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The artist Christo died at his home in New York City on Sunday. He’s known for major outdoor art installations that often involved wrapping buildings and elements of nature in fabric. (Image credit: Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images)

The mayor has cultivated an image of fighting against inequality and police abuses, yet this crisis has challenged him more than ever.

Warda Abu Hadid, who was escorting Iyad Halak to a special needs educational institute in the Old City where he studied, says police ignored her screams and opened fire anyway

MINNEAPOLIS — Officials in Minnesota say no protesters appear to have been hit after a semitrailer drove into a crowd demonstrating on a freeway near downtown Minneapolis. The Minnesota State Patrol says in a tweet that the action appeared deliberate.

400 people arrested in Los Angeles, looting continues in Santa Monica despite efforts of peaceful protesters to stop them, National Guard soldiers sent out to patrol the streets

Former Vice President Joe Biden left his house for the second time in a week to visit the location of protests last night. Posting about the unannounced trip, Biden wrote “We are a nation in pain.” (Image credit: OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP

DC mayor urges calm after protests nearby the White House occur for second consecutive night  CNN

(PETAL, Miss.) — A white Mississippi mayor who caused an outrage with his tweets about the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis has apologized but says he won’t resign. Petal Mayor Hal Marx told the Hattiesburg American his remarks on

Sky News has carried out the first ever scientific research into plastic pollution in the River Nile – and discovered that a staggering three-quarters of the fish analysed contained microplastics.

Tens of thousands of mosques are reopening in the Middle East after the coronavirus outbreak.