California deputy shot in 'ambush' attack at police station

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California sheriff's deputy was shot in the head but survived an “ambush” by a gunman intent on harming or killing police and authorities said Wednesday they were investigating whether there wa…

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Prosecutor asks state police to investigate Indy shooting

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The special prosecutor named to oversee the May 6 shooting death of a black man by an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer asked the Indiana State Police on Wednesday to handle th…

Authorities say wounded California deputy was shot in head in ambush by gunman intent on harming or killing police

PASO ROBLES, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say wounded California deputy was shot in head in ambush by gunman intent on harming or killing police.

AG's office responds in lawsuit over Lee statue removal

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has both “the authority and the moral obligation” to remove a massive statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Attorney General Mark Herring’s office sa…

Illegal embalming operation found outside Mexico City

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Officials said Wednesday they found a clandestine, unregistered embalming center operating out of a house on the outskirts of Mexico City with two corpses — one apparently a COVID-19 victim — lai…

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'Stop the pain,' George Floyd's brother pleads with Congress

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Mexico City to increase COVID-19 testing in break from feds

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday the capital will embark on a large-scale COVID-19 testing effort as the centerpiece of its plan to reopen its economy, diverging from the federa…

Young people turned out to protest. Now, will they vote?

CHICAGO (AP) — Young adults have filled streets across the country on a scale not seen since the 1960s to protest for racial justice after the

Indianapolis police release cops' names in black man's death

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis police on Wednesday released the name of an officer who fatally shot a black man a week after being honored by the department and the name of an officer disciplined for an inappropr…

Primary chaos puts Georgia in race to fix voting by November

ATLANTA (AP) — Coronavirus infections sidelined some poll workers and scared away others. New workers were trained online instead of in person. And when Election Day arrived, trouble with new voting equipment and s…

Atlanta police say 2 more officers fired after 2 students were pulled from a car amid traffic of a George Floyd protest

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police say 2 more officers fired after 2 students were pulled from a car amid traffic of a George Floyd protest.

Mall of America reopens nearly 3 months after going dark

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — The Mall of America was back in business on Wednesday, nearly three months after the Minnesota tourist attraction shut down because of the coronavirus.

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