The founder of CrossFit — who just exited the CEO role amid controversy two weeks ago — is now selling the iconic gym brand

CrossFit founder Greg Glassman to sell company after "FLOYD-19" and sexism controversies. The new owner will be the third CEO in a month.

from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ZjVS2L

Senate Democrats block movement on Republican policing bill in Wednesday vote

Democrats have blocked the Senate from moving forward on a Republican policing bill that they argued did not go far enough.

from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Z4m29x

One Expert Fought a New Korean War in a Simulator. You Should Be Scared.

A terrible scenario.

from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3dnZcP3

Woman accused of burning Wendy's after shooting granted bond

A woman charged with arson in the burning of a fast food restaurant in the wake of Rayshard Brooks' killing was granted bond Wednesday but must wear an ankle monitor and remain at home, a judge said. Natalie White, 29, appeared in court by video from the Fulton County jail, where she has been held on a first-degree arson charge since she turned herself in Tuesday. An arrest warrant accuses her of setting fire to the Wendy's restaurant using a torch made with a lighter and some type of can.

from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2YwJKvX

DNC announces sweeping changes to convention, but Biden will still accept nomination in Milwaukee

Even as Democrats downsize their convention they say former Vice President Joe Biden will still formally accept the nomination in Milwaukee.

from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/31avrit

Seattle to take back ‘occupied’ CHAZ protest area after multiple shootings

Seattle’s mayor says she wants to take back an “occupied” protest area in which three people have been shot.Jenny Dunkan said on Monday that the shootings had been a distraction amid campaigners’ demands to end police violence and institutionalised racism.

from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2YrdYRa

Protesters join class-action lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police Department alleging they were shot in the head or torso by projectiles

A class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles accuses police of using excessive force against protesters.

from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3i2UIkG

Corrections: June 25, 2020

By Unknown Author from NYT Corrections https://ift.tt/3g7E4i7

Trump Speaks! And Speaks. And Speaks …

By BY GAIL COLLINS from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2B742Dm

Michael Hawley, Programmer, Professor and Pianist, Dies at 58

By BY CADE METZ from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2YuUM4F

Coronavirus Surge Alarms States, Markets and Businesses; Slow Recovery Feared

By BY MATT PHILLIPS AND ANUPREETA DAS from NYT Business https://ift.tt/3dxTqL0

Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today

By BY LARA TAKENAGA AND JONATHAN WOLFE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3exhrmJ

Tribe in South Dakota Seeks Court Ruling Over Standoff on Blocking Virus

By BY MARK WALKER AND EMILY COCHRANE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3dDuxxD

Baseball’s New Rules: No Spitting, No Arguing, and Lots of Testing

By BY JAMES WAGNER from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/31fpC3m

An AOC-backed New York candidate just pulled off a stunning upset over a powerful House Democrat in New York

Jamaal Bowman is a former Bronx middle-school principal who ran to Engel's left on a platform of Medicare for All and a Green New Deal.

from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2VcjSDm

Calif. College Professor Placed on Leave After Asking Asian-American Student to 'Anglicize' Her Name

'This incident is obviously disturbing,' Laney College's President said in a statement

from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Nu5TEE

Over 100 people shot over the weekend in Chicago

What needs to be done to stop the violence? Former police officer and Chicago alderman Anthony Napolitano speaks out.

from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/37Xk7ax

Judge stays migrant teen's expulsion under US virus policy

from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2AWxDPX

Subsurface ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa deemed potentially 'habitable'

Scientists have figured out how the subsurface ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa may have formed and determined that this vast expanse of water may have been able to support microbial life in the past. Europa, with an ocean hidden beneath a thick shell of ice, long has been viewed as a potential habitat for extraterrestrial life in our solar system, alongside other candidates such as Mars and Saturn's moon Enceladus. The effect of tides caused by Europa's gravitational interactions with Jupiter - the solar system's largest planet - and two other large Jovian moons, Io and Ganymede, also may have played a role.

from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Vdo7yw

Black man suing police department for $700,000 over mistaken identity arrest that left him with broken arm

A 46-year-old black man in Georgia who claims police officers used excessive force while wrongfully arresting him has sued the Valdosta Police Department.Antonio Arnelo Smith is suing the department for $700,000 after a city police officer grappled him from behind and slammed him to the ground. Officers said they were "investigating suspicious activity" and mistook Mr Smith as a suspect.

from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Vi5byG

Putin throws military parade to declare victory over virus

Russian President Vladimir Putin, who reportedly was frightened of the coronavirus and hid behind the Kremlin walls, emerges to declare victory.

from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/37W2A2v

California just reported a record number of new coronavirus cases — and it could roll back its reopening if the surge continues

"We are still in the first wave," Gov. Gavin Newsom said. "We are not in the second wave. This is still the first wave."

from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3dxj4PK

Top Los Angeles city official arrested on racketeering charges

A Los Angeles city councilman was arrested on racketeering charges on Tuesday, with prosecutors saying he ran his office as a "money-making criminal enterprise," taking bribes from Chinese real estate developers and others in exchange for political influence. Jose Huizar, 51, a Democrat whose district includes downtown Los Angeles, was taken into custody without incident at his home in the Boyle Heights neighborhood, federal prosecutors said. "Councilman Huizar violated the public trust to a staggering degree, allegedly soliciting and accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from multiple sources over many years."

from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/37SxU2k