WRTV News at 6 | Thursday, March 18, 2021
WRTV News at 6 | Thursday, March 18, 2021
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The IndependentBlack Army soldier responds to racist tirade at IHOP: ‘This is America’
‘This is the country we serve and defend. These are the people we fight for’
- The Independent
Truck drives into crowd celebrating Chauvin verdict
Demonstrators forced out of the way amid screams of ‘oh my god’
- The Independent
Fox, Newsmax, Taylor Greene and Cruz question jury as conservatives cope with Chauvin murder verdict
Conservatives argue that a Minneapolis jury was intimidated into finding Chauvin guilty
- BBC
Tesla: Elon Musk suggests Autopilot not to blame for fatal crash
One victim was found in the front passenger seat and the other was in the back after the accident in Texas.
- The Independent
Who is Derek Chauvin, the officer charged with murdering George Floyd?
He was on the Minneapolis police force for nearly 20 years and had previously documented incidents of using force with arrestees
- The Independent
Brazil warns Biden not to trust Bolsonaro as he demands cash in exchange for climate action
‘US should not strike an agreement with federal government because it won’t be fulfilled’ São Paulo governor says
- BBC
George Floyd death: Three Americans assess Derek Chauvin trial
A retired police veteran, a Minnesota resident and a black political hopeful share their thoughts.
- Reuters
Exclusive: Fed will limit any overshoot of inflation target, Powell says
The U.S. economy is going to temporarily see "a little higher" inflation this year as the recovery strengthens and supply constraints push up prices in some sectors, but the Federal Reserve is committed to limiting any overshoot, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said in an April 8 letter to Senator Rick Scott. "We do not seek inflation that substantially exceeds 2 percent, nor do we seek inflation above 2 percent for a prolonged period," Powell said in a five-page response to a March 24 letter in which the Florida Republican raised concerns about rising inflation and the U.S. central bank's bond-buying program. Those modifiers - "substantially" exceeding 2% inflation or above that level for a "prolonged" period - help to more sharply define the upper bounds of the Fed's comfort zone as prices rise.
- The Independent
Capitol riot suspect arrested after FBI use face recognition on girlfriend’s Instagram
Authorities allege Stephen Chase Randolph assaulted a Capitol police officer
- The Independent
Derek Chauvin faces up to 40 years in jail after being found guilty on all murder charges
Jury comes to its decision following high-profile trial
- The Independent
Can you tell the difference between an inkblot and a gerrymandered congressional district?
Inkblots produce random, alien-like shapes with no logic to them. The same is true of gerrymandered congressional districts, report Richard Hall and Charlotte Hodges.
- The Independent
Ma’Khia Bryant: Ohio police tell bystanders ‘blue lives matter’ after girl shot dead as Chauvin verdict delivered
Force releases body camera footage showing moment teenager was killed
- The Independent
‘She was a child’: White House calls fatal police shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant ‘tragic’
Jen Psaki says killing of 16 year old ‘came just as America was hopeful for a step forward’ after Chauvin guilty verdict
- The Independent
What happened to the promise to ‘defund’ America’s police forces – and to stop them killing Black people?
Police in America have killed at least 319 people in 2021, writes Andrew Buncombe, including a teenager in Ohio
- Miami Herald
Late-night hosts react to Chauvin guilty verdict. ‘Still a lot of work to be done’
Here’s what they had to say about Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict.
- USA TODAY
How long will masks be required on planes? Flight attendants say mandate should be extended
The federal mask mandate on planes is due to expire May 11. Airlines have required masks for nearly a year but the order has helped them enforce it.
- Associated Press
Latin American leaders seek more vaccines at Andorra summit
Representatives of 22 countries from Latin America and Europe’s Iberian Peninsula, in their first, mostly virtual meeting since the pandemic started, called for more equitable access to coronavirus vaccines and flexible funding for their economic recovery. Frictions emerged over the participation of Venezuela's government in the Iberoamerican Summit hosted Wednesday by the tiny mountainous nation of Andorra, which lies between Spain and France in the Pyrenees mountain range. Many of the leaders were critical of global mechanisms for vaccine distribution that have brought to the Latin American region of 640 million just about 8% of the doses distributed across the world, most of them to a handful of countries.
- The Independent
Ma’Khia Bryant: Everything we know about the police shooting of a teenage girl
Ohio’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation leading investigation into fatal police shooting
- The Independent
Newsmax host claims Derek Chauvin was ‘sacrificed to the mob’ as right-wing outlets accused of racism
Robert Schmitt follows Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson in attacking jury’s guilty verdict
- INSIDER
Columbus police have killed the second-highest number of children of any local law-enforcement agency since 2013, according to police accountability data
A Columbus police officer fatally shot 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant Tuesday. She was the fifth Black child killed by Columbus police in five years.