President Biden wanted to sign major police-reform into law before the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, which is tomorrow. NBC News looks at why legislators are missing the deadline, while the Washington Post examines how changes to policing are playing out in Minneapolis. Entrepreneur Byron Allen is suing McDonald’s for $10 billion, saying it doesn’t spend enough of its advertising budget on Black-owned media companies like his. Bloomberg explains how the lawsuit changes the conversation around diversity in advertising. News that South Carolina is allowing executions by firing squad has been in the headlines. But the wider U.S. capital-punishment story is that of the death-penalty’s decline, as Vox explains. The Golden Gate Bridge has started making a “humming” noise on windy days, and many people find it irritating. The San Francisco Chronicle looks at engineers’ attempts to fix the issue.
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