On Saturday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: For a moment, George Floyd's murder changed everything. Are those days gone? USA TODAY Chief Political Correspondent Phillip M. Bailey discusses. The U.N.

The death of George Floyd lit a fire in the U.S. in the summer of 2020 — and the years that followed. Floyd died after a white police officer kneeled on his neck for more than 9 minutes. Images caught ...

Sincere Detailing Pros owner Edwin Reed poses for a portrait behind George Floyd Square on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in Minneapolis, Minn. NINA MOINI: Five years ago, George Floyd was murdered by a ...

Four years after George Floyd’s murder, two Washington Post reporters reflect on the retrenchment of the racial-justice movement sparked by his death. In their book, “His Name Is George Floyd,” Robert ...

On May 25, 2020 on the corner of 38th and Chicago, George Floyd was murdered by then-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. At the same time, a group is working hard to preserve plywood murals in ...

Five years have passed since George Floyd’s tragic murder, but the site where his life ended remains an enduring symbol of resilience, grief, and social change. The intersection in Minneapolis that ...

In some ways, George Floyd's story was an Everyman's story. He grew up poor, he struggled in school and eventually fell into substance abuse. Most of the people he crossed paths with remember him as ...

HOUSTON (AP) — Years before a bystander’s video of George Floyd’s last moments turned his name into a global cry for justice, Floyd trained a camera on himself. “I just want to speak to you all real ...

On May 25, 2020, a white Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, who was Black, by kneeling on his neck for nine minutes during an arrest. The officer, Derek Chauvin, was convicted on murder ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: A version of this story was originally published in 2020 in the wake of George Floyd’s death. It has been republished as Minneapolis is set to mark his passing, five years later. George ...

On May 25, 2020, Houston native George Floyd was killed after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee on Floyd's neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds, while Floyd was handcuffed and ...