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Pictures of a dead Kenneka Jenkins have sparked protests in Illinois, with community members calling on police to continue the investigation into the teenager’s death. Jenkins died in September after being locked in the walk-in freezer of the Crowne Plaza hotel in Rosemont, a suburb of Chicago. Local police had been investigating the 19-year-old’s death but concluded last week that ...

SPAIN’S Barcelona is swarming with protesters, campaigning both for and against Catalonia’s independence. Here is the latest travel update for British tourists holidaying in Spain. Daily Express :: Travel Feed

CATALONIA’S independence protests have prompted American Airlines to offer passengers flexibility with their travel plans. Daily Express :: Travel Feed

More than 200 players kneeled or sat during the anthem last Sunday after Trump criticized the NFL in a speech and a series of tweets. A week later, the protests had diminished. CBC | Sports News

President Donald Trump is putting pro football players on notice for Week 4 of the NFL season: He won’t stand for it if they kneel in protest during the national anthem. CBC | Sports News

Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan calls it a privilege to stand arm-in-arm with players during the national anthem in London. CBC | Sports News

Hundreds of police officers in full riot gear responded to the streets of downtown St. Louis after another day of peaceful protests over an ex-police officer’s acquittal in the death of a black man gave way to property damage and some dangerous encounters with officers. CBC | World News

A white former police officer was acquitted Friday in the 2011 death of a black man who was fatally shot following a high-speed chase, with the judge declaring that he would not be swayed by “partisan interests, public clamour or fear of criticism.” CBC | World News

Just one day shy of a week following a deadly white supremacist rally and counter-protest in his city, Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer called for Confederate monuments to be removed from the city’s downtown area. Included among the Confederate monuments the mayor wants to see removed is the Robert E. Lee statue in Emancipation Park, where the controversial “Unite the Right” ...

Kenyan police shot and killed two people during riots by opposition supporters after President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner in elections overshadowed by fraud allegations, authorities said Saturday, while a father said his 9-year-old daughter was killed by a stray bullet in the capital. CBC | World News