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Saturday, May 30, 2020

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A police officer watches a crowd Friday as a police vehicle burns near Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn after protesters rallied outside Barclays Center over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died Memorial Day while in police custody in Minneapolis.

Cities brace for increasing unrest, call in National Guard

Protesters set police cars ablaze, smashed businesses' windows and skirmished with baton-wielding officers in streets from Atlanta to Los Angeles, as anger over George Floyd's death spread across the country. Authorities were bracing for more violence Saturday, with some calling in the National Guard to beef up overwhelmed forces.
President Donald Trump looks on after speaking Friday during a roundtable with industry executives about reopening the country after the coronavirus closures.

EU urges Trump to rethink cutting funding to WHO

The European Union on Saturday urged U.S. President Donald Trump to rethink his decision to cut American funding for the World Health Organization amid global criticism of the move, as spiking infection rates in India and elsewhere served as a reminder the global pandemic is far from contained.
A SpaceX Falcon 9, with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken in the Dragon crew capsule, lifts off Saturday from Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. For the first time in nearly a decade, astronauts blasted towards orbit aboard an American rocket from American soil, a first for a private company.

SpaceX rocket ship blasts off into orbit with 2 Americans

A rocket ship built by Elon Musk's SpaceX company thundered away from Earth with two Americans on Saturday, ushering in a new era in commercial space travel and putting the United States back in the business of launching astronauts into orbit from U.S. soil for the first time in nearly a decade.
President Donald Trump speaks Friday in the Rose Garden of the White House.

Trump strikes China over virus, Hong Kong and student visas

President Donald Trump has announced that he would withdraw funding from the World Health Organization, end Hong Kong's special trade status and suspend visas of Chinese graduate students suspected of conducting research on behalf of their government, escalating tensions with China that have surged during the coronavirus pandemic.
President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, May 29, 2020, in Washington. From left with Trump are, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, White House national security adviser Robert O'Brien, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Law enforcement officers amassed along Lake Street near Hiawatha Ave. as fires burned after a night of unrest and protests in the death of George Floyd early Friday, May 29, 2020 in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day. (David Joles/Star Tribune via AP)
Before Floyd death, activists saw progress on police reforms
Activists say years of dialogue about criminal justice reforms in Minneapolis had improved the relationship between the African American community and law enforcement - before George Floyd's death this week
FILE - In this March 2, 2020 file photo, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., endorses Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden at a campaign rally Monday, March 2, 2020 in Dallas. As presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden begins the process of choosing a running mate amid the coronavirus crisis, managing the pandemic has become its own version of an audition. For potential picks, lobbying for the job means breaking into the national conversation, positioning themselves as leaders and executing at their day job. (AP Photo/Richard W. Rodriguez)
Biden ally sees Klobuchar as less likely Biden running mate
A key ally of Joe Biden says Sen. Amy Klobuchar seems a less likely choice to become his running mate following this week's death of a black man in police custody in Minneapolis
Chicago announces new efforts to boost Census participation
Chicago officials are turning to texting and a roving van providing Wi-Fi access to encourage participation in the U.S. Census
Pro-China supporters hold the effigy of U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese national flag outside the U.S. Consulate during a protest in Hong Kong, Saturday, May 30, 2020. President Donald Trump has announced a series of measures aimed at China as a rift between the two countries grows. He said Friday that he would withdraw funding from the World Health Organization, end Hong Kong's special trade status and suspend visas of Chinese graduate students suspected of conducting research on behalf of their government. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
China says US action on Hong Kong 'doomed to fail'
The mouthpiece of China's ruling Communist Party says U.S. moves to end some trading privileges extended to Hong Kong grossly interfere in China's internal affairs and are doomed to fail
Piles of household debris line Valley Drive in Midland, Michigan, on Wednesday, May 27, 2020. The Central Michigan city, known for its midcentury modern architecture, was submerged after torrential rains overwhelmed two dams. Architecture enthusiasts worry how extensively the structures were damaged. (AP Photo/Tammy Webber)
Flooded Michigan city is midcentury architecture mecca
The central Michigan city of Midland has more than 400 midcentury modern homes and other buildings, making it a mecca for enthusiasts of the architectural style that favors clean lines, repeating patterns and spaces connected to the outdoors
A man sets up his camp along the Indian River Lagoon at sunrise Saturday, May 30, 2020, at Titusville, Fla. as he waits to watch the launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9, with Dragon crew capsule on top of the rocket. Two astronauts are set to fly on the SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station scheduled for launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. For the first time in nearly a decade, astronauts will blast into orbit aboard an American rocket from American soil, a first for a private company. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Launch watchers return for 2nd try with patience, umbrellas
Many spectators came back to watch a second attempt to launch two NASA astronauts
Protesters stand in front of Kentucky State Police officers as they protest the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, Friday, May 29, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. Breonna Taylor, a black woman, was fatally shot by police in her home in March. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Louisville PD apologizes for targeting news crew at protest
Kentucky's governor is calling in the National Guard to 'help keep the peace' in Louisville after a second night of protests sparked by the police shooting of a black woman
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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World War II Army Air Corps veteran Ed Mampre, 96 of Elk Grove Village, waves as a Memorial Day drive-by parade passes by Monday to honor him and two other veterans.
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Naperville resident and World War II veteran Bob Piper points back at someone yelling out congratulations to him during a drive-by parade celebrating his 98th birthday Friday.
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A senior drives past saluting teachers during Hoffman Estates High School's senior send-off parade Wednesday. Graduation was scheduled for the next day but was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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