Lawmakers Begin Bipartisan Push to Cut Off Police Access to Military-Style Gear

  By Catie Edmondson WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats in Congress have begun a new push to shut down a Pentagon program that transfers military weaponry to local law enforcement departments, as bipartisan urgency builds to address the excessive use of force and the killings […]

Multiple police officers injured in protests hours after Floyd’s death ruled a homicide

  (CNN)Hours after two autopsies revealed George Floyd was killed by police, officers came under fire overnight. In St. Louis, four officers were struck by gunfire during protests. Their injuries are non-life-threatening, Chief John Hayden Jr. said. Las Vegas police are investigating two officer-involved shootings […]