A fire at the largest uranium enrichment facility in Iran broke out Thursday, according to a the country’s nuclear agency, the Associated Press reported. The reported fire was referred to as an “incident” at a shed in a construction zone that happened in Nantaz, Iran, early Thursday, according to the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), the AP reported. An ...

Seattle police arrested 23 individuals after the mayor ordered protesters at Seattle’s Capitol Hill Occupied Protest zone to vacate within 48 hours, according to the Seattle Police Department. Police made the arrests Wednesday morning after Democratic Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan issued an emergency executive order labeling CHOP as an unlawful assembly. Durkan’s order cited 13 specific instances of threats to ...

Bills restricting transgender students’ involvement in school-sponsored athletics are up for consideration in 14 states, according to the left-wing Human Rights Campaign. Legislatures adjourned amid the coronavirus pandemic, so actions have not been taken on pending bills, Axios reported. However, special sessions are likely to resume in the coming weeks and it’s possible the transgender bills may receive attention. “We ...

A Chicago man who allegedly opened fire on three teenagers was arrested and charged with double homicide on June 26, according to the Chicago Police Department. Laroy Battle, 19, was arrested for allegedly firing nine rounds at three teenagers in an alley after they asked him how tall he was, killing Jasean Francis, 17, and Charles Riley, 16, according to ...

Half the migrants entering Somalia last week said they did not know about the coronavirus pandemic during interviews with United Nations employees, the Associated Press reported. Reports show that 51% of the 3,471 migrants who were interviewed at the border in Somalian the week ending June 20 said they were unaware of the coronavirus, according to the AP. “The first ...

A video game was approved to provide moderate amounts of digital therapy to children diagnosed with ADHD. The game is called EndeavorRx, designed by Akili Interactive Labs for children 8-12 years of age who exhibit particular symptoms associated with ADHD and requires a prescription, Akili said in a statement Monday. The game consists of a floating avatar navigating a path ...

A majority of Americans disagree with the call to “defund the police” and the proposed reallocations of funding, an ABC News/Ipsos poll found. Almost two-thirds of Americans are against defunding law enforcement while 34% agree with the movement, according to an ABC News/Ipsos poll released on Friday. When asked about reducing the police budget to put towards other health and ...

A New York Police Department lieutenant apologized to fellow officers for taking a knee with George Floyd protesters in Manhattan, the New York Post reported Thursday. Lt. Robert Cattani of the Midtown South Precinct told the department “the cop in me wants to kick my own ass,” in an email obtained by The Post on June 3. Cattani said he lost ...

The Los Angeles City Council president is facing criticism for using police officers as personal security while calling for the department to be defunded. Democratic Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez used LAPD officers as security for the past two months until journalists began asking her questions, Spectrum News 1 initially reported. “It’s kind of ironic. Here she is ...

Democratic Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said she does not think that she or her children are “safe from the possibility of dying at the hands of the police,” Axios reported Tuesday. “I just saw my 12-year-old who’s running around the house with a cap gun, a black cap gun, and I thought about Tamir Rice,” the 12-year-old African American ...

Aldermen begged, cried and cursed at Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot over the city’s response to protests during a heated conference call June, according to a recording obtained by WTTW News. Lightfoot received criticism from members of Chicago City Council’s Black Caucus who accused her during a June 1 conference call of deploying 375 members of the Illinois National Guard to block off ...

A judge ruled to keep bail at $1 million for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who has been charged with second-degree murder in the case of George Floyd, who died while in police custody. Chauvin appeared via closed-circuit television before Hennepin County Judge Jeannice M. Reding for an 11-minute hearing from Minnesota’s maximum-security prison Monday, The Associated Press reported. ...

Local Texas GOP leaders are under fire after spreading the conspiracy theory that George Floyd’s death was a “staged event” to rally opposition towards President trump.  Gov. Greg Abbott, Sen. John Cornyn and Sen. Ted Cruz have called for the Bexar and Nueces County Chairs to resign; the Harris County Chairman also shared the conspiracy theory.  The Harris County Chairman ...

In George Floyd’s hometown of Houston, Texas, tens of thousands have shown up to protest his yet but the city has seen fewer instances of violence. Floyd spent most of his life in Houston’s Third Ward, the city is America’s fourth-largest and most diverse. Protesters gathered in downtown Houston on Tuesday afternoon holding signs protesting Floyd’s death and called attention ...

Chicago officials launched an investigation into hackers allegedly jamming the city’s police radios with disruptive messages during riots over George Floyd’s death. The hackers messages ranged from anti-cop songs such as “F— The Police” by N.W.A. to “pro-police slogans” and “Serbian music,” according to the Sun Times. Protesters have been staging demonstrations throughout the country over the death of Floyd, ...