Nigeria declares emergency after rapes triple under lockdown

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Governors across Nigeria have declared a state of emergency over rape and other gender-based violence against women and children as officials said rapes have tripled during the country's coron…

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New York governor is signing into law police accountability measures, including allowing release of disciplinary records

NEW YORK (AP) — New York governor is signing into law police accountability measures, including allowing release of disciplinary records.

Ethiopian army official: Country will defend itself over dam

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s deputy army chief on Friday said his country will strongly defend itself and will not negotiate its sovereignty over the disputed $4.6 billion Nile dam that has caused tensio…

Police union head resigns over post on accused officers

VIERA, Fla. (AP) — The president of a Fraternal Order of Police chapter along Florida’s Space Coast has resigned after being told he would be fired following an internal investigation over a social media post that …

4 injured when ambulance crashes into Oklahoma toll booth

NEWCASTLE, Okla. (AP) — Four people were injured when an ambulance crashed into a toll booth on an Oklahoma turnpike early Friday and investigators were trying to determine whether the driver fell asleep at the whe…

Minnesota pardons black man in century-old lynching case

A black man imprisoned in Minnesota a century ago in a case that included the infamous lynchings of three other black man for the alleged rape of a white woman received a posthumous pardon Friday, with Gov. Tim Wal…

Man charged with hot pepper poisoning of California homeless

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A California man has been charged with poisoning eight homeless people with an incredibly spicy resin derived from chili peppers so he could videotape their reactions, authorities sa…

Wildfire near Tucson, Arizona, threatens hundreds of homes

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Hundreds of foothills homes on the outskirts of Tucson remained under an evacuation notice Friday as firefighters supported by helicopters worked to keep a wildfire from moving downhill from ca…

Trudeau: police video of aboriginal chief arrest shocking

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday that black and indigenous people in Canada do not feel safe around police after a police dashcam video emerged of the violent arrest of a Canadian a…

France grants researcher access to restricted Rwanda files

PARIS (AP) — France's highest administrative court on Friday granted a researcher access to restricted archives from the French presidency regarding the country's role before and during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.

Fed: Will use 'full range of tools' to boost economy

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve has promised to use its “full range of tools” to pull the country out of a deep recession caused by a global pandemic, signaling that it would keep interest rates low through 2…

Woman gets 17 years for 5-year-old grandson's hot-car death

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma woman was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to a murder charge for leaving her 5-year-old grandson to die inside a hot car while she gambled at a ca…

Floyd's death spurs question: What is a black life worth?

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — For 12-year-old Tamir Rice, it was simply carrying a toy handgun. For Eric Garner, it was allegedly selling untaxed cigarettes. For Michael Brown, Sandra Bland and Ahmaud Arbery, it was the minor…