Congress makes lynching a federal crime, 65 years after Till
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixty-five years after 14-year-extinct Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi, Congress has authorized regulations designating lynching as a hate crime below federal law.
China threatens US retaliation for supporting Hong Kong protests
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday summoned a senior US diplomat and threatened retaliatory measures against Washington after the US Senate adopted a law supporting demonstrators in Hong Kong, which has been under protests since June.