German Cop Dies After Being Stabbed At Anti-Islam Rally (www.ndtv.com)
Five people taking part in a rally organised by Pax Europa, a campaign group against radical Islam, were wounded in the attack....
‘Trust Jesus’ MAGA Bus Crashes Into Pole Ahead of Staten Island Pro-Trump Rally (www.thedailybeast.com)
Tulsi Gabbard’s Aunt Allegedly Stabbed, Beaten to Death with Hammer in Samoa (www.thedailybeast.com)
Trump says he's "okay" with jail or house arrest (www.motherjones.com)
Police investigate theft of more than 200 Pride flags in Massachusetts (www.theguardian.com)
Man who threatened to kill the Bidens, Obama, Hillary Clinton sentenced to federal prison (lawandcrime.com)
Alex Jones says Infowars could be shut down within hours (www.newsweek.com)
In what he described as an “emergency broadcast” on Saturday, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones claimed that his far-right news company, Infowars’, studios in Austin, Texas, might be shut down by federal authorities soon....
Massachusetts teacher on leave after holding mock slave auction and using racial slur, official says (abcnews.go.com)
A fifth-grade teacher in Massachusetts has been placed on paid leave after a series of incidents including holding a mock slave auction, using a racial slur, and calling out the student who reported the slur, a school official said....
Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to state's abortion law over medical exceptions (apnews.com)
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday rejected a closely watched challenge to the state’s restrictive abortion ban, ruling against a group of women who had serious pregnancy complications and became the first in the U.S. to testify in court about being denied abortions since Roe v. Wade was overturned....
College students leave behind hoard of trash at California’s Shasta Lake (www.theguardian.com)
Despite being asked to clean up after themselves, about 3,000 students celebrating Memorial Day weekend left piles of debris...
100 years ago, US citizenship for Native Americans came without voting rights in swing states (apnews.com)
It’s been a century now since an act of Congress granted citizenship to Native Americans, but advocates say that right bestowed in 1924 still hasn’t translated into equal access to the ballot. Inequities are especially pronounced in remote regions across the U.S., and some key Southwestern states with large Native American...
Trump says if he is jailed that could be 'breaking point' for Americans (www.reuters.com)
Donald Trump said he would accept home confinement or jail time after his historic conviction by a New York jury last week but that it would be tough for the public to accept....
Live Nation, Ticketmaster Confirms Hack Affecting More Than 500 Million Customers (www.complex.com)
Millennials' retirement and homebuying plans may be a fantasy (www.businessinsider.com)
Kehlani stands with Palestinians in newest music video (www.nbcnews.com)
The video: youtu.be/MpI7ekFG8A0
Guantánamo Prosecutors Accused of “Outrageous” Misconduct for Trying to Use Torture Testimony (theintercept.com)
In a pretrial hearing Tuesday at the Guantánamo Bay military tribunal, Clive Stafford Smith, a lawyer for a potential witness in the war crimes case, accused government prosecutors of “outrageous” misconduct....
Black scholars criticize white writer's 'dehumanizing' use of blackface to write book on U.S. race relations (www.cbc.ca)
A Canadian journalist is defending his decision to travel the U.S. in blackface and write a book about racism, after facing a storm of criticism online....
Labour unions in Nigeria to begin indefinite strike over minimum wage (www.africanews.com)
The two main labour unions in Nigeria have declared an indefinite strike as from Monday over what they terms as a disagreement on a new minimum wage with the government.
A mass parachute jump over Normandy kicks off commemorations for the 80th anniversary of D-Day (apnews.com)
Parachutists jumping from World War II-era planes hurled themselves Sunday into now peaceful Normandy skies where war once raged, heralding a week of ceremonies for the fast-disappearing generation of Allied troops who fought from D-Day beaches 80 years ago to Adolf Hitler’s fall, helping free Europe of his tyranny....
Democrats wanted an agreement on using artificial intelligence. It went nowhere (apnews.com)
The Democratic National Committee was watching earlier this year as campaigns nationwide were experimenting with artificial intelligence. So the organization approached a handful of influential party campaign committees with a request: Sign onto guidelines that would commit them to use the technology in a “responsible” way....
Navy sailor sentenced to 18 years in prison over espionage charges (www.nbcnews.com)
A U.S. sailor was dishonorably discharged and sentenced to 18 years in a military prison Thursday after being found guilty of espionage while working for the Navy in Japan....
Mexico holds historic election in race largely overshadowed by violence (www.nbcnews.com)
Mexican voters are heading to the polls Sunday to elect likely their first female president and more than 20,000 government officials in the largest election in the country’s history....
Black leaders call out Trump's criminal justice contradictions as he rails against guilty verdict (apnews.com)
As Donald Trump lambasted the guilty verdict of his hush money trial this week, he stood inside a Manhattan courthouse that was the site of one of the most notorious examples of injustice in recent New York history. And he had a part in that....