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PORTLAND—Portland protesters set a fire at the offices of the Portland Police Association (PPA) building on Saturday morning on August 29, which resulted in the declaration of riot. Before that, protesters occupied the mansion of Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and police ended up making arrests. The first demonstration was started outside of the Mayor Wheeler’s mansion around 7 p.m., by...

CHICAGO—Four men were killed in four separate attacks in Chicago on Thursday, August 27. Eight others were wounded that night. An unidentified man in his 40s suffered a gunshot wound to his head on West 105th Street on August 27, Chicago police reported. He was pronounced dead at the scene, and detectives are questioning a person of interest. Earlier, an unidentified...

CHICAGO—On Thursday, August 27, a man was shot to death during an argument in Fernwood neighborhood on the south side of Chicago. According to the Chicago Police Department (CPD), they found a deceased man with multiple gunshot wounds on a sidewalk in the 500 block of West 105th Street. The man was wounded on his head and abdomen before midnight. An...

LOS ANGELES—On Friday, August 28, actor Chadwick Boseman, who played in Marvel's "Black Panther," "42," and "Get on Up" died from stage 4 colon cancer, according to a post on his Instagram account. "It is with immeasurable grief that we confirm the passing of Chadwick Boseman.  Chadwick was diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2016, and battled with it...

GEORGIA—On Wednesday, August 26, a deputy who was suffering from a stroke was saved by a group of inmates. The Gwinnett Sheriff's Office tweeted the following statement: "These inmates came to the rescue of our deputy when he suffered a stroke in the jail housing unit where he supervised them. They saved his life. We appreciate their efforts and are happy...

WASHINGTON — Sen. Rand Paul and his wife were harassed by a mob when they were going back to their hotel after leaving the Republican National Convention on Thursday, August 27. In a video uploaded to social media by Brendan Gutenschwager it can be seen that blocks away from the White House a barricade of police officers had to protect...

SEATTLE — A 19-year-old man from Alaska was charged by federal prosecutors on Thursday, August 27, for setting fire to the East Precinct of the Seattle Police Department on Monday night’s protest. Desmond David-Pitts was charged with arson after participating in the demonstration in Seattle that was protesting the police shooting of Jacob Blake. The complaint filed by Michael J....

CHICAGO—On Wednesday, August 26, R. Kelly was attacked by an inmate at the Chicago Metropolitan Correctional Center. Robert Sylvester Kelly, known as R. Kelly, 53, is an American R&B singer, songwriter, actor, and former basketball player. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. Kelly is also a three-time Grammy winner. Kelly was arrested on alleged sex crime charges in July 2019. He...

KENOSHA, WI—During the third night of protests after the police shooting of Jacob Blake, 29, two people were killed and a third was wounded during a shooting on Tuesday, August 25. According to a press release from the Kenosha Police Department, they responded to reports of gunshots fired around 63rd Street and Sheridan Road at 11:45 p.m. Witness accounts and videos...

CHICAGO—On August 26, two teenage girls were stabbed in the Englewood neighborhood after an argument that started on social media, ABC 7 Chicago first reported. According to a police report for the Chicago Police Department, three teenage females got into an argument with another group of five people, four females and one male of unknown ages, at about 8:50 p.m.,...