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Every time these incidents occur, many of us wonder what we can do to support our African American friends beyond distressed online postings, and in real and meaningful ways. Being an ally, a person who is not a member of a particular marginalized group, but who seeks to help end the oppression of those in the marginalized group, is an …

Mayors in at least 25 cities issued curfews Saturday night, as police responded with rubber bullets, tear gas, and arrests to occasionally disperse violent crowds. In the country’s capital, more than 1,000 protesters. They took to the streets, including some who threw bricks and dispersed only Sunday morning when the Secret Service began firing tear gas. The president tweeted Saturday …

Washington: American astronauts in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule were completing the final closing procedures before entering the International Space Station after the hatch between the two ships opened. The hatch opened at 1:02 pm EST (1702 GMT) when Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley were ready to cross into the station, the first American astronauts to arrive on an American …

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft docked at the space station at 10:16 a.m. ET on Sunday morning after launch from the Florida Kennedy Space Center on Saturday and traveled 19 hours. After making initial contact with the ISS, Crew Dragon followed a series of steps to further dock the spacecraft with its port, including power connection and the creation of an …

Dana White goes to another round with the “best of all time”. The UFC president intensified his feud with light heavyweight champion Jon Jones on Saturday, not so subtly referring to the 32-year-old’s criminal record, while declaring that the MMA legend was a mediocre draw at the box office. The public dispute between White and Jones was sparked by failed …

The two Pakistani spies working for the ISI have been told to return to Pakistan. New Delhi: Two officials of the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi were detained on Sunday for carrying out espionage in the country, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “The government declared these two officials persona non grata for participating in activities incompatible with their …

Karnataka has announced a series of relaxations in the quarantine rules. Benagluru Karnataka announced a series of relaxations in the quarantine rules for people traveling to the state on Sunday. However, the Karnataka government maintained exceptions for those coming from Maharashtra, the most affected coronavirus state in the country. Under the new guidelines, all people traveling to the state must …

Antonio Brown is training with a Hall of Fame member as he continues his quest to return to the NFL. Deion Sanders, the two-time Super Bowl winning cornerback and NFL Network analyst, posted photos to Instagram on Sunday of his work with the 31-year-old wide receiver who is under investigation by the league after being indicted by his former coach. …

New Delhi: The Delhi-Noida border will not be opened to the public amid the growing number of coronavirus cases linked to the national capital, the Uttar Pradesh city administration said in a statement a day after the center allowed intra-movement and interstate goods and people in its block 5 guidelines. “The health department reported that of the total number of …

A few months after his birth, Dom was diagnosed with Covid-19 at the Pro-Cardiaco hospital in Rio de Janeiro. He spent 54 days in the hospital, 32 of them in an induced coma and hooked up to a ventilator, Dom’s father Wagner Andrade told CNN. “He had a hard time breathing, so doctors thought it was a bacterial infection,” he …

DC Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks May 11. Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Sunday that protesters “have the right to exercise their First Amendment right but not to destroy our city,” after the city experienced its second night of protests and some looting on Saturday. The District “saw a level of destruction that …

But he didn’t stop walking. Could not. The 26-year-old migrant worker was in the heart of India and only halfway home. With no way to survive in the cities, and the great rail network of India was closed for the most part, many made the extraordinary decision to walk thousands of miles back to their families. Many failed. In one …

After a historic launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, astronauts aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft synchronized with the space station on Sunday morning. The spacecraft made a careful approach, easing its way to its destination over the course of 19 hours. At 10:16 am ET on Sunday, the vehicle made a “soft catch,” meaning Crew Dragon …

India has risen to eighth from ninth place among the 10 nations most affected by the coronavirus. New Delhi: With more than 1.85 lakh of coronavirus cases, India topped Germany’s 1.83 lakh of cases and climbed to eighth place from ninth place on the list of the 10 nations most affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The country has registered 1.85,398 …

The country became the first in Europe to admit viewers back into the stands, but with the crowd size drastically reduced and the social distancing measures implemented. According to regulations imposed by the Hungarian National Football Federation (MLSZ), fans had to be distributed so that it did not occupy more than one seat in four and each second row was …