After Floyd’s death, a reckoning for immigrant store owners

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White officer charged after using stun gun on black man

SPRINGFIELD, Fla. (AP) — A white Florida police officer was arrested earlier this week for using a stun gun on a black man without sufficient cause, authorities said.

Gambian man charged in US with torturing 2006 coup planners

DENVER (AP) — A Gambian man has been indicted in Colorado on federal charges that he tortured planners of a failed 2006 presidential coup when he was a member of a special armed unit that reported directly to the d…

The Latest: Italy to allow amateur contact sports in 2 weeks

ROME — Sports lovers in Italy can soon play amateur contact games as the country where Europe’s devastating COVID-19 outbreak began continues to gradually lift more lockdown restrictions.

Father says suspect in deputy's shooting has mental illness

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The father of a man suspected of opening fire at a California police station, wounding a deputy with a shot to the face and killing a transient man in a separate shooting said his son has mental …

Some Minneapolis officers vow support for department change

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A group of Minneapolis police officers on Thursday condemned the former officer charged with murder in George Floyd’s death, and said they're ready to back the police chief’s

Differences on peace progress in Mali amid terrorist acts

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and Belgium on Thursday criticized signatories to Mali’s 2015 peace agreement for failing to implement it while the U.N. secretary-general, France and others reported progres…

Senator asks if hygiene is reason 'colored' people get virus

A Republican lawmaker questioned on the Ohio Senate floor if “the colored population” is contracting coronavirus at disproportionate rates because they do not wash their hands “as well as other groups.”

Historical figures under attack after George Floyd's death

The rapidly unfolding movement to pull down Confederate monuments around the U.S. in the wake of George Floyd’s death has extended to statues of slave traders, imperialists and explorers around the world, including…

Lebanese take to the streets as currency hits a new low

BEIRUT (AP) — Hundreds of Lebanese poured into the streets to protest the tumbling of the national currency to a new low against the dollar Thursday, blocking roads and highways in several places across the small c…

2nd COVID-19 case tied to Missouri Memorial weekend parties

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Health officials in suburban Kansas City have linked a new coronavirus case to Memorial Day weekend parties at the Lake of the Ozarks.

UN: 94,000 Yemenis displaced since January; clashes in south

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency announced on Thursday that fighting has forced more than 94,000 to flee their homes in war-torn Yemen since January, a grim statistic reflecting the devastation brought o…

Ex-guard pleads guilty to beating naked Louisiana inmate

ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — A former jail guard in Louisiana pleaded guilty on Thursday to beating a naked man who had been banging on his cell door to attract attention.

Black Tulsans call Trump rally plan 'a slap in the face'

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Black community and political leaders called on President Donald Trump to at least change the Juneteenth date for an Oklahoma rally kicking off his return to public campaigning, saying Thursday…