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June 25, 2020

Seattle CHOP zone prompts lawsuit from businesses, residents: reports

Numerous Seattle businesses – including an auto repair shop, a tattoo parlor and a property management company – sued the city Wednesday, alleging city officials were complicit in allowing an “occupied protest” that has made them feel unsafe in their neighborhood, according to reports.

June 24, 2020

Ex-civil rights activist says Black Lives Matter using 'low-income black America ... to promote insurrection'

Former civil rights activist Bob Woodson told Fox Business Network's "Lou Dobbs Tonight" Wednesday that the Black Lives Matter organization has "blood on its hands" and that the corporations financially supporting it are "paying for the bricks they're using" to damage property and crush livelihoods.

June 24, 2020

MSNBC, broadcast networks avoid attack of Wisconsin state senator by protesters

Several TV news networks completely avoided the violent attack of a Democrat state senator at the Wisconsin State Capitol that took place on Tuesday night. 

June 24, 2020

Tucker Carlson bashes monument vandals as 'idiots': 'They couldn't tell you who George Washington was'

Tucker Carlson opened Tuesday's edition of "Tucker Carlson Tonight" by taking aim squarely at the "truly and utterly stupid" demonstrators who have targeted statues and monuments across America for vandalism and destruction in recent weeks.

June 24, 2020

White SC officer who shot, killed black teen won't be charged; prosecutor says teen posed threat

A prosecutor in South Carolina said Wednesday he will not charge police Officer Kevin Davis who shot and killed a black teen in April, after the teen allegedly pointed a gun at the officer.

June 24, 2020

Wray reveals FBI 'looking carefully' at foreign interference in protests following George Floyd's death

The FBI is "looking carefully" at the possibility that foreign actors are influencing the sometimes-violent nationwide protests in the wake of George Floyd's in-custody death, FBI Director Christopher Wray exclusively told Fox News' Bret Baier on Wednesday.

June 24, 2020

Michigan youth center staffers charged after death of restrained black teen ruled homicide

Three staff members at a Michigan youth facility have been charged in the death of a 16-year-old boy who screamed, “I can’t breathe” before his death while being restrained, authorities said Wednesday. 

June 24, 2020

Black Lives Matter leader states if US 'doesn't give us what we want, then we will burn down this system'

"I just want black liberation and black sovereignty, by any means necessary."

June 24, 2020

NASA renaming headquarters for 'Hidden Figures' scientist Mary Jackson

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced on Wednesday that the organization's Washington, D.C, headquarters would be renamed to honor "Hidden Figures" scientist Mary Jackson. 

June 24, 2020

Actress Jenny Slate withdraws from voicing biracial character on Netflix's 'Big Mouth'

Actress Jenny Slate announced on Wednesday that she would no longer be voicing a biracial character in the Netflix animated series "Big Mouth."