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Top Eight

Top eight CNS stories for today including former the Minneapolis police officer seen on video kneeling on George Floyd’s neck was arrested; A newly qualified California ballot initiative would reform the state’s landmark property tax code to raise billions for cash-strapped schools and counties; President Donald Trump announced the United States is ending its relationship with the World Health Organization, and more.

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Top eight CNS stories for today including the former Minneapolis police officer seen on video kneeling on George Floyd’s neck was arrested; A newly qualified California ballot initiative would reform the state’s landmark property tax code to raise billions for cash-strapped schools and counties; President Donald Trump announced the United States is ending its relationship with the World Health Organization, and more.

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National

1.) The former Minneapolis police officer seen on video kneeling on George Floyd’s neck was arrested Friday on murder and manslaughter charges, three days after Floyd’s death sparked nationwide protests and riots. 

Protestors demonstrate outside of a burning Minneapolis 3rd Police Precinct, Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Minneapolis. Protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody Monday, broke out in Minneapolis for a third straight night. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

2.) President Donald Trump announced the United States is ending its relationship with the World Health Organization on Friday, accusing it of bowing to pressure from China and resisting reforms related to its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, May 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

3.) Twitter, Reddit and a lobbying group for internet companies are supporting filmmakers in a lawsuit challenging a policy that requires visa applicants to register their social media handles with the U.S. government.

The Twitter app icon is shown on April 26, 2017, on a mobile phone in Philadelphia. According to a study released on Jan. 24, 2019, a tiny fraction of Twitter users spread the vast majority of fake news in 2016, with conservatives and older people sharing misinformation more. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Regional

4.) While wineries across California can reopen if they also offer dine-in meals to guests, a 1990 ordinance bars Napa County wineries from selling food in tasting rooms. Now one prestigious vintner has sued the state claiming unfair treatment.

Frog's Leap Winery in California's Napa Valley. (Cristina Toner photo for Courthouse News)

5.) The coronavirus pandemic and California’s shattered finances have injected urgency into an initiative that qualified for the November ballot Friday which — if passed — would reform the state’s landmark property tax code to raise billions for cash-strapped schools and counties.

Los Angeles skyline at night. (Minh Thai for Courthouse News Service)

6.) Running for mayor in a city wracked by violence and dysfunction, three candidates — none of them the incumbent — are running even in the race to lead Baltimore.

Baltimore City Hall, still closed for most business as Maryland, began to reopen Thursday, May 28, for the primary election that will be conducted primarily via mail. (Courthouse News photo/Edward Ericson Jr.)

International

7.) With the coronavirus pandemic spreading faster in the developing world, the World Health Organization and national leaders on Friday launched a plea to ensure patents for drugs and vaccines developed to combat Covid-19 are shared around the world to ensure even the poorest can be treated.

In this April, 24, 2020, photo, people wait to fetch water from a row of communal taps that the group Doctors Without Borders provided in a suburb of Harare, Zimbabwe. For people around the world who are affected by war and poverty, the simple act of washing hands is a luxury, even during the coronavirus pandemic. In Zimbabwe, clean water is often saved for daily tasks like doing dishes and flushing toilets. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

8.) The European Court of Human Rights issued its second-ever advisory opinion Friday in the prosecution of a former Armenian president, saying a national court should decide whether the law he is charged under is more severe than the one it replaced.

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France. (Photo by CherryX from Wikipedia Commons via Courthouse News)
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