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UNITED STATES—Last week, over 1 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits. According to the U.S. Labor Department report released on the 27th, the number of people filing for unemployment aid decreased by 98,000 from 1.1 million a week ago.  The number of unemployment claims filed has remained over 1 million every week since late March. An estimated 27 million people...

KENOSHA, WI—A video published on Twitter and Facebook shows a looter attacking a man in Kenosha, Wisconsin, as he tried to defend a charitable association by spraying looters with a fire extinguisher. The post on the Facebook account, “Protest The Protesters” reads: “So this is a clip of the 71 year old man defending his store from looters n then...

PORTLAND, OR—Tuesday, August 25, marked the 90th consecutive day of protests in Portland. Protestors unlawfully entered City Hall and lit a fire outside of the building, which resulted in a declaration of a riot and multiple arrests. A group of about 150 people with shields, helmets, gas masks, and body armor began a march at about 9:30 p.m., according to...

KENOSHA, WI — An old man who was defending a small business and a charitable organization that were burning down during the riots in Kenosha on Monday, August 24, was attacked and beaten by looters. According to a GoFundMe page that was organized to help with the medical expenses of the man, he was at the scene of one of...

PHILADELPHIA, PA—On Sunday, August 23, a church lector was punched by a woman during mass at Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul, on Race Street, in Philadelphia. On Monday, August 24, the Philadelphia Police Department indicated that they already identified the woman and deferred charges against her. Officials did not disclose the woman’s name or other information. The entire...

CHICAGO, IL—On Sunday, August 23, a man in a vehicle unleashed gunfire outside a business in the Englewood neighborhood on the south side of Chicago leaving four men injured. According to the Chicago Police Department, the shooting took place in the 6600 block of South Halsted Street, at 4:30 p.m. The four victims were standing outside a store, when a...

CHICAGO, IL,—Robbers posing as maintenance workers from an electrical company robbed homes in Uptown and Rogers Park in Chicago on August 24, at around 2 p.m. on North Ridge Boulevard. Another similar incident happened on August 14, around 3 p.m. on West Hutchinson Street, ABC 7 Chicago first reported. In both incidents, three men knocked on the doors of the...

PORTLAND, OR—The Portland Police Department declared an incident of arson and disturbance at a police union building on Monday, August 24, a riot. Officers arrested 25 protesters, the largest number of persons arrested in a single day since July 16 according to Portland Police data of arrests and criminal activity since the beginning of protests in late May.  The nearly...

KENOSHA, WI—Jacob Blake, 29, who was shot by police officers after resisting their orders, is now paralyzed from the waist down. Doctors do not know if the injury is permanent, his father told reporters. He added that his son was shot eight times.  As of August 25, the GoFundMe for Blake, set up by his family surpassed its $1 million...

INDIANAPOLIS, IN—Local businessman and former Indiana football player Chris Beaty, 38 was shot and killed on May 30. Beaty played offensive line from 2000 to 2004; he played for a three-time championship-winning team at Cathedral High School in Indianapolis; and he managed several downtown nightclubs, starting his own events-promotion company, Fresh Marketing LLC, in 2011. According to Beaty's nephew Jared...