
George Floyd's family members remember the man and what he stood for
CNN
The story of George Floyd has ignited a movement. But to his girlfriend, "Big Floyd" was the man she loved.
While the US marked the one-year anniversary Tuesday of the police killing of a man whose death sparked months of reckoning over policing and racial bias, Courtney Ross remembered who Floyd was before the world knew his name. He was a person who believed in inclusiveness, she told CNN's Anderson Cooper on Tuesday. He cared about standing up for people who needed help and for bringing people together, she said. And she hoped that is the part of his legacy that people will carry forward.
Janet Mills and her allies are counting on a gender gap to narrow Platner’s wide lead ahead of the June 9 primary to decide who will face incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. They are betting that the unfiltered style that has brought Platner widespread attention as someone who could help Democrats reach young men will backfire with women.

As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.











