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Jack Links Plant Drives Another Rise in Beadle County COVID-19 Cases

After fighting off an initial hotspot in the early days of the pandemic in South Dakota, Beadle County is again leading the state in new COVID-19 cases.…

Early Failures Lead to Safer Working Conditions in Smithfield Plant After Outbreak

This story aired as part of SDPB's series on the food supply chain. The coronavirus pandemic highlights just how fragile our food supply chain is. The…

Protesters on Tuesday in Paris take a knee, as riot officers fire tear gas and scattered protesters throw projectiles and set fires at an unauthorized demonstration against police violence and racial injustice. Several thousand people rallied peacefully for two hours around the main Paris courthouse in tribute to George Floyd and to Adama Traoré, a French black man who died in police custody.

'No Justice In France, Either': French Protest Police Killings In U.S. And At Home

Demonstrators this week said they were rallying for "our brother" in the U.S. as well as Adama Traoré, who died in police custody in 2016.

Matthew Ellis speaks at a vigil at the intersection where his brother, Manuel Ellis, a 33-year-old black man, died in police custody in Tacoma, Wash. Ellis's death was ruled a homicide this week by the Pierce County Medical Examiners Office.

Manuel Ellis: Tacoma Man Died In Police Custody, Saying He 'Can't Breathe'

"We are devastated to have the death of Manuel Ellis become a part of this national conversation," Tacoma Mayor Victoria Woodards says.

A testing kit sits on the windshield of a car as it passes through a drive-through COVID-19 testing site set up in St. Charles, Mo.

Race, Ethnicity Data To Be Required With Coronavirus Tests In U.S.

The federal government says that as of Aug. 1, all laboratories must include detailed demographic data when reporting test results in order to help fight the pandemic nationally.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said that she is struggling on whether to back President Trump in his reelection campaign following criticism from former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis about Trump.

Murkowski Struggles With Whether To Support Trump Reelection

The GOP senator from Alaska says she agrees with former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' sharp rebuke of the president. The public critique from an ex-Cabinet official exposed a split within the party.

Facebook's decision to label state-controlled media is part of an effort to take a more assertive stance against misinformation in advance of the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

Facebook Begins Labeling 'State-Controlled' Media

The social network is flagging publishers it says are under 'editorial control' of governments, as part of efforts to secure its platform against foreign influence campaigns.

Protesters Came Out Again In Washington, D.C. — And Some Stayed, Despite Thunderstorm

The latest day of protests of police treatment of African Americans was peaceful again, and some demonstrators outside the White House stayed, even as rain, thunder and lightning pounded the capital.

Demonstrators peacefully protest at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.

Police Injure Protester In Buffalo As Demonstrations Continue Nationwide

Officers in Buffalo, N.Y., sweeping through an area to be cleared after curfew, shoved a man. He hit his head and bled onto the sidewalk. In New York City, officers moved against curfew violators.

How A Trump Diplomat Helped To Bring Down Kosovo's Government

Richard Grenell, a Trump administration diplomat, had an unorthodox approach to resolving a dispute in the Balkans, which helped to topple a friendly government in the middle of a pandemic.

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