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The Harrison County Sheriff’s Office has captured an alleged murder suspect that was wanted out of Bastrop, Louisiana.

Hours after crew work to reopen streets, makeshift barriers placed around George Floyd Square ...

MARSHALL, Texas - The Harrison County Sheriff’s Office has captured an alleged murder suspect who was wanted out of Bastrop, Louisiana.

The intersection has been closed since George Floyd’s death. City leaders pledged to open the square after Derek Chauvins trial.

Workers reopen intersection where George Floyd died in Minneapolis despite activists demands Ndea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY Boots On The Ground: The Black community in Minneapolis finds peace after George Floyd Replay Video UP NEXT Work crews on Thursday removed the concrete barricades, artwork and flowers from the street where George Floyd died last year, but activists continue to occupy the square. City officials have said for months that George Floyd Square should be reopene...

City leaders in Minneapolis still have not unified around a plan for the future of George Floyd Square, almost a year after citizens in the area closed the intersection ...

The McKnight Foundation is giving $1 million in surprise grants to 10 organizations in honor of George Floyd one year after his murder. The Minneapolis foundation, which announced the unsolicited grants Tuesday, will give $100,000 each to the Minnesota groups working to make the state more inclusive and address systemic justice. Each organization "connects to our vision of a more equitable ...

Emotional photos capture the celebration of George Floyds life 2021-05-25 21:41:11 UTC A man raised his fist at an event commemorating the anniversary of George Floyds death at the Salvation Army Harbor Lights Center on May 25, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His shirt says "Rest in Love" over a photo of Floyd. Image: Stephen Maturen / Getty Images Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary of George Floyds murder by a police officer, and with it came an outpouring of commemorative events in U.S....

MINNEAPOLIS—Last summer, long before the trial of Derek Chauvin, activists at East 38 th Street and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis realized they had some plans to make. It had been months since George Floyd’s murder, on May 25, in plain view of the bustling intersection. Protesters used debris and other large objects to block traffic and prevent the police from reclaiming the space. The city replaced those barricades with huge cinderblocks, and the area became known as George Floyd Square. B...

MINNEAPOLIS — As people gathered to remember George Floyd across the country — from the Twin Cities to downtown Los Angeles, Houston and Washington D.C. — they faced questions not only about social justice, but about how best to respond to a spike in crime in many major cities since his death. At George Floyd Square in Minneapolis a few feet from where he was killed a year ago — just as a day of remembrance was about to start at 10 a.m. Tuesday — violence in this city was on full dis...