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Apple CEO Tim Cook condemned the “senseless” police killing of George Floyd in a note to employees announcing that the tech giant would donate money in response to the incident. In the Sunday memo, Cook cast Floyd’s death as the latest manifestation of systemic racism that has affected even his own staff. Just 9 percent …
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US stocks slid Monday as Wall Street grappled with mounting unrest over police brutality and continued tensions with China. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped as much as 140.82 points, or 0.5 percent, to 25,242.29 at the open, while the S&P 500 fell as much as 0.4 percent and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost as much …
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John Cusack says he faced police batons in Chicago after trying to film a burning car during a protest over George Floyd’s death. The “America’s Sweetheart” star, 53, posted choppy footage on Twitter of a burning car and said police “came at” him with batons in an attempt to stop him. John CusackGetty Images “Cops …
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That’s it? Protesters ignited by the death of George Floyd are dragging luxury designer Virgil Abloh for being cheap in supporting their cause. Abloh, 39, is the artistic director of Louis Vuitton’s menswear collection and CEO of the trendy label Off-White. Abloh posted on his Instagram stories that he had donated $50 to protesters in …
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Major retailers including Walmart, Target and CVS have closed stores as protests over the police killing of George Floyd turned violent, according to reports. Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer, shut hundreds of stores Sunday afternoon as protesters clashed with police and looting roiled some places. Damage from protests kept dozens of Walmart stores closed all …
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Sunday evening’s demonstrations began peacefully but deteriorated into firecrackers, tear gas and multiple fires. Multiple fires broke out near the White House late on Sunday evening, as angry protesters gathered in Washington DC for the third night in a row following the death of George Floyd. Sunday evening’s protests in front of the White House …
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Appearing Sunday on CNN, Obama-era National Security Adviser Susan Rice claimed, without providing proof, that the Russian government could be pouring money into the ongoing riots over the death of George Floyd across the United States. "It’s so out of touch,” Susan Rice reacts to WH national security adviser Robert O’Brien saying that he doesn’t …
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A federal law enforcement officer in California who was shot and killed at the U.S. courthouse in Oakland during a protest for George Floyd that turned violent has been identified as 53-year-old Patrick Underwood, his family confirmed to Fox News. The shooting occurred on Friday after a vehicle pulled up outside the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building …
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Former Knicks swingman J.R. Smith was caught on a video posted Sunday beating up an unidentified man, who allegedly vandalized Smith’s car during the George Floyd-fueled protests in Los Angeles, according to TMZ. The 34-year-old Smith is captured kicking the man multiple times on the ground, before unleashing a big punch to the person he …
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The most powerful men in the NFL loathed Colin Kaepernick’s peaceful protests against racial injustice, essentially blackballing the former 49ers quarterback before reaching a financial settlement with him to end his collusion case against the league. Now, following George Floyd’s death, commissioner Roger Goodell said he is “committed to continuing the important work to address …
Apple CEO Tim Cook condemned the “senseless” police killing of George Floyd in a note to employees announcing that the tech giant would donate money in response to the incident. In the Sunday memo, Cook cast Floyd’s death as the latest manifestation of systemic racism that has affected even his own staff. Just 9 percent …
