Police chief on leave after confederate statue charges

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — The police chief in Portsmouth, Virginia, is on paid leave nearly three weeks after her department charged a state senator and several others from the city's Black community with conspiring t…

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2 militia members who went to Kenosha face gun charges

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Two Missouri militia members who authorities say traveled to Kenosha, Wisconsin, with a cache of guns to see President Donald Trump's visit in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake are fac…

The Latest: UN President: 'Inclusion is key' for vaccine

UNITED NATIONS — The president of the United Nations General Assembly is warning that a vaccine for COVID-19 must be made available to everyone who needs it because if just one country is left out the world will st…

Dueling versions of reality define 1st week of fall campaign

NEW YORK (AP) — On the campaign trail with President Donald Trump, the pandemic is largely over, the economy is roaring back, and murderous mobs are infiltrating America's suburbs.

Trump won't let Pentagon close Stars and Stripes newspaper

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he won't allow the Pentagon to cut funding for the military's independent newspaper, Stars and Stripes, effectively halting Defense leaders' plan to shut th…

Ex-cop who shot Black man reaches plea on unrelated charge

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A white former South Bend police officer whose

2 heat-related deaths latest attributed to Hurricane Laura

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two men clearing debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura have died from heat-related illness, Louisiana's health department said Friday.

Georgia candidate's post removed for inciting violence

ATLANTA (AP) — Facebook removed a photo illustration showing a Republican congressional candidate in Georgia posing with a rifle next to three Democratic House members, saying Friday that it violated the social med…

3 men charged in slaying of infant struck by stray bullet

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Three men have been charged with homicide in the shooting death of an infant who was struck by a stray bullet that went into his family's apartment during a shootout on a Pittsburgh street, author…

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Gas pipeline blast burns dozens praying at Bangladesh mosque

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — An underground gas pipeline near a mosque exploded during evening prayers outside the capital of Bangladesh, leaving dozens of Muslim worshipers with critical burns, officials said Saturday.

The Latest: Model projects 1.9M more deaths by end of 2020

SEATTLE — A widely cited model predicts worsening outbreaks in the Northern Hemisphere will lead to 1.9 million more coronavirus deaths in 2020 unless governments act.

Group: Egypt arrests 2 journalists, one sick with COVID-19

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security forces have arrested two journalists, including one sick with COVID-19, the latest step in a sweeping crackdown on news media during the pandemic, an international press watchdog repo…

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