Thousands of people took to the streets of Washington DC on Friday to protest police brutality and racism on George Floyd. 

The nation is marking the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with tributes Monday recalling his past struggles for racial equality, observing the federal holiday named for him against the backdrop of a presidential election year.

High on the wall of a German church where Martin Luther once preached, an ugly remnant of centuries of anti-Semitism is now at the center of a court battle.

The US Embassy in Dhaka, including its consular section, will remain closed on Sunday on the occasion of Martin Luther King, Jr’s birthday, a US federal holiday.