Warriors minority owner Mark Stevens is being investigated for pushing Toronto Raptors star Kyle Lowry during Game Source
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Biden faces backlash over Hyde Amendment
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is facing backlash from rivals in his party after voicing his support for the Hyde Amendment, which bars Medicaid funding for abortion. New York Magazine national correspondent Gabe Debenedetti joined CBSN with a look at it means for the former VP’s campaign. Source
Automation could throw millions of women out of work
Advances in labor-saving technology will result in women losing nearly as many jobs as men, hitting nearly 25% in the U.S. Source
NYPD commissioner apologizes for raid that led to Stonewall riots
NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill kicked off Pride Month with an apology for the actions that started the Stonewall riots 50 years ago. The riots began with a police raid of a Greenwich Village bar in June 1969, and became a seminal moment in the LGBTQ movement. Watch his remarks here. Source
NYPD apologizes for raid that led to Stonewall riots
“The actions and the laws were discriminatory and oppressive and for that I apologize,” James O’Neill said Thursday Source
Police investigating former Arkansas senator’s death as a homicide
Human remains had been found at the former state senator’s home in Pocahontas, Arkansas Source
Resort questions U.S. woman’s assault story
After an American tourist reported a brutal attacked, Majestic Resorts says “there are weak points and unanswered questions to answer in this strange and unusual case” Source
Documentary investigates human trafficking in Taiwan fishing industry
Shannon Service and Julia Ormond, the director and executive producer of the documentary “Ghost Fleet,” joined CBSN AM to explain how thousands of people a year are forced into slavery on fishing vessels. They discuss how overfishing led to the problem and what you can do to help. Source
West Point cadet killed, 22 hurt in rollover crash
First responders were on the scene and providing medical care after the accident occurred at around 6:45 a.m. Thursday Source
Central Park Five and the impact on American law
The new Netflix series “When They See Us” is reigniting debate over how police treated the Central Park Five during the investigation into the brutal attack on a female jogger in 1989. Attorney Paul Martin joined CBSN to explain what he thought of the original case and why the system is still rigged against black and brown teens. Source