Nine of the council’s 12 members appeared at a rally in a city park Sunday afternoon and vowed to end policing as the city currently knows it. Council member Jeremiah Ellison promised that the council would "dismantle" the department.
Protesters topped the statue of a 17th century slave trader in southwest of England, while statues of former leaders were defaced in the British and Belgian capitals.
The New York Times' editorial page editor has resigned amid outrage over an op-ed by a Republican senator who advocated using federal troops to quell protests — outrage that only grew when it was revealed the editor had not read the piece before publication.
Kevin Mayer, the current decathlon world-record holder, overcame morning nerves and a delayed start to capture the combined events edition of the Ultimate Garden Clash virtual event on Sunday.
Roads flooded in coastal Louisiana and Mississippi, and thousands were without power even before the storm made landfall. It was expected to arrive on U.S. soil late Sunday, though it was not expected to grow into a hurricane.
Pope Francis is cautioning people in countries emerging from coronavirus lockdowns to keep following authorities' rules for COVID-19 containment. "Be careful, don't cry victory, don't cry victory too soon," he said Sunday.
Bob McDonald's blog: Social media movements focusing on conservation success stories may help restore motivation in the face of often negative news.
Conor McGregor has announced his retirement for the third time in four years. The fighter abruptly made his latest dubious declaration Sunday morning on his Twitter account, where the former two-division UFC champion also announced his retirement in 2016 and 2019.
Tens of thousands of demonstrators amassed in Washington and other U.S. cities on Saturday demanding an end to racism and brutality by law enforcement, as protests sparked by George Floyd's fatal encounter with Minneapolis police stretched into a 12th day.
Republicans are more pessimistic about the country's direction than at almost any other time during U.S. Donald Trump's presidency, as a trio of crises, the coronavirus pandemic, an economic downturn and mass protests over police brutality buffets his administration.
