Новости за 17.06.2020

A Georgia county prosecutor has charged a white Atlanta police officer who shot a 27-year-old black man in the back last week in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant.

Former National Security Adviser John Bolton's book, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, is scheduled to come out next week and has already begun shipping.

Dr. Anthony Fauci said that while the spread of the coronavirus is still a major threat during the summer months, that period of time does not pose the added threat of the flu season.

The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit in an attempt to stop the publication of former national security adviser John Bolton's book, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir.

Senate Republicans introduced police reform bill Wednesday. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced it would be on the floor next week. Democrats say it needs changes to win their support.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with S. Lee Merritt, a co-counsel for black families of police violence victims, who met with President Trump Tuesday.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security, about the possibility of the second wave of COVID-19 cases.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., about his belief that the U.S. protest movement amounts to a foreign policy victory.

There's an effort to rename the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama after Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga. This bridge was the starting point of the Selma-to-Montgomery "Bloody Sunday" civil rights march in 1965.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Michael Twitty, a food historian, about Quaker Oats' decision to discontinue the Aunt Jemima brand, which was named after a racist stereotype.

One of the people killed in the Charleston church shooting five years ago was Chris Singleton's mom. Since then, he has become a motivational speaker to try to bridge the gap between hate and love.

A Senate hearing will focus on strengthening the Federal Aviation Administration oversight of aircraft manufacturing, preventing Boeing from having too much control in certifying safety.

The pandemic has changed the way Americans spend money, and wealthy families started spending less. Their cautious spending on in-person services may put the brakes on economic recovery.

The district attorney in Atlanta is set to announce whether he will file charges in the death of Rayshard Brooks, who was shot in the back after the encounter with police in a Wendy's drive-through.

A new NPR analysis of the presidential race shows an Electoral College map favoring Democrat Joe Biden, as President Trump is on defense in some of the states that typically skew towards the GOP.

Wearing a face mask is no fun for many people. However, the latest research shows that, especially as states open up, masks are an important tool in helpiong to control the spread of the virus.

Protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement have taken place all over the U.S. in the last few weeks, and recent polls show big jumps in white support for the movement over previous years.

Epidemiologist Michael Osterholm warns the threat from the pandemic is ongoing. "We will all know somebody — we will all love somebody — who will die from this disease," he says.

Epidemiologist Michael Osterholm warns that the threat from the pandemic is ongoing. "We will all know somebody — we will all love somebody — who will die from this disease," he says.

The tone of his forthcoming book, The Room Where It Happened, suggests the diary of a tutor who has endured many frustrating months with a spoiled and inattentive pupil who ignores his lessons.

Philonise Floyd calls for a United Nations probe into police brutality in the U.S., which is not part of the council. "I'm asking you to help him," he tells the diplomats. "I'm asking you to help me."

The Justice Department's proposed legislation follows a May executive order by President Trump to limit protections for social media after Twitter began adding fact checks to some of his tweets.

Police arrested Steven Ray Baca for the Monday shooting. It happened during an attempt by protesters to topple a conquistador statue that also drew armed vigilantes to protect it.

The freeze on renaming any campus buildings or monuments was implemented by the board in 2015, after it voted to change the name of a classroom building named for a reputed Ku Klux Klan leader.

Montana has one of the country's lowest coronavirus infection rates, and is reopening to tourists. But the Blackfeet Nation, whose reservation borders Glacier National Park, is moving more cautiously.