TUNIS — It felt like an echo of the wildfire protests that brought down Tunisia’s dictator, leading to a series of revolts that ripped across the Middle East 10 years ago: young people in the streets of more than a
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The Latest: State capitol protests quiet, some already over
The Latest on demonstrating Sunday at statehouses across the country. ___ Some of the protests at statehouses have begun breaking up after drawing only modest crowds — in most places, no more than a couple dozen demonstrators. Officials had fortified
All 50 states preparing for possible violence ahead of inauguration day
CNN correspondents report from various locations on the potential threat of armed protests that FBI officials warn may take place across the nation, leading up to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.
States Brace for Armed Protests in Wake of U.S. Capitol Attack
Bracing for the potential of violent protests in the days leading up to the presidential inauguration on Jan. 20, state officials are calling up National Guard troops, erecting imposing fencing and shutting down Capitol grounds in response to the F.B.I.’s
Bill creating 75 more pot shops dies in Springfield, yet another failure in bid to diversify white weed industry
Former state Sen. Rickey Hendon protests in the Loop with Black and Latino social equity applicants who were denied for cannabis industry licenses in September. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times Illinois lawmakers have again come up short in helping owners of
Activists in Kenosha move carefully after US Capitol chaos
KENOSHA, Wis. — Chaotic protests haven’t returned to Kenosha after a prosecutor declined charges against the police officer who shot Jacob Blake, and some who backed demonstrations following the August shooting say they’re concerned about safety in a week extremists
How Police Responded to Capitol Mob and Protesters After George Floyd Killing
During the protests after the killing of George Floyd in May, President Trump vowed to “dominate” demonstrators, calling them “extremists” and “thugs,” while federal agents deployed tear gas and swept people into unmarked vans. Peaceful protesters in Lafayette Square were
Teen charged in Wisconsin protest shootings has plea hearing
An Illinois teenager charged in the slayings of two people during street protests in Wisconsin following the police shooting of a Black man was expected to enter a plea in the case Tuesday By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press January 5,
Wisconsin city braces for protest as charging decision looms
A Wisconsin city is bracing for another round of protests as prosecutors prepare to announce whether they’ll charge a white police officer who shot a Black man and left him paralyzed By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press January 5, 2021, 1:09
Negligence claims filed in shootings amid Wisconsin protest
Claims filed on behalf of two men shot by an Illinois teen during a night of protests over a police shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, allege the city and Kenosha County were negligent in their response to the unrest ByThe Associated
Iran Executes Dissident Accused of Stoking Protests
Iran executed a dissident on Saturday after convicting him of encouraging a wave of antigovernment protests in 2017 through an opposition Telegram channel he ran from exile in France, Iranian news outlets reported. Ruhollah Zam ran Amad News, a popular
Cliff Joseph, Artist, Activist and Therapist, Dies at 98
Cliff Joseph, an artist raised in Harlem who in the 1960s and ’70s led protests against major New York museums to advocate for the inclusion of Black artists, and who later pioneered the practice of multiculturalism in the field of
France struggles with systemic racism and new security law as protests rock country
France has been roiled for days, with mass protests and collective outrage, over a proposed security law that would criminalize recording or photographing police behavior with “obvious intention to harm their physical and psychological integrity” in the public square. The proposal
Feds: Militia leader pointed rifle at officers in Kentucky
The leader of a pro-gun group that stages armed protests against police violence has been charged with pointing a rifle at federal officers while in Kentucky for a demonstration ByThe Associated Press December 3, 2020, 11:30 PM • 2 min
6th day of protests under way at mayor’s home as group aims to block Garcetti from Biden’s cabinet
A sixth consecutive day of protests is underway outside Mayor Eric Garcetti’s official residence on Sunday, Nov. 29, in an attempt to persuade President-elect Joe Biden not to appoint Garcetti to his cabinet. “We are here for a sacred purpose,”
How a Minneapolis Suburb Turned Blue, Despite Trump’s Law-and-Order Pitch
CHASKA, Minn. — As some protests over police brutality and systemic racism descended into vandalism and looting in Minneapolis over the summer, President Trump insisted that he was the candidate to restore “law and order” to the city. In the
Biden win brings protest, tense moments and some celebration
A smattering of protests broke out around the country Saturday after former Vice President Joe Biden won the presidency, but they were mostly peaceful after days of tense standoffs and and armed Trump supporters gathering nightly outside offices where workers
Dueling Protests in Philadelphia for and Against Counting Votes
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Around the country, protesters insist that votes be counted — or not.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Protests arose around the country as the ballot tabulation in the final battleground states continued, with some demonstrators demanding that every vote be counted and others insisting that the counting be shut down. In Portland, where a
Scattered protests in US cities, but no wide unrest seen
Scattered protests took place from Washington, D.C., to Washington state as votes were counted, but there were no signs of widespread unrest or violence linked to the U.S. election. The outcome of the hard-fought contest for the presidency remained undecided
Don’t Give In to ‘Election Stress Disorder’
From the droves of people voting by mail to the widespread protests for racial justice to the pandemic and worries about the electoral process itself, the 2020 election cycle provides “a recipe for a lot of angst” on Election Day,
U.S. businesses splurge on insurance to protect against post-election chaos
2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Protests against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Los Angeles 2/2 By Suzanne Barlyn (Reuters) – Retailers, pharmacies, liquor stores and other merchants across the United States are gobbling up insurance
‘An End to the Chapter of Dictatorship’: Chileans Vote on a New Constitution
SANTIAGO, Chile — The protests started over a small hike in metro fares, then exploded into a broad reckoning over inequality that shook Chile for weeks. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators poured into the streets, calling for sweeping change in
Bangkok Is Engulfed by Protests. What’s Driving Them?
BANGKOK — Protests in Thailand that began as a student-led revolt against the military’s influence on the classroom have ballooned to encompass a sweeping range of issues at the heart of the country’s deep-rooted social and economic disparities. The growing
Confederate monument removed from Alabama courthouse
A 115-year-old Confederate monument that’s been the subject of protests in Huntsville, Alabama, has been removed from outside a county courthouse ByThe Associated Press October 23, 2020, 1:58 PM • 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article
What Topics Do Our Readers Want Trump and Biden to Debate?
This year’s presidential election has been shaped by crises: Protests over police brutality and systemic racism. Fears about safe voting and election integrity. And above all, the devastating human and economic toll of the coronavirus. Inevitably, many political issues have
AP finds most arrested in protests aren’t leftist radicals
President Donald Trump portrays the hundreds of people arrested nationwide in protests against racial injustice as violent urban left-wing radicals. But an Associated Press review of thousands of pages of court documents tells a different story. Very few of those
Black immigrants find camaraderie, divide amid protests
Inspired by the global protests against systemic racism and police brutality, Nigerian American blogger Nifesimi Akingbe donned a black shirt that read “I am Black history,” and began recording a video. Akingbe then went on to list her frustrations about
Thailand Steps Up Response as Antigovernment Protests Escalate
BANGKOK — As antigovernment protests in Thailand have escalated in recent days, the authorities have responded with an arsenal of threats, diktats and detentions. On Friday, they sprayed demonstrators with water cannons and sent rows of riot police officers at them,
Police: Protest shooting victim shot after altercations
A man fatally shot by a reporter’s security guard after opposing weekend protests argued with another man before getting involved in an altercation with the guard, police said in a court document released Tuesday. According to the arrest affidavit, Lee