Hit U.S. TV show Brooklyn Nine-Nine has scrapped four new episodes following George Floyd’s death at the hands of police officers.
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Cynthia Littleton Business EditorNew York City has brought an early end to the 8 p.m. curfew order that was issued last week as the city was grappling with looting and violence that marred the massive but largely peaceful protests sparked by the death of George Floyd.Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the order was lifted as of Sunday, one day earlier than originally planned.
The order issued June 2 called for most people to be off the streets of New York between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m., with exceptions
.Hit U.S. TV show Brooklyn Nine-Nine has scrapped four new episodes following George Floyd’s death at the hands of police officers.
Billie Eilish, Rihanna and Ariana Grande are among hundreds of music industry personnel who have signed an open letter calling for New York state to repeal statue 50-A, a civil law that conceals police misconduct records from public scrutiny.
Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish and hundreds in the music industry are calling for police reform in New York.
Dade Hayes Finance EditorNew York City, the global epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak, is taking its first tentative steps to reopen 100 days after the pandemic began.Retail stores as well as construction and manufacturing sites welcomed back between 200,000 and 400,000 workers as the city began the first of four phases in its reopening.
James Bennet, who was considered a top candidate to succeed Dean Baquet as executive editor of The New York Times, has resigned from his position as editorial page editor amid an intense backlash to a column his section published on Wednesday. The column, written by a conservative Republican U.S.
Jordan Moreau Minneapolis City Council members have a vowed to disband the police department in the wake George Floyd’s death and nationwide protests.According to the “New York Times,” nine members of the city council announced their support for disbanding the local Minneapolis Police Department police department and replace the office with what is being described as a “new model of public safety.”The council’s intent to enact the plan was first reported by the political news website The
Beyonce and Kim Kardashian West were among the stars honouring a black woman shot dead by police.
Meghan McCain is clarifying her thoughts on the protests going on after the death of George Floyd. The 35-year-old co-host has been receiving backlash for her tweet on Tuesday, when she likened her neighborhood in New York City to a «war zone» amid the protests. Nationwide protests against police brutality and systemic racism have been ongoing following the death of Floyd, a 46-year-old Minneapolis man who died after former police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for over eight minutes.
As protests around the country surrounding George Floyd's death in police custody continue, protestors are calling on organizations and companies to support the demonstrations in any way they can.
Clearing the air. Meghan McCain is speaking out after being slammed on social media for saying her New York City neighborhood turned into a “war zone” amid Black Lives Matter protests.
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Multiple New York Times staff members are protesting an op-ed published in the Times by GOP Sen. Tom Cotton, writing on social media, “Running this puts Black @nytimes staff in danger” alongside a screenshot of the piece.
New York City's second night under curfew was calmer than the first, with mostly peaceful demonstrators marching to protest the death of George Floyd and sporadic reports of vandalism. The citywide curfew from 8 p.m.
Still a team. David Schwimmer walked beside ex-wife Zoë Buckman at a protest and vigil for George Floyd more than three years after their split.
In dedication to George Floyd, Jay-Z bought newspaper ads in dozens of publications, including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune and The Philadelphia Inquirer. The full-page ads, which first ran on Tuesday, June 2, will be followed by pages in dozens of more newspapers across the United States on Wednesday, June 3.
JAY-Z‘s Roc Nation has taken out full-page ads in newspapers across the United States in the wake of George Floyd‘s death.
New York City extended an 8 p.m. curfew all week and said it would prohibit many types of nighttime traffic in Manhattan as officials struggled Tuesday to stanch destruction and growing complaints that the nation's biggest city was reeling out of control night by night.
Meghan McCain called her New York City neighborhood a “war zone” while protests surge in the wake of George Floyd’s death — but one of her neighbors doesn’t quite agree.