Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv to protest plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government to overhaul the legal system and weaken the Supreme Court. Critics say the changes will destroy the country's democratic system of checks and balances. The protest presented an early challenge to...
Lodi Man Who Drove Truck Through Protesters Pleads to Gun Charges
A California man who drove a pickup truck through a crowd protesting the death of George Floyd last year has agreed to plead guilty to federal firearms offenses, the Los Angeles U.S. Attorney’s Office said Thursday. No one was hurt in the incident at an intersection in Pasadena but the...
Pressure Builds to Fire Minnesota Officer who Killed Wright
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — The pressure built Tuesday to fire the suburban Minneapolis police officer who killed a 20-year-old Black man during an altercation after a traffic stop, a shooting authorities said was a tragic mistake but that family members of Daunte Wright and others pointed to as yet the...
Republic Day 2021: Indian Farmers Ramp up Their Protest by Riding Tractors Into the Capital
[aggregation-styles] CNN New Delhi (CNN) Hundreds of thousands of farmers drove their tractors in convoy into the Indian capital New Delhi on Tuesday, as part of ongoing, nationwide protests against controversial agricultural laws that farmers say put their livelihoods at risk. Tear gas and flash bangs could been seen on...
Trump Supporters Storm US Capitol, Lawmakers Evacuated
WASHINGTON — Angry supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in a chaotic protest aimed at thwarting a peaceful transfer of power, forcing lawmakers to be rushed from the building and interrupting challenges to Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory. Trump issued a restrained call for peace...
Seattle Police Who Fired Pepper Spray, Blast Balls on BLM Protesters Violated Order, Judge Says
[aggregation-styles] USA Today A federal judge held the Seattle Police Department and the city in contempt of court Monday for violating an order to stop the "indiscriminate" use of pepper spray and pepper-filled "blast balls" during Black Lives Matter protests. U.S. District Judge Richard Jones reviewed four protests in August...
Protest in Support of Indian Farmers Slows Traffic on Bay Bridge, Hundreds More Join in Fresno
[aggregation-styles] CBS San Francisco plus GV Wire Staff (CBS SF) — A caravan of protesters trying to raise the awareness of a showdown in India between farmers and the government clogged up traffic on the busy San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Saturday afternoon. In Fresno, a Sunday morning rally of 500...
Canada’s Trudeau Wades in on Indian Farmers’ Protests, Sparking Accusations of Meddling
[aggregation-styles] South China Morning Post Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s remarks on India’s handling of farmers’ protests have sparked debate, with politicians in the South Asian country criticising him for meddling in their internal affairs, but Sikh-Canadians praising the leader for raising the issue. Growers from India’s northern farming states,...
Indian Farmers March on Delhi in Protest Against Agriculture Laws
[aggregation-styles] The Guardian Hundreds of thousands of Indian farmers have marched upon Delhi and set up vast camps blocking entry to the city in protest at agriculture laws they say will destroy livelihoods. More than 300,000 farmers marched from the states of Punjab and Haryana – on foot and in...
Kyle Rittenhouse, Teen Charged in Protest Slayings, Released on $2M Bail
KENOSHA, Wis. — A 17-year-old from Illinois who is charged with killing two people during a protest in Wisconsin and whose case has become a rallying cry for some conservatives posted $2 million bail Friday and was released from custody. Kyle Rittenhouse is accused of fatally shooting Joseph Rosenbaum and...