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Zoom has apologized for blocking accounts of U.S.-based Chinese activists as they were marking the Tiananmen Square anniversary. It shows the challenges U.S. tech companies face working with China.

The NFL is giving all employees the day off on June 19th. That day - known as Juneteenth - commemorates the effective end of slavery. It's the third major race-related directive by the NFL in a week.

Italy's prime minister, health and interior ministers faced hours of questioning in Rome as prosecutors opened an investigation into possible mismanagement of the COVID-19 crisis.

The pause comes just before Oregon's Multnomah County, the state's most populous county and home to Portland, was set to start its first phase of reopening.

A march called All Black Lives Matter is set to take place in Los Angeles on Sunday. It is meant to be inclusive of black LGBTQ people and not have a police presence or corporate sponsorship.

Earlier this week, police gathered in front of precincts across France and threw down their handcuffs in a symbolic gesture.

Trump has reversed Obama-era protections that prohibit discrimination in health care based on gender identity. Critics warn the rule could harm a vulnerable group — LGBTQ people — during a pandemic.

The killings of George Floyd and many others all began with allegations of a minor offense. These make up 80% of criminal arrests and cases in the U.S., and disproportionately affect people of color.

More than 35,000 people in nursing homes and assisting living facilities have died from COVID-19. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to resident Virginia Chandler about the toll the lock down has taken.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to ESPN senior writer Howard Bryant about the NFL's response to a shift in the culture over racial injustice and NASCAR's banning of the Confederate flag.