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August 10, 2020

What is Chicago's Magnificent Mile?

Hundreds of people smashed store windows, stole merchandise and clashed with police early Monday in Chicago's Magnificent Mile shopping district and other parts of the city's downtown.

August 9, 2020

Kane Brown defends police amid protests, acknowledges bad cops on 'power trip' are 'out there'

Kane Brown is having trouble finding the middle ground as a biracial man amid the ongoing protests against police brutality. 

August 9, 2020

Portland sees thousands worship amid coronavirus restrictions hours before riots, fire at police union

Hundreds of Christians gathered outdoors in Portland on Saturday to sing worship music amid the state’s coronavirus social distancing measures—just hours before a riot was declared across town and a separate crowd of demonstrators lit fire to the city police union headquarters.  

August 8, 2020

Tampa Veterans Affairs nurses protest coronavirus safety hazards

National Nurses United is urging the Senate to pass the multi-trillion-dollar HEROES Act, approved by House Democrats but stalled by the Senate, which would utilize the Defense Production Act to generate more protective equipment, bring economic relief and order the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration to institute an emergency temporary standard on infectious diseases.

August 8, 2020

Trump rips Portland rioters: 'These are really sick, disturbed people'

As yet another night of unrest loomed in Portland, Ore., on Friday, President Trump told reporters the federal government could very easily put a stop to it – if only local leaders would seek help.

August 7, 2020

Body camera footage in George Floyd's fatal arrest can be released, Hennepin County Judge has ruled

A judge has ordered the release of body camera footage from two former Minneapolis police officers charged in connection with the death of George Floyd after a legal challenge by media organizations that the video be made widely available.

August 7, 2020

Oprah honors Breonna Taylor with massive billboard campaign demanding the cops who killed her are arrested and charged

Oprah Winfrey has launched a billboard campaign in Louisville, Ky., demanding the police officers involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor be arrested and charged.

August 7, 2020

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler faces re-election battle against candidate to his left

Portland’s Democratic Mayor Ted Wheeler is currently in a bind as he grapples with weeks of unrest in his city involving protests over racial injustice that have at times escalated into violent riots, while also mounting a re-election campaign in a runoff against someone to the left of him on the political spectrum.

August 7, 2020

NYPD's first deputy commissioner says training is key for better, safer policing

NYPD First Deputy Commissioner Benjamin Tucker breaks down how its department has changed its training strategies over the years.

August 7, 2020

Michigan US Attorney: Detroit Operation Legend agents confiscate body armor, weapons from drug-dealing criminals

Operation Legend agents deployed in Detroit are already making a positive difference, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan Matthew Schneider told Fox News this week.