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US Supreme Court blocks Trump rule limiting mail voting, sides with Dem states
Cop in Floyd case got medals for valor and drew complaints
The Minneapolis police officer who used his knee to pin down George Floyd’s neck before his death was the most experienced of the four officers involved in the arrest, with a record that included medals for bravery…
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Police: Man had hammer, not a gun, when he was fatally shot
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man suspected of looting a pharmacy in the San Francisco Bay area was fatally shot by officers who thought he was carrying a firearm in his waistband, but it turned out to be a hammer, police…
N. Korea threatens to halt military agreement over leaflets
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea threatened on Thursday to end an inter-Korean military agreement reached in 2018 to reduce tensions if the South fails to prevent activists from flying anti-Pyongyang leaflets …
Pentagon-Trump clash breaks open over military and protests
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s Pentagon chief shot down his idea of using troops to quell protests across the United States, then reversed course on pulling part of the 82nd Airborne Division off standb…
Trump photo op, talk of military force amp up GOP challenge
WASHINGTON (AP) — The mumbling and dodging this week by Republicans came straight from the GOP playbook that helped the party endure President Donald Trump’s cringe-inducing choices.
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Universities, archdiocese named in lawsuit over Katrina aid
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two New Orleans universities, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans and a government contractor are defendants in a whistleblower lawsuit alleging fraud involving more than $100 million i…
Police: Man faked wife's disappearance so she'd avoid prison
GRANDVIEW, W. Va. (AP) — A West Virginia woman and her husband faked her disappearance by pretending she plummeted from an overlook as part of a scheme to keep her out of having to go to prison, authorities said.
Prosecutor to review police shooting of South Carolina teen
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A prosecutor in South Carolina said the investigation into the shooting death of a black teenager by a white Columbia police officer this spring is complete and he is reviewing to see if any c…
Teen pleads guilty to robbery in NYC college student death
NEW YORK (AP) — One of the three teenagers charged in the stabbing death of a college student in New York pleaded guilty Wednesday to robbery.
San Francisco Bay area police fatally shoot break-in suspect
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A police officer in the San Francisco Bay Area shot and killed a 22-year-old man during a night of violence because he thought the man had a gun in his waistband, a police chief said Wednesday.
Amid protests, US faith leaders engage racism and politics
NEW YORK (AP) — As days of anti-racism protests sparked by police killings push Americans toward a national reckoning, religious leaders are stepping more directly into the politics surrounding discrimination, ente…
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Senate likely to approve fix for small-business virus aid
WASHINGTON (AP) — A widely supported bill to refine a payroll subsidy program for businesses struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic could soon be on its way to getting signed into law by President Donald Trump des…