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Los Angeles mayor: National Guard will be deployed overnight
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles mayor: National Guard will be deployed overnight.
China's manufacturing still sluggish as virus hits exports
BEIJING (AP) — China's manufacturing activity expanded in May but at a sluggish pace for the second straight month as the coronavirus pandemic weighed on the global economy.
Los Angeles mayor asks governor to send in National Guard
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles mayor asks governor to send in National Guard.
In virus-hit South Korea, AI monitors lonely elders
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — In a cramped office in eastern Seoul, Hwang Seungwon points a remote control toward a huge NASA-like overhead screen stretching across one of the walls.
Mayor says George Floyd's body will return to Houston
HOUSTON (AP) — The mayor of Houston said Saturday that the body of George Floyd, whose death after a Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee on his neck during an arrest has sparked protests across the U.S, will …
Asia Today: 27 new cases in South Korea, 2 in China
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea on Sunday reported 27 new cases of the coronavirus, including 21 from the densely populated Seoul metropolitan area, where officials are scrambling to stem transmissions linked…
Police make nearly 1,400 arrests as protests continue
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police have arrested nearly 1,400 people in 17 U.S. cities since Thursday as protests continue over the death of George Floyd.
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Police make nearly 1,400 arrests in 17 U.S. cities since Thursday as protests over the killing of George Floyd continue
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police make nearly 1,400 arrests in 17 U.S. cities since Thursday as protests over the killing of George Floyd continue.
False claim targets wife of officer charged in Floyd's death
Amid reports that the wife of the white officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd filed for divorce, false social media posts emerged claiming her brother was among the officers involved in the arres…
NYPD cruisers drive into protesters who were pelting, pushing barricade against police car, knocking several to ground
NEW YORK (AP) — NYPD cruisers drive into protesters who were pelting, pushing barricade against police car, knocking several to ground.
Minneapolis police fire tear gas to disperse crowds out after curfew on 5th night of protests after George Floyd's death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis police fire tear gas to disperse crowds out after curfew on 5th night of protests after George Floyd's death.
Clashes between police, protesters prompt 9 p.m. Chicago curfew; mayor condemns demonstrators' "obscene disrespect"
CHICAGO (AP) — Clashes between police, protesters prompt 9 p.m. Chicago curfew; mayor condemns demonstrators' "obscene disrespect."
Trump postpones G7 meeting, seeks expansion of members
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he will postpone until the fall a meeting of Group of 7 nations he had planned to hold next month at the White House despite the ongoing coronav…
Curfews in effect or imminent in more than a dozen U.S. cities facing rising unrest following the death of George Floyd
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Curfews in effect or imminent in more than a dozen U.S. cities facing rising unrest following the death of George Floyd.