday morning, […]
Read MoreKansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas describes receiving a death threat and racist text messages after mandating the use of face coverings while in public. #CNN #News
Read MoreA mayor in Colombia has turned in his own son to the police for breaking a statewide curfew and liquor ban to slow the spread of coronavirus. Carlos Higgins Villanueva, the mayor of the small town of Juan de Acosta in the northern state of Atlantico, said he personally led his son, his nephew and a […]
Read MoreMayor Lori Lightfoot had announced in March that Chicago would — for awhile — stop ticketing, booting and towing illegally parked vehicles except for public safety reasons. | Sun-Times file On Wednesday, ticketing enforcement resumed for illegal parking on street-sweeping routes. Monday, booting makes a comeback. And on July 16, the city resumes ticketing for […]
Read MoreNew York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday that the city will not proceed with indoor dining as part of its “Phase 3” reopening as planned, citing surges of positive coronavirus cases in states across the country. De Blasio, during a press conference Wednesday, said that he had “tough news” to share, noting that […]
Read MorePresident Trump on Wednesday blasted New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for his plans to paint “Black Lives Matter” in front of Trump Tower in Manhattan, urging the city to instead spend its money on the New York Police Department. “NYC is cutting Police $’s by ONE BILLION DOLLARS, and yet the @NYCMayor is going […]
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