The France international is suspended for the game against Pep Guardiola’s side, who lead the Premier League by eight points from Jose Mourinho’s men, after being sent off during the club’s 3-1 win over Arsenal. Nevertheless, Pogba has urged United to throw bodies forward as they aim to pull themselves closer to City in the title race. “We need to,” he told reporters when asked if United would attack their rivals....
This announcement directly responded to a large group of migrants attempting to cross the border from Belarus. A video published by Belarusian media showed people trying to enter Poland using uprooted trees and various thrown objects. However, the Associated Press reported that there is “no way to independently verify” the events in the video due to Belarus’s barring of journalists. Despite the lack of clarity surrounding the video, Poland is taking extra precautions against its eastern neighbor....
Polish Deputy Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski made the announcement on Thursday after presenting a financial report highlighting the financial damage caused following Germany’s invasion in 1939, according to a Deutsche Welle report. The announcement comes on the 83rd anniversary of the beginning of the war. Kaczynski has said Poland would “ask Germany to negotiate these reparations,” according to a tweet by the AFP News agency. He added that this could prove a long and difficult process....
A group of deputies-turned-alligator wranglers “arrested” a massive alligator after it put up quite the fight while being removed from a Florida resident’s backyard last week. Osceola County Sheriff Marco Lopez posted a humorous video to the department’s Facebook page on Thursday detailing the alligator’s removal. “A complainant called about ‘suspicious activity’ in her backyard,” Lopez said in the video. “There was noise at the back door, hissing, scratching like if someone was trying to make entry into her house....
San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) said mall security and an off-duty officer were confronted by members of the group at North Star Mall last Tuesday. Eric Matthew Braden, aged 39, was arrested as officers dispersed the small group. He was later charged with criminal trespass on private property. Cell phone footage posted on social media appeared to show people waving a U.S. flag and singing the national anthem as officers made the arrest....
The measure would allow people to carry handguns without a license, disregarding the background checks or safety measures that go along with it. Previously the police chief in Houston and now Miami, Acevedo discussed the “constitutional carry” measure on Face the Nation with host John Dickerson. “There’s something that God gave us and that is common sense, and common sense tells us that that is ridiculous,” Acevedo stated when asked about the measure....
Stationed in a line outside and on top of the building, riot police fired bullets at a crowd gathered outside the precinct. This is the second consecutive day of protests after a video of Floyd, who died while in police custody, that depicted pinned to the ground by Hennepin County police went viral. A police officer, who allegedly intended to arrest Floyd under suspicion of forgery, placed his knee on Floyd’s neck....
The Wilmington Police Department announced that 19-year-old Elton was hit while his unit patrolled downtown Wilmington, North Carolina, in the early hours of August 27. Elton and his rider, Officer Aaron Mininger, were struck from behind by the driver. Mininger was unscathed but Elton sustained an injury to his left leg, said police. The driver, 24-year-old Alexis Williamson, registered a 0.19 blood-alcohol level—well over the legal limit of 0.08. She was arrested for driving while intoxicated, improper passing and failure to reduce speed....
“F*** China” and “we don’t want you here, f*** off” was sprayed outside the Tin Sing restaurant in Dudley, U.K. this week, the Birmingham Mail reported. A West Midlands Police spokesperson confirmed to Newsweek that they are investigating the incident as a hate crime. The spokesperson said officers would be contacting the owner of the restaurant and will make sure they are “appropriately safeguarded.” “We are investigating a hate crime after racist graffiti was sprayed on the walls of a Chinese takeaway restaurant on the High Street in Quarry Bank, Dudley,” the police spokesperson said....
Nick Moore, a Snellville police officer, has found himself at the center of a social media storm after posting a clip to his k9hanes account in which he made a controversial joke about a woman giving birth in the back of his patrol car. In the video, which has been saved and shared by other users on TikTok, Moore can be seen in uniform behind the wheel of what looks like a police vehicle....
Fliers announcing the rally appeared in plastic sandwich bags weighted with rocks on the streets of Huntington Beach on Easter morning, according to The Los Angeles Times. A group calling itself the Loyal White Knights of the KKK emblazoned its name on the fliers. “White Lives Do Matter: Say NO to cultural geNOcide,” one flier with a KKK insignia stated. The flier accused white people of too cowardly to “stand up” for their culture over the fear of being called “racist....
The bus was on its way to PNC Park, when it got trapped under a nine-foot bridge. Thankfully no one was injured. After learning it would take two hours to get another van to carry the veterans to the game, police officers and nursing home staff took action. They pushed the veterans in wheelchairs half a mile to PNC Park. The veterans made it to the game and got to see the Pirates sweep the Milwaukee Brewers 4-0....
Cooperstown Police Chief Michael Covert tells the Oneonta Daily Star that 62-year-old Barry Renert was armed with a handgun when he went to the Seventh Inning Stretch store on Main Street and threatened the owner at around 9 a.m. Monday. He says the owner fired once at Renert, who ran off. The store is just a few doors from the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. It bills itself on its website as the largest vendor of sports memorabilia in town....
The footage, broken into two parts, spans roughly 30 minutes. It sees authorities from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) and Tallahassee Police remove Jones, her husband and young children from their residence before seizing belongings potentially related to an ongoing cybercrime investigation. When officers enter Jones’ home and order her family to exit, at least one has his gun drawn. Jones, already standing beside police outside, is clearly distressed as this happens....
For my family, it does not. The truth is that the weight of student loans has reverberated through three generations. It has impacted every facet of my family’s financial lives and stopped us from building wealth. My family is not unique; student debt impacts many families, communities and indeed our whole society. As the leader of an advocacy organization that works for access to higher education, I’d like to share my story....
History of Polio Historically, there was no vaccine to prevent polio. Between the years of 1937 and 1997, over 400,000 Americans are said to have contracted polio. The virus impacts the nervous system, causing partial or full paralysis, and can result in difficulty breathing or even death. This is the reason the infamous “iron lung” was used as a life-saving treatment for those suffering from polio who had trouble breathing....
When a U.S. “senior intelligence official” told the AP that Russian missiles had crossed into Poland and killed two people, alarm bells sounded. The willingness of the U.S. intelligence establishment to claim that it had been a Russian missile strike raised the very real possibility that Poland might have to invoke Article 5 of the NATO charter. Such an invocation would obligate the United States and the rest of the alliance to come to Poland’s defense....
Democratic Governor Ned Lamont and Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz have released a joint statement condemning cyber attacks against these politicians, which have included multiple female politicians in the state across party lines. The letter was spurred by harassment against Senator Cathy Osten, who is Sprague, Connecticut’s Democratic first selectman and part of a hotly contested race in the small town. Osten was the subject of threatening messages on the Connecticut Republican Party’s Facebook page, according to the Hartford Courant....
“Congratulations to my friends,@JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris — our next President and Vice President of the United States,” former President Barack Obama tweeted. Obama included a written statement that stated he “could not be prouder” to congratulate the Democratic candidates and their families, calling the victory “historic and decisive.” He emphasized that he and his wife, Michelle, who also tweeted her support, will support the Biden and Harris in any way possible “for this democracy to endure,” as Biden faces a devastating pandemic and other challenges upon entering the White House in January....
