Buffalo, N.Y., will replace its police Emergency Response Team with a new "Public Protection Unit" following the suspension and arrest of two ERT members seen on video shoving a 75-year-old protester.
A California sheriff's deputy was shot in the head in an "ambush" attack by a gunman intent on harming or killing police, authorities said. The shooter opened fire on a police station in Paso Robles early Wednesday. He has not been captured.
NASCAR has banned the Confederate flag from its races and properties. NASCAR says Wednesday the Confederate flag "runs contrary to our commitment to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all fans, our competitors and our industry."
The founder and chief executive officer of CrossFit is stepping down after his tweet about George Floyd sparked a social media backlash and a wave of affiliated gyms cut ties with the company.
The independent U.S. State Department watchdog fired by President Donald Trump says top department officials tried to bully him and dissuade his office from conducting a review of a multi-billion dollar arms sale to Saudi Arabia.
The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate steady in a range of between zero and 0.25 per cent on Wednesday, but warned the U.S. economy still faces "considerable risk" from COVID-19.
Amid a global wave of demonstrations against racism, the International Olympic Committee said Wednesday it would open discussions that could let athletes make stronger protests at the Olympic Games.
A former U.S. federal judge appointed to review the Justice Department's motion to dismiss criminal charges against former national security adviser Michael Flynn has found that the government's request should be denied because there is "clear evidence of a gross abuse of prosecutorial power."
The U.S. military is rethinking its traditional connection to Confederate Army symbols, mindful of their divisiveness at a time the country is wrestling with questions of race after the death of George Floyd in police custody.
The virus crisis has triggered the worst global recession in nearly a century — and the pain is not over yet even if there is no second wave of infections, an international economic report warned Wednesday.
A Harvard University professor accused of lying about his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program "is the victim" in the case, "not the perpetrator," his lawyer says, after authorities announced his indictment on charges of making false statements.
After 33 seasons on the air, Cops has been dropped by the Paramount Network as protests against police brutality proliferate around the world.
One of the brothers of George Floyd, whose death in Minneapolis sparked protests around the world, is due to speak to a Democratic-led congressional panel on Wednesday as lawmakers take on the twin issues of police violence and racial injustice.
Africa's confirmed coronavirus cases have surpassed 200,000, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 54-nation continent has 202,782 cases and 5,516 deaths. Here's what's happening around the world on Wednesday.
Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg is urging developing island countries to use the upcoming United Nations Security Council election as leverage to push Canada and Norway to step up their games on climate change.
Brazil on Tuesday restored detailed COVID-19 data to its official national website following controversy over the removal of cumulative totals and a ruling by a Supreme Court justice that the full set of information be reinstated.
A day after North Korea suspended communication hotlines with South Korea over defectors who send propaganda and contraband into the North, South Korea said it would take legal action against two organizations that conduct such operations.
Swedes may get an answer on Wednesday to the mystery of who shot Social Democrat Prime Minister Olof Palme when the Swedish prosecutor in charge of the case presents his conclusions to an investigation that has lasted 34 years.
