President Donald Trump said Friday that he’s spoken to the family of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis earlier this week. “I want to express our nation’s deepest condolences and most heartfelt sympathies to the family of George Floyd,” Trump said during a roundtable…… MORE
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SpaceX gets ready for a do-over, and 4 other business stories you can’t miss today
Welcome to the Summer Friday edition of your daily business rundown. We know a lotta y’all like to check out early on Fridays, so we’re keeping this snappy. ALL SYSTEMS GO? SpaceX is going for round two tomorrow. The company was going to make history on Wednesday with its first ever crewed space mission but…… MORE
READ: Declassified summaries of Michael Flynn’s calls with former Russian ambassador
Senate Republicans have released summaries of call transcripts between President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, and the former Russian ambassador to the US that are at the center of Flynn’s guilty plea and the Justice Department’s decision to drop the charges against him. Read the summaries: cnn.com/2020/05/29/politics/michael-flynn-declassified-documents/index.html… MORE
George Floyd and Derek Chauvin once worked overlapping security shifts at the same nightclub
George Floyd and the former Minneapolis police officer seen in a video with his knee on Floyd’s neck before he died worked at the same nightclub, according to the venue’s former owner. Derek Chauvin and Floyd worked security at the El Nuevo Rodeo club, down the street from Minneapolis’ Third Precinct, according to Maya Santamaria,…… MORE
Drive-in concerts may be the answer to the summer shows you’re missing
Missing live music? There may be a solution coming to a parking lot near you. Drive-in concerts are popping up in parts of Europe and throughout the United States as the coronavirus pandemic has brought an end to large public gatherings. Keith Urban and DJ D-Nice are among the first major artists to perform drive-in…… MORE
New documents show Flynn told Russian ambassador not to escalate on sanctions
President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser Michael Flynn told the then-Russian ambassador that he didn’t want to get into an escalating “tit-for-tat” with Russia after the Obama administration had enacted sanctions in December 2016, according to summaries and call transcripts declassified and provided to Congress on Friday. Flynn asked then-Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak to…… MORE
Denzel Washington called ‘good Samaritan’ after coming to aid of distressed man
Denzel Washington is being called a “good Samaritan” after coming to the aid of a man in distress in Los Angeles last week. A representative for Washington told CNN the actor pulled over to help a man he saw in “the middle of a busy intersection” because he was in “danger of being struck by…… MORE
This teenager is graduating high school three years after being shot in the head and left to die
For most high school seniors, graduation is a time to celebrate their academic achievements. For Deserae Turner, it’s also an opportunity to celebrate life. Three years ago, Turner was shot in the head by a friend who left her for dead in a dry canal in Smithfield, Utah. At the time, her family wasn’t even…… MORE
New video appears to show three police officers kneeling on George Floyd
New video posted on social media appears to show three Minneapolis Police Department officers kneeling on George Floyd during his arrest. Previous video from eyewitness Darnella Frazier showed Floyd, 46, being knelt on by one officer–Derek Chauvin. CNN has not been able to locate the person who shot the new video. The new video shows…… MORE
MIT elects first black woman student body president in its 159-year history
Students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have elected a black woman as president of the Undergraduate Association for the first time in the school’s history. Danielle Geathers and running mate Yu Jing Chen won the student government election earlier this month. Geathers just finished her sophomore year at MIT and is majoring in mechanical…… MORE
