Elon Musk had a big week. The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX achieved his boyhood dream of launching two American astronauts into space for the first time. He also just got 1.68 million stock options that provided him with a $770 million payday. The SpaceX flight drew national coverage of Saturday’s launch. Musk’s payday got…… MORE
Feed Posts
Shooting at Grand Forks Air Force Base leaves two dead
An early morning shooting at Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota has left two active-duty military members dead. The incident happened at around 4:30 a.m. Monday and the situation is now “contained,” a statement from the base said. “There is currently no risk to other personnel at this time,” the statement added. The…… MORE
Trump encourages governors to use aggressive tactics on protesters
President Donald Trump told the nation’s governors in a video teleconference on Monday to aggressively go after violent protesters after three nights of unrest in dozens of cities across the country. “You have to dominate or you’ll look like a bunch of jerks, you have to arrest and try people,” the President told governors in…… MORE
Florida charter school holds graduation ceremony on jet skis
Forced to get creative with the coronavirus pandemic limiting large social gatherings, one Florida charter school made sure its seniors still graduated in style. Students from Somerset Island Prep charter high school in Key West replaced the typical auditorium and stage with clear water, some sun and jet skis. The students rode jet skis out…… MORE
Minneapolis’ top cop sued the department in 2007. Here’s why it matters today
The killing of George Floyd isn’t the first time the Minneapolis Police Department has faced scrutiny over its treatment of people of color. In 2007, five black Minneapolis police officers alleged that city leadership tolerated discriminatory conduct against people of color, including African American police officers within the department, according to a complaint. Medaria Arradondo…… MORE
Supreme Court upholds constitutionality of board charged with reorganizing Puerto Rican debt
A board charged with reorganizing Puerto Rico’s debt in the wake of financial crisis can continue its work, the Supreme Court held unanimously Monday, rejecting a constitutional challenge that threatened the restructuring of billions of dollars of debt. The court turned away a constitutional challenge from hedge funds and a labor organization to the makeup…… MORE
Jay-Z speaks out after calling Minnesota Governor to discuss justice for George Floyd
Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota and Jay-Z are speaking out about a phone call they had over the weekend to discuss the death of George Floyd and where to go from here. Walz, a Democrat, was the first to discuss their call in an interview with WCCO and said Jay-Z told him, “Justice needs to…… MORE
Derek Chauvin: What we know about the former officer charged for George Floyd’s death
Derek Chauvin worked for the Minneapolis Police Department for over 18 years. Then, within one week, he was filmed kneeling on George Floyd‘s neck for eight minutes before he died; fired from the police department; and charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. Throughout it all, protesters in Minneapolis and across the country demanded justice…… MORE
Impossible Foods forces Nestlé to stop selling ‘Incredible Burgers’ in Europe
Nestlé will stop marketing its plant-based burgers as “incredible” in Europe after a Dutch court found that using the word infringes on an Impossible Foods trademark. The District Court in The Hague last week handed down an injunction in favor of the US startup, which is preparing to launch its Impossible Burger in Europe, court…… MORE
Obama condemns violence and calls for change in wake of George Floyd protests
Former President Barack Obama on Monday condemned violence amid protests over the death of George Floyd and police brutality and called for political solutions to address protesters’ grievances about criminal justice. The message from Obama, who previously decried Floyd’s death last week when he said the killings of black men at the hands of police…… MORE
There is no custom code to display.
