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- Omar Jimenez and his CNN camera crew were arrested by Minnesota state police while covering the George Floyd protests, and then released hours later. The arrests were caught on video, and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz apologized.
- Twitter says President Donald Trump's tweet saying protesters in Minneapolis should be shot glorified violence—prompting a warning.
- Former President Barack Obama released a statement about the killing of George Floyd, "This shouldn't be 'normal' in 2020 America."
- Florida Congresswoman Val Demings has an op-ed in the Washington Post, "As a former woman in blue, let me begin with my brothers and sisters in blue: What in the hell are you doing?"
- Remember Eduardo Gancayo, a cafeteria manager at Mount Sinai hospital, who died of COVID-19? His daughter said he refused to take time off during the pandemic, "He was more thinking about how we are going to serve the doctors and nurses who need food and service under the new parameters."
- Denmark and Norway excluded Sweden from their travel bubble.
- A Democratic Pennsylvania state rep was rightfully upset when a Republican colleague hid his positive coronavirus test.
- One amusement park in Orlando has a "Social Distancing Skunk Ape" to keep attendees socially distanced or something.
- Do you agree with this ranking of Studio Ghibli films?
- Now, please, enjoy these teddy bears on a roller coaster:
Published May 29, 2020
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