📹 Chicago police gathered to honour their comrade who was killed in a shooting, as an ambulance carried her body past lines of saluting officers.

The fatal incident occurred in the West Englewood neighbourhood. The officers confronted three suspects and managed to shoot one of them.

One suspect was hospitalised, another was later arrested, and the third (a female) remains at large.

RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel has suggested in an interview that former President Trump continues to lead the GOP even now after his electoral defeat.

Do you agree?

It’s getting harder and harder to find anything in America that hasn’t been dubbed racist at some point.

The University of Wisconsin has removed a 70-ton “racist” rock from its campus after a minority student organisation complained that back in 1920, a word used for describing big and dark rocks contained the N-word.

🐻 It looks like our furry California burglar of cars has a brother in Colorado, otherwise it's tough to explain this dangerous addiction to car-opening.

Officials in Colorado reminded citizens on Twitter to lock their cars and homes after a bear apparently walked door-to-door and opened multiple car doors in one night

🌊 Tony Luu from Omaha did not know how to pass the time during a downpour which had resulted in flooding on Saturday, and decided to check if there was any flooding by taking the elevator to the ground floor. However, he and others in the elevator didn't take safety precautions into account and ended up in a water trap.

In the video footage, you can see how water seeps into the elevator from all sides and soon the unfortunate passengers are already up to their throats in it.

😒 Someone give them Health and Life Safety lessons

This is not an infrastructure bill, this is the beginning of the Green New Deal. The bill I proposed, which Mitch McConnell couldn’t do anything with, was pure infrastructure. I want what is best for America, not what’s best for the Communist Democrat Party. This will be a big victory for the Democrats and will be used against Republicans in the upcoming elections. Schumer is using the threat of “we can do it the hard way or do it the easy way” and keeping people in town. McConnell never did that on a real infrastructure bill. Hopefully the House will be much stronger than the Senate.

Congratulations to Senator Bill Hagerty in remaining true to “AMERICA FIRST!”

❗️🇦🇫🇺🇸The Taliban Islamist movement (banned in Russia) is warning the United States against any further interference in the Afghan internal affairs, a spokesperson for the movement's Political Office told Al Jazeera broadcaster.

Small clashes occurred between Antifa and Proud Boys members at the weekend in Portland, Oregon.

The Christians reportedly gathered at Tom McCall Waterfront Park for prayer, but were attacked by projectiles. At the same time, the clash was watched by police officers who were standing peacefully nearby

Brittany Commisso, 32, hid her identity for a long time, fearing the consequences, but found the strength and gave an interview, where she told in detail how Governor Cuomo harassed her.

She said earlier this year that these incidents always happened when they were alone.

🗣 "He made sure that it was either at the mansion or, if it was at the Capitol, that no one was around," and then made his physical advances, including touching her breasts

❗️🇩🇪🇺🇸🇷🇺The construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will be completed within several weeks, and the US-German joint statement on the issue will not affect the due date, Russian Ambassador to Germany Sergey Nechayev told the Izvestiya newspaper.

🇺🇸New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's Secretary Melissa DeRosa has announced resignation amid the ongoing sexual harassment scandal around Cuomo.

Check out some news you may have missed:

▪️ Joe Biden was ostensibly informed on Sunday about the Taliban offensive in Afghanistan – but he doesn't intend to change plans to withdraw troops, a senior official in the administration says.

▪️ New York Times White House correspondent Annie Karni has faced much flak on social media after apparently dismissing concerns over ex-President Barack Obama's maskless birthday bash over the weekend.

▪️ At least two men were killed and three others wounded after a gunman opened fire early Sunday at a party in New York City.

▪️ Neighbours of a man, who attacked several people outside the Pentagon with a knife this week, say he had been stalking them.

▪️ At least one person was killed and five others injured in a shooting early Sunday at a Texas nightclub.

⚡️ The US Department of State has introduced sanctions against three Russian entities over alleged proliferation of WMD (weapons of mass destruction).

According to Washington, the companies provided weapons to Iran, Syria, and North Korea, breaking American law.

⚡️ Russian envoy to US has slammed new sanctions as “contradicting Geneva Summit spirit”.

🇺🇸 Joe Biden signed executive order imposing new sanctions on 🇧🇾 Belarus targeting government officials, defense and energy sectors. Earlier in the day, Canada and the UK also slapped sanctions on Minsk over "systemic violations of human rights."

With NY Governor Andrew Cuomo facing more calls to resign, the focus is now on Lt-Gov Kathy Hochul. Should Cuomo stand down or be impeached, she may become the city’s first female governor.

Let’s take a closer look:

🔹The 62-year-old describes herself as an "independent Democrat" and has served as Cuomo's second-in-command since 2015;

🔹In 2011, she became the first Democrat in 40 years to win the Republican-leaning New York’s 26th congressional district, a feat so remarkable that the then-vice-president, Joe Biden, telephoned to congratulate her;

🔹In the 2012 general election, however, she lost her House of Representatives seat;

🔹As Lieutenant-Governor, Hochul has repeatedly promoted women's health and safety;

🔹Of the Cuomo scandal, she describes the Governor's behaviour as having been "repulsive and unlawful […] towards multiple women".

🤔 The ties between Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Jeffrey Epstein seem closer than we previously thought.

A young neuroscientist, who later became a top adviser to Bill Gates, was Epstein's protégé, Rolling Stone has reported.

Melanie S. Walker, a neurosurgeon who is married to former Microsoft executive Steven Sinofsky, met Epstein in New York in 1992. He found her ‘very attractive’ and reportedly approached her in the main dining room of the Plaza Hotel.

Between 1992 and 2000, when Walker was studying at medical school in Texas, records show that she listed an address in a New York apartment building owned by Epstein as her residence.

Walker, 49, was hired by the convicted pedophile as his ‘science adviser’ and later began dating - and eventually married - Steven Sinofsky, an executive at Microsoft, which allowed her to meet Bill Gates and join his philanthropic foundation.

READ MORE about this curious link between the Microsoft founder and the disgraced billionaire: https://sptnkne.ws/GYs3