News On The Move: Atlanta Police Chief resigns after fatal shooting, more than 40K cruise workers stuck at sea

Yahoo Finance’s Adam Shapiro and Julie Hyman break down Monday’s trending headlines.

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ADAM SHAPIRO: Welcome back to Yahoo Finance "On the Move." A Russian court convicted former US Marine Paul Whelan of spying and sentenced him to 16 years in jail. Now, the Russian officers arrested Whelan the last year and say they caught him with a computer flash drive containing classified information. Whelan who pled not guilty said he was set up during a sting operation and that he thought the hard drive given to him by a Russian acquaintance contained holiday photos.

JULIE HYMAN: Adam, it has taken months to repatriate cruise ship cruise. And it's the coronavirus pandemic. "Miami Herald" now reporting that at least 42,000 workers remain stranded abroad without pay. Some of them, in fact, still suffering from COVID-19. In the Caribbean, only Barbados has allowed for crew repatriation flights. And this crisis could spur a rethinking of the relationship between the cruise lines and Caribbean nations according to the "Miami Herald."

ADAM SHAPIRO: And an autopsy shows 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks suffered two gunshot wounds to the back after a confrontation this weekend with two Atlanta police officers. Rayshard is a black man who had fallen asleep in his car at a Wendy's drive-through. Police say he failed a sobriety test and resisted arrest. Atlanta's Police Chief Erika Shields resigned after the shooting.