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NewsColony False claim targets wife of officer charged in Floyd’s death © Provided by CBS News Chauvin Amid reports that the wife of the white officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd filed for divorce, false social media posts emerged claiming her brother was among the officers involved in the arrest.  “THE PLOT THICKENS!” shouted a Facebook post-Saturday claiming that Derek Chauvin’s wife, Kellie Chauvin, was the sister of an officer captured on video standing by as the 46-year-old black man cried out for help. But Kellie Chauvin is not the sister of Tou Thao, one of the officers on the scene. “Tou Thao is NOT Ms Chauvin’s brother. I would GREATLY appreciate help putting that rumour to rest,” Amanda Mason-Sekula, her divorce lawyer, said in an email. “Her family has been harassed and threatened based on multiple incorrect reports.” Kellie Chauvin, who competed for the title of Mrs Minnesota in 2018 with the hope of becoming the first Hmong winner, does ha...

NewsColony US sends 2 million doses of unproven virus drug to Brazil © Jim WATSON US President Donald Trump speaks with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro during a dinner at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, US in March The United States has delivered two million doses of the antimalarial medicine hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) to Brazil to fight COVID-19, the White House said Sunday, though the drug has not been proven effective against the coronavirus. “HCQ will be used as a prophylactic to help defend Brazil’s nurses, doctors, and healthcare professionals against the virus. It will also be used as a therapeutic to treat Brazilians who become infected,” a statement said. It said the US would soon also send 1,000 ventilators to Brazil, the epicenter of South America’s outbreak with nearly 500,000 confirmed cases. “We are also announcing a joint United States-Brazilian research effort that will include randomized controlled clinical trials,” it added. President Donald Trump is an o...

NewsColony As Protests and Violence Spill Over, Trump Shrinks Back WASHINGTON — Inside the White House, the mood was bristling with tension. Hundreds of protesters were gathering outside the gates, shouting curses at President Trump and in some cases throwing bricks and bottles. Nervous for his safety, Secret Service agents abruptly rushed the president to the underground bunker used in the past during terrorist attacks. The scene on Friday night, described by a person with firsthand knowledge, added to the sense of unease at the White House as demonstrations spread after the brutal death of a black man in police custody under a white officer’s knee. While in the end officials said they were never really in danger, Mr. Trump and his family have been rattled by protests that turned violent two nights in a row near the Executive Mansion. After days in which the empathy he expressed for George Floyd, the man killed, was overshadowed by his combative threats to ramp up violence aga...

NewsColony Read the email Tim Cook sent to Apple employees about George Floyd Apple CEO Tim Cook sent a memo to employees Sunday addressing the killing of George Floyd.  Protests have erupted in cities across the country after the killing of Floyd, an unarmed black man, at the hands of Minneapolis police. On Friday, Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer who was filmed kneeling on Floyd’s neck before he died,  was taken into custody  and charged with murder and manslaughter. Widespread anger over Floyd’s killing sparked protests, clashes with police and looting in several cities.  In the memo, Cook condemned the killing and called for the creation of a “better, more just world for everyone.” “We can have no society worth celebrating unless we can guarantee freedom from fear for every person who gives this country their love, labor and life,” Cook said.  Cook also acknowledged that racial injustice exists in the U.S., including in “our crimin...

NewsColony Police Cars Rammed Protesters. What de Blasio’s Response Tells Us. The brief video clip, widely circulated on social media and on the national news, seemed to capture a wanton act of police brutality: One police cruiser, and then a second, jolting into a crowd of protesters in Brooklyn, sending people sprawling across the street. But Mayor Bill de Blasio’s conflicted response to the incident highlighted the challenges he has faced in managing a crisis rooted in issues he has long pledged to tackle in New York City: racial discrimination, police abuses and inequality. At a news conference on Sunday, the mayor called for an investigation, but also took pains to try to explain the officers’ actions, saying that the situation “was created by a group of protesters blocking and surrounding a police vehicle, a tactic that we had seen before in the last few days, a tactic that can be very, very dangerous to everyone involved.” He added: “And we’ve seen direct attacks on polic...

NewsColony Greece to open hotels, summer cinemas, pools starting June 1 ATHENS, June 1. / TASS /. Hotels, summer cinemas, swimming pools, marriage agencies, golf courses and massage salons are scheduled to open up in Greece on June 1, as part of the next phase to ease strict restrictive measures introduced in early March to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the country’s Ministry of Development and Investments representative said on Monday. Starting Monday, June 1, hotels operating 12 months out of the year (seasonal hotels will start working on June 15), campsites and campgrounds (with the exception of children’s camps), summer cinemas, and banquet catering organizations, buffets and canteens in sports facilities, swimming pools for individual visits (sports teams were previously allowed), golf courses or mini-golf have all been allowed to open. Library and archival activities, weddings and a number of other recreational activities, the work of marriage agencies, tattoo parlo...

NewsColony Follow our guide to keeping your home free from coronavirus as the lockdown starts to ease  As lockdown gradually begins to ease, we are now at increased risk of picking up the virus and bringing it into our homes, so it’s never been more important to take steps to ensure your home is kept meticulously virus-free to minimise your chance of spreading infection among other members of your household. From filling your fridge with immunity bolstering foods to throwing open windows and regularly wiping your mobile phone, we show you how to ensure that your home remains a safe, Covid-free zone.  KITCHEN  Cleaning  Disinfect surfaces which are touched frequently (door handles and kitchen counters).  You can wipe down with a diluted bleachbased disinfectant, but an alcoholbased cleaner or soapy water can be as effective because soap breaks down and destroys the virus’s outer shell.  Cleaning cloths and sponges are not likely to be Covid-carriers, ...