San Francisco Bay Area officer charged with manslaughter in the April shooting death of Black man in a Walmart store

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco Bay Area officer charged with manslaughter in the April shooting death of Black man in a Walmart store.

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Arkansas communities endorse hate crimes law effort

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Community leaders in an Arkansas region that has struggled with racism and white supremacists over the years on Wednesday endorsed an effort by the governor and lawmakers to enact a hate cr…

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The Latest: Early vaccine results show no major safety issue

Early results from an experimental coronavirus vaccine show no major safety problems and suggest that it spurs the desired immune system responses, researchers reported Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medic…

TS Nana headed for Belize, could become hurricane

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Nana barreled westward Wednesday just off the coast of Honduras on a collision course with the tiny nation of Belize.

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Shots fired, and 2 Black Florida men worry about justice

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Minutes after pulling into a Florida strip mall parking lot, gunshots rang out in the darkness. Charles McMillon told his 10-year-old son and another passenger to take cover. McMillon, who …

Dutch Cardinal emeritus Adrianus Simonis dies at age 88

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Cardinal emeritus Adrianus Simonis, who led the Dutch Catholic Church during a period of secularization in society and, after his retirement, had to confront abuse in the church, has d…

Critics: Eviction ban may only delay wave of homelessness

BOSTON (AP) — Housing advocates say the Trump administration's surprise national moratorium on evictions only delays a wave of crushing debt and homelessness, and an attorney representing landlords questions whethe…

Police: Man snatches shop tip jar after applying for job

NORTH CATASAUQUA, Pa. (AP) — After a man ran off with the tip jar at an eastern Pennsylvania pizza shop, investigators didn't have to do a lot of legwork to track him down.

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North Texas man pleads guilty to helping Islamic State group

DALLAS (AP) — A North Texas man pleaded guilty Wednesday to supporting the Islamic State group, federal prosecutors said.

The Latest: France tops 7,000 daily virus cases again

PARIS — New daily coronavirus cases in France have tipped above 7,000 for the second time in five days. The daily count adds weight to French authorities’ worries about the virus spreading further as the nation’s s…

Biden: Trump ignores pandemic, stokes unrest, solves neither

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden is calling the struggle to reopen U.S. schools amid the coronavirus a “national emergency” and accusing President Donald Trump of turning his back to stoke passions instead about u…