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WASHINGTON D.C.—A man was shot around 6 p.m. on Monday, August 10, on the corner of 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. The individual, Myron Basil Berryman, 51, from Forestville, Maryland, approached a uniformed officer. According to Secret Service Uniformed Division Chief Tom Sullivan, Berryman told the officer, "he had a gun," and he was shouting that he was going to...

UNITED STATES—Presidential candidate Joe Biden selected former campaign contender Kamala Harris as his vice presidential nominee on Tuesday, August 11. Biden made the announcement via Twitter at 4:17 p.m. stating: "I have the great honor to announce that I've picked @KamalaHarris—a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants—as my running mate.”  The 55-year-old first-term senator,...

UNITED STATES—On Tuesday, August 11, the Big Ten Conference, one of the Power Five conferences in the Football Bowl Subdivision, officially announced it would postpone the 2020-2021 season.  According to their announcement, presidents of the conference decided not to start the season in the fall because of health and safety concerns regarding the pandemic. They indicated they relied on medical...

Washington D.C.—On Sunday August 7, a spokesperson for D.C. police said that a shooting occurred at a cookout at the 3300 block of Dubois Place in Ward 7 in Southeastern D.C around 12:30 a.m. Despite current COVID-19 social distancing restrictions in D.C. prohibiting more than 50 people from gathering at one time, there were hundreds of people at this cookout....

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS—Hundreds of looters in support of the Black Lives Matter movement swept through downtown Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, 13 blocks of North Michigan Ave, early on Monday morning, August 10. The aftermath of the looting resulted in 13 police officers injured, 2 people shot, multiple businesses destroyed, and over 100 arrests, according to Chicago Police Department (CPD) officers. Mayor Lori...

UNITED STATES— President Trump was escorted out of a coronavirus briefing on Monday, August 10 after a person was shot outside the White House.  Earlier today, the Secret Service reportedly shot a person outside the White House grounds, which lead to the President needing to be escorted out for his safety. According to reports, the D.C. fire department was called...

CHICAGO, IL—On Sunday, August 9, a shooting occurred in the Englewood neighborhood in South Side, Chicago and police were involved. A young man was wounded in the shooting and he has been hospitalized. Three police officers responded to a report about a man with a gun around the 5700 block of South Racine Avenue at 2:30 p.m., on Sunday, August...

SEATTLE—In Seattle, Washington, there have been protests since May 25, after the death of George Floyd, who died in custody of Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, and they have sparked violence and vandalism in the city. On Sunday, August 9, two protests were held simultaneously in front of City Hall. One of them was organized by the Seattle Police Officers...

PORTLAND—Portland Police declared a riot on Sunday night during a protest in Portland on August 9, arresting 16 people. The riot took place in the Kenton Neighborhood, Portland Police Bureau said in their news release. In the news release, published in the early morning on August 10, Portland Police announced that it declared a riot on Sunday, August 9, since...

ATLANTA—On Thursday, August 6, Fulton County District Attorney, Paul Howard, conceded to pay the state ethics commission $6,500 in fines. Howard has been inputting money into his account from two non-profit organizations which paid him approximately $200,000. James Salzer from The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported that, "The state ethics commission approved a consent agreement with Howard imposing the fine Thursday. Howard...