Month: April 2021

Officer Kim Potter. Bruce Bisping/Star Tribune/Getty Images Kim Potter, the Brooklyn Center police officer who resigned from the force after the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, has been charged … Read More

Authorities guard a perimeter fence as demonstrators gather on the other side Tuesday, April 13, 2021, outside the Brooklyn Center (Minn.) Police Department during a protest over Sunday’s shooting death … Read More

It is day 13 of testimony in the trial of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin, who has been charged in the death of George Floyd. The defense’s portion of … Read More

Outrage as Scottish council axes custard and ice cream from school dinner menus under plans to slash pupils’ sugar intake and cut costs Pupils at Rhynie Primary School, near Huntly, … Read More

Just 175 Covid patients are now being admitted to hospital every day in England – down from more than 4,000 in January… and rates are falling quicker in over-65s because … Read More

Wells Fargo & Co. says first-quarter net income jumped to $4.74 billion from $653 million a year earlier, when the pandemic struck the global economy By The Associated Press April … Read More

Russia announces snap live-fire drills in the Black Sea today as first US warship is expected to arrive and pro-Kremlin mouthpiece warns war is ‘inevitable’ amid soaring tensions on Ukraine … Read More

Boris Johnson admits ‘boundaries’ might have been breached and vows to be ‘tough’ on lobbying as it emerges civil servant ‘who signed off’ on Bill Crother’s Greensill role had row … Read More

The head of the European Union’s executive arm has announced plans for a major contract extension for COVID-19 vaccines with Pfizer stretching to 2023 By RAF CASERT Associated Press April … Read More

Investment bank Goldman Sachs saw its profits nearly quintuple in the first quarter, driven by a massive surge of revenue from its core investment banking and trading operations By KEN … Read More