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After the figure was removed from its pedestal around 8:30 pm Tuesday by protesters using several ropes, a sign that reads, Columbus represents genocide was placed on the spray-painted foundation.

Health officials said Tuesday they had recorded a total of 108,317 cases and 2,172 deaths — though with testing still limited, real rates are thought to be much higher.

US prosecutors have accused Prince Andrew of failing to cooperate with multiple requests they made to interview him about his contacts with the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, who died last August in a New York City federal prison.

The U.S. economy entered recession in February as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, a private economics research group said on Monday.

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, on-ground graduation ceremonies are giving way to virtual ones. Google's video platform YouTube organised a virtual event to give a farewell to these students.

As New York City begins the first phase of reopening from Monday, the UN is also gearing up for its return to normalcy in three phases.

The total number of Canadians killed by the coronavirus edged up by 0.9% to 7,773 from 7,703 on Saturday, the public health agency said.

Obama tweeted a thread of messages on May 29 about her frustration with ongoing racism in America, stating in part, 'I'm exhausted by a heartbreak that never seems to stop.'

Get a test. Get a test, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo urged people who have been participating in rallies and marches in memory of George Floyd.

Trump responds to criticism with personal attacks. His sagging poll numbers show most Americans judge his leadership harshly.

About 1,000 Americans have died on average each day so far in June, down from a peak of 2,000 a day in April, according to the tally of state and county data on COVID-19 deaths.

About 30% of those cases, or 2 million infections, are in the United States, though the fastest growing outbreak is in Latin America, which now accounts for roughly 16% of all cases.

For far too long, far too many Indian-Americans and South Asian-Americans have been, at best, silent and at worst, complicit, it said in a statement.

According to Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, the US has reported nearly 1.9 million cases and over 1,09,000 deaths.

Floyd, who was black, died after a white police officer pressed his knee on Floyd's neck for several minutes, ignoring Floyd's cries that he couldn't breathe and bystander shouts.

The Labor Department's closely watched monthly employment report on Friday could bolster economists' dire predictions that it would take several years to recover from the economic meltdown.