The governor of Minnesota called in the National Guard as looting and violence spread outside to neighboring towns outside of the city of Minneapolis over the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man in police custody. Rioting on Wednesday and Thursday reduced parts of one neighborhood to a smoking shambles. The protests erupted after witness video showed Floyd gasping for breath while an officer kneeled on his neck for almost eight minutes. In footage recorded by a bystander, Floyd pleads that he can’t breathe until he slowly stops talking and moving.

China’s parliament approved a decision on Thursday to go forward with national security legislation for Hong Kong that democracy activists in the city and Western countries fear could endanger its special autonomy and freedoms. Plus, Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga made his second court public appearance in a French courtroom on Wednesday with his family again in attendance.  And Larry Kramer, the activist who directed the world’s attention to AIDS, died Wednesday. He was 84.

Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga appeared in a French court for his second public hearing. Asked if he understood the international charges against him made by an U.N. tribunal, Kabuga told the court through an interpreter: "All of this is lies. I have not killed any Tutsis. I was working with them." Kabuga also fired one of his main attorneys, though the reason behind it is unclear.

Hong Kong police fired pepper pellets to disperse protesters worried about their future. More than 300 arrested. Plus, for the first time, Twitter fact-checks the President and it looks like a go for today’s SpaceX and NASA launch.

As the United States nears 100,000 coronavirus deaths, Brazil has surpassed the U.S. as the epicenter with the most fatalities as the World Health Organization Tuesday said more surges of infection across South America are likely through August. The WHO also warned the government of Brazil about its approval of the anti-malarial drug Hydroxychloroquine.

The World Health Organization has suspended testing the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients due to safety concerns as it urges countries to put in place comprehensive strategies to ensure a downward trajectory of cases of COVID-19. Plus, Hong Kong’s Chief Executive tries to quell concerns over Beijing's new national security law proposal and a pair of NASA astronauts prepare to blast off.

U.S. President Donald Trump paid tribute Monday to the men and women who gave their lives fighting for the nation's freedom. He laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery outside of Washington, DC. It is the country's most prominent cemetery for U.S. service men and women.   Former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumed democratic nominee running for President visited a memorial near his home in Delaware.  The weekend holiday is also the unofficial start of the summer vacation season as the country copes with a new reality amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The Gambia looks for key information in Myanmar’s report to the International Criminal Court. Plus, more than 180 were arrested Sunday in Hong Kong during an anti-government protest and as America celebrates Memorial day, officials warn that COVID-19 can still spread.

The world's worst outbreak is in the US, where there have been 1.6 million reported cases and almost 100,000 deaths. Plus, Muslims around the world began the three-day Eid-al-Fitr celebration, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial began this weekend.