Darnella Frazier’s video, which shows the Black man repeatedly saying he couldn’t breathe before going limp, was posted to Facebook hours after it was recorded, sparking outrage in Minneapolis and beyond.
Katherine Lee
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Harris to tout child care funding and payments to families
Vice President Kamala Harris will visit a child care center to highlight the Biden administration’s efforts to expand child care and relieve the financial pressures of parenthood.
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U.S. officials extend expiration dates on J&J vaccine doses
A Food and Drug Administration review concluded the shots remain safe and effective up to four and a half months. The shots were originally approved for just three months.
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Polls find U.S. image around the world has rebounded since Biden took office
The Pew Research Center surveys show majorities of the citizens across the countries — more than 6 in 10 in each — express confidence in Biden to “do the right thing” in world affairs.
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France reopens its borders to vaccinated American tourists, others
The country opened its borders Wednesday to foreign visitors who are inoculated against COVID-19 with vaccines approved by the European Union’s medicines agency.
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U.S. identifies 3,900 children separated at border under Trump
Of the 3,913 kids, 1,786 have been reunited with a parent.
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Harris turns focus to Mexico on trip to address migration
Vice President Kamala Harris is closing out her first foreign trip Tuesday as she visits Mexico and meets with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador
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Gap in U.S. death rates between rural, urban areas tripled even before pandemic
A study in the journal JAMA finds that death rates dropped in all groups except middle-aged rural white and Native American people, but fell most in cities.
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Supreme Court rules against immigrants with temporary status
A unanimous Supreme Court has ruled that thousands of people living in the U.S. for humanitarian reasons are ineligible to apply to become permanent residents.
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National retailers enlist shoppers to stop bad behavior against workers
The campaign comes as workers face increased harassment during the pandemic. Among those who have been abused are people of color, those with disabilities and those who identify as LGBTQ.