A scientific journey that began with a lovelorn snail has provided new information regarding the cause of that snail’s rare shell. The lovesick gastropod was a garden snail called Jeremy, named after the reportedly garden-loving, left-wing UK politician Jeremy Corbyn, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal Biology Letters. Jeremy was rare for…… MORE
The mother of George Floyd’s 6-year-old daughter is calling for justice over his death. “I want justice for him because he was good, no matter what anybody thinks,” Roxie Washington told reporters at a press conference in Minneapolis on Tuesday. “He was good and this is the proof that he was a good man,” she…… MORE
Sam was one of hundreds of peaceful protesters gathered outside the CNN Center in downtown Atlanta on Monday night. An anthropologist in her early 20s who studies social movements, she was among those in the crowd chatting with friends around 8:30 p.m., shortly before the city’s 9 p.m. curfew. A black woman with asthma, Sam…… MORE
Retired Adm. Mike Mullen, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, has rebuked President Donald Trump’s threats to use the military on protesters, writing that “our fellow citizens are not the enemy, and must never become so.” “Even in the midst of the carnage we…… MORE
On Tuesday afternoon, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was asked about President Donald Trump’s speech Monday night and decision to forcibly remove peaceful protesters ahead of a photo op in front of St. John’s Church. “I’m not going to critique other people’s performances,” offered the highest ranking Republican elected leader in Congress. Those eight words amount…… MORE
Officials in Washington, DC, and Philadelphia are letting voters know they can travel to and from polls on Tuesday night even as curfews aimed at curbing protests take effect. In Washington, Mayor Muriel Bowser ordered a citywide curfew that starts at 7 p.m. and ends the following morning at 6 a.m. Polls are set to…… MORE
A former minister at the church President Donald Trump used as the backdrop for a photo Monday evening slammed the move as “a sacrilege for all people of all faiths.” Following a speech from the White House Rose Garden, the President walked to St. John’s Episcopal Church, a house of worship used by American presidents…… MORE
Former President George W. Bush on Tuesday publicly reacted for the first time to the national unrest surrounding the police killing of George Floyd, saying that “it is time for America to examine our tragic failures.” Bush, a Republican, said in a statement that he and former first lady Laura Bush “are anguished by the…… MORE
Tuesday was, for many, a day to take a beat. Social media feeds filled up with blank black boxes. Cities tightened curfews. Americans grappled with their grief and anger while Wall Street carried on seemingly none the wiser. Stick with us, though: this rundown of the day’s essential business news has a nugget of happiness…… MORE
Former President George W. Bush released a statement calling for the country to unify after the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police and the protests that have erupted across the country in the following week. Read the statement: Click here to read full story »… MORE
