The fictional vicar will take the knee during a special Christmas episode.
Alison Hammond has told how her mother's job protected her from racist bullies when she was growing up in Kingstanding, Birmingham.
The forthcoming trial of the Minneapolis police officers will air on Court TV.
The Lancaster City Police Department has released body cam footage of a shooting that left 27-year-old Ricardo Munoz dead. The footage appears to show Munoz holding an object, said to be a knife by police, while charging at the officer before being shot. Protests were reported late Sunday evening in response to Munoz’s death.
Speaking to supporters and the media, Ben Crump, attorney for the family of George Floyd, strongly disputed the defense theory that Floyd’s death was caused by a drug overdose. Crump said, “The only overdose that killed George Floyd was [an] overdose of excessive force and racism” by the Minneapolis Police Department.
Broadcasting regulator Ofcom has now received almost 3,000 official complaints about Diversity's dance inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement.
Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., joins Yahoo News Editor in Chief Daniel Klaidman and Chief Investigative Correspondent Michael Isikoff to discuss what she sees as the most important issue for undecided voters in the 2020 presidential election: law enforcement. Dingell tells the "Skullduggery" hosts that she sees major divisions and concerns among her constituents when it comes to law enforcement and police reform, similar to the way trade issues played out in the 2016 election.
After appearing on the first night of the Democratic National Convention, majority whip and longtime Democratic Party leader James Clyburn tells Yahoo News Editor in Chief Daniel Klaidman and Chief Investigative Correspondent Michael Isikoff what he would have said in his speech if he had had more time.
Rapper Stormzy has donated £500,000 to the Black Heart Foundation to help fund the education of students from disadvantaged backgrounds
The footage was filed last week by an lawyer seeking to have charges dismissed against one of the police officers arrested of Mr Floyd's death.
A large group of protesters gathered in Lafayette Square across from the White House on Monday night in an attempt to tear down a statue of former President Andrew Jackson, whose legacy has come under fire in recent years in part due to his involvement in the mass killings of Native Americans. However, protesters were unsuccessful in removing the statue and were stopped by members of the Secret Service and U.S. Park Police.
Beyoncé surprises fans with the unexpected release of single Black Parade with a message urging fans to support her campaign to help boost black-owned businesses
Eyewitness accounts indicated that police were on the scene but did not intervene to stop the statue being set on fire.
In response to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, young protesters have taken to the streets across the U.S. to demand justice and police reform. Yahoo News spoke to a few young protesters from around the country who ranged in age from five to 29 to document their perspectives on the movement to change how policing is done in America.
Majority whip and longtime Democratic Party leader James Clyburn joins Yahoo News Editor in Chief Daniel Klaidman and Chief Investigative Correspondent Michael Isikoff to share his thoughts on viral, arguably misunderstood quotes from Martin Luther King Jr. that some have used to justify violence during George Floyd protests.
Majority whip and longtime Democratic Party leader James Clyburn joins Yahoo News Editor in Chief Daniel Klaidman and Chief Investigative Correspondent Michael Isikoff to discuss the five-year anniversary of the Mother Emanuel AME church shooting that left nine people dead at the storied African-American house of worship.
Majority Whip and longtime Democratic Party leader James Clyburn joins Yahoo News Editor in Chief Daniel Klaidman and Chief Investigative Correspondent Michael Isikoff to discuss the use of "defund the police" as a rallying cry for protest against police brutality. Comparing the phrase to the 1960s protest slogan "burn, baby, burn," Rep. Clyburn tells the "Skullduggery" hosts that while he agrees with sentiment of defunding the police, "if you allow the soundbite to lead, then you are going to lose the argument."
On June 12, officers from the Atlanta Police Department responded to reports of a man sleeping in his car in a Wendy’s parking lot. There they found 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks, and after a sobriety test and brief struggle, Brooks was fatally shot by the officers. Yahoo News has assembled a timeline of the events — and those that followed — leading to a renewed push for police reform in Georgia.
Patrick Hutchinson lifted the white man over his shoulder and took him out of harm's way.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced the resignation of Police Chief Erika Shields after Rayshard Brooks was killed by an Atlanta officer in a struggle following a field sobriety test.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, tells Yahoo News National Correspondent Alexander Nazaryan that he is concerned that the widespread George Floyd protests could lead to a rise in coronavirus cases. Fauci also explains the possible risks of reopening without the proper infrastructure in place.
The US president also boasted that authorities are 'dominating the street with compassion'.
Oklahoma City police have released bodycam footage from May 2019 showing the moments before suspect Derrick Ollie Scott died in custody. In the video, Scott can be heard pleading to arresting officers, “I can’t breathe.” The release of the footage comes after pressure from the Oklahoma City chapter of Black Lives Matter to revisit the case. Despite the release of the footage, the Oklahoma City Police Department stands by its assessment that the officers involved committed no wrongdoing.
One in three people of African descent in the EU had experienced racist harassment in the last five years.
In emotional testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Philonise Floyd, the brother of George Floyd, said of his sibling’s death, “Justice has to be served. Those officers, they have to be convicted.” Floyd added, “His life mattered. All our lives matter. Black lives matter.”