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  1. See pictures of coronavirus impact from around the world
    32 minutes ago• Health
    Graduating seniors of Brophy College Preparatory waits their turn to walk down the aisle to the stage individually during Diploma Days due to the coronavirus Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Phoenix. Divided up into smaller groups, the graduating Class of 2020 crossed the stage to graduate over a several day period for social distancing protocols. [ROSS D. FRANKLIN | AP]
  2. Trump calls Minneapolis protesters ‘thugs,’ vows action
    2 hours ago• Nation & World
    President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order aimed at curbing protections for social media giants, in the Oval Office of the White House on May 28 in Washington. On May 29, Trump threatened to take action to bring the city of Minneapolis “under control,” calling violent protesters outraged by the death of a black man in police custody “thugs” and saying that “when the looting starts, the shooting starts.” [EVAN VUCCI | AP]
  3. Former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in death of George Floyd
    3 hours ago• Nation & World
    A protester carries a U.S. flag upside, a sign of distress, next to a burning building, early Friday, May 29, 2020, in Minneapolis. Protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody Monday, broke out in Minneapolis for a third straight night. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) [JULIO CORTEZ | AP]
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  5. CNN crew arrested, later released, while covering George Floyd protests in Minneapolis
    Earlier today• Nation & World
    A CNN crew was arrested live on air while covering the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis this morning. [CNN via Twitter]
  6. Twitter adds ‘glorifying violence’ warning to Trump tweet
    Earlier today• Nation & World
    President Donald Trump holds up a copy of the New York Post as he speaks before signing an executive order aimed at curbing protections for social media giants, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Washington. [EVAN VUCCI | AP]
  7. 7 shot at Louisville protest over fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor
    Earlier today• Nation & World
    In a photo provided by Jada W., protesters gather Thursday in downtown Louisville, Ky., to demonstrate against the police shooting of Breonna Taylor, a black woman fatally shot by police in her home in March. At least seven people were shot during Thursday's protest, but police said no officers fired their weapons. [JADA W. | AP]
  8. Minneapolis protests escalate amid George Floyd’s death, police precinct set afire
    Earlier today• Breaking News
    The Minneapolis Police 3rd Precinct building is set on fire Thursday, May 28, 2020, during a third night of protests following the death of George Floyd while in police custody. [CARLOS GONZALEZ | TNS]
  9. Trump signs executive order escalating war on Twitter, social media protections
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    President Donald Trump holds up a copy of the New York Post as speaks before signing an executive order aimed at curbing protections for social media giants, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) [EVAN VUCCI | AP]
  10. WaPo editor to Harvard grads: Truth matter of ‘life & death’
    Yesterday• Education
    Washington Post executive editor Martin Baron smiles during a newsroom celebration on April 16, 2018, after the newspaper won two Pulitzer Prizes. Baron delivered the Harvard University commencement address virtually over a video feed to graduates due to the coronavirus outbreak on May 28. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) [ANDREW HARNIK | AP]
  11. In a NY state of mind, Guetta readies virus relief concert
    Yesterday• Health
    DJ-producer David Guetta performs at the 2017 iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas. When hundreds of artists started singing from their living rooms when the coronavirus pandemic hit, the Grammy-winning DJ-producer still wanted to perform in front of a live audience. So the hitmaker set up shop at Icon Brickell in downtown Miami, performing outdoors for 90 minutes as 8,000 locals danced along from their balconies during the feel-good moment last month. Now, he’s launching his second United At Home event at an undisclosed location in New York on Saturday to connect with fans and raise money for health care workers and virus relief efforts. [JOHN SALANGSANG | John Salangsang/Invision/AP]
  12. See pictures of coronavirus impact from around the world, May 29
    Yesterday• Health
    A Thai classical dancer wearing face shield to help curb the spread of the coronavirus performs at the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, May 28, 2020. Thai government continues to ease restrictions related to running business in capital Bangkok that were imposed weeks ago to combat the spread of COVID-19. [SAKCHAI LALIT | AP]
  13. Man charged in Mennonite woman’s death grew up in the faith
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    This booking provided by the Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff's Office shows Mark Gooch, an Air Force airman, who was arrested Tuesday, April 21, 2020, in the death of Sasha Krause, a Mennonite woman whose body was found off a forest road in northern Arizona two months ago, authorities said. (Maricopa County Sheriff's Office via AP, File) [AP]
  14. Trump preparing order targeting social media protections
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    In this May 22, 2020, photo President Donald Trump speaks with reporters about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) [ALEX BRANDON | AP]
  15. George Floyd death prompts protests in Minneapolis and elsewhere
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Demonstrators protest during a protest of the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis, in downtown Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) [RINGO H.W. CHIU | AP]
  16. Officer who put knee on George Floyd’s neck should be charged, Minneapolis mayor says
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    A woman lies in the street as protesters gather Wednesday, May 27, 2020 near the site of the arrest of George Floyd who died in police custody Monday in Minneapolis after video shared online by a bystander showed a white officer kneeling on his neck during his arrest as he pleaded that he couldn't breathe. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) [JIM MONE | AP]
  17. George Floyd: Frustration in Tampa Bay after another ‘I can’t breathe’ death
    May 27• News
    After the death of George Floyd following an encounter with Minneapolis police, Allendale United Methodist Church in St. Petersburg changed its sign to protest racial inequality. On one side: "George Floyd was lynched today by the police. We can't breathe!" On the other: "White supremacy: The most dangerous virus infecting our country since 1492." [BOYZELL HOSEY | Times]
  18. Live: The historic SpaceX launch of NASA astronauts from Cape Canaveral
    May 27• Nation & World
    NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley, left, and Robert Behnken wave as they walk out of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building on their way to Pad 39-A, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, May 27, 2020. The two astronauts will fly on a SpaceX test flight to the International Space Station. 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/John Raoux) [JOHN RAOUX | AP]
  19. 2 U.S. astronauts board SpaceX rocket for historic launch
    May 27• Nation & World
    In this Wednesday, May 27, 2020 image from video made available by SpaceX, NASA astronauts Bob Behnken, background left, and Doug Hurley perform communication checks in the Crew Dragon capsule before launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (SpaceX via AP) [AP]
  20. See pictures of coronavirus impact from around the world, May 28
    May 27• Health
    Artist Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada works on a 20,000 square foot mural of a healthcare worker near the Queens Museum, back left, and the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, back center, in the Queens borough of New York, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. The mural is to honor those who lost their lives during the coronavirus pandemic, especially minority healthcare workers. The portrait was inspired by Dr. Ydelfonso Decoo, an immigrant doctor who died from coronavirus complications while serving hard-hit communities of color. [SETH WENIG | AP]
  21. Larry Kramer, playwright and AIDS activist, dies at 84
    May 27• Nation & World
    This June 12, 2011 file photo shows Larry Kramer, left, and Daryl Roth embracing after they won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play for "The Normal Heart" during the 65th annual Tony Awards in New York. Kramer, the playwright whose angry voice and pen raised theatergoers’ consciousness about AIDS and roused thousands to militant protests in the early years of the epidemic, died Wednesday. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen, File) [JEFF CHRISTENSEN | AP]
  22. Tropical Storm Bertha forms, hits South Carolina coast
    May 27• Nation & World
    This GOES-16 satellite image taken Wednesday, May 27, 2020, at 11:40 UTC and provided by THE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shows Tropical Storm Bertha approaching the South Carolina coast. (NOAA via AP) [AP]
  23. Here’s how to watch today’s historic SpaceX launch from Cape Canaveral
    May 27• Florida
    There's a long tradition of peering across the Florida peninsula from the Tampa Bay area to see space launches at Cape Canaveral. Here, in October 1998, when there were no coronavirus restrictions, a crowd gathered to see a space shuttle carry pioneer astronaut John Glenn back into space. [Times (1998)]
  24. Swift firings for Minneapolis officers in death of black man
    May 27• Nation & World
    Protesters and police face each other during a rally for George Floyd in Minneapolis on Tuesday, May 26, 2020. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP) [RICHARD TSONG-TAATARII | AP]
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