Officially, the tiniest state's name remains Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. But the governor jettisoned the latter phrase from state documents, with a vote on it likely to follow.

The officers at the Ramsey County jail say they were banned from having any contact with Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with second-degree murder in the death of George Floyd.

"Rayshard Brooks wasn't just running from the police. He was running from a system that makes slaves out of people," the historic church's pastor says. Brooks was fatally shot by police in Atlanta.

The board cited Marge Schott's "record of racism and bigotry" in its decision. The late philanthropist and Cincinnati Reds owner was reviled for using racial and ethnic slurs and praising Hitler.

"It's time for people to go home," Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan says, after a weekend in which three people were shot in the zone known as the Capitol Hill Organized Protest, or CHOP.

In most states, Black students are more likely to be arrested at school, and according to one expert, "There isn't much evidence indicating that police officers in schools make schools safer."

While the president says he authorized the federal government to prosecute those who deface and destroy statues on federal land, the government already had that power thanks to a 2003 law.

Two people who left Pinterest over their treatment there say the company's culture does not support Black employees.