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Cities brace for increasing unrest, call in National Guard

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'Back in the game': SpaceX ship blasts off with 2 astronauts

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A rocket ship built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company thundered away from Earth with two Americans on Saturday, ushering in a new era in commercial space travel and putting the United States…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Truck drives through Florida protesters; no serious injuries

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A pickup truck drove through a crowd of protesters Saturday in Florida's capital, sending some running and screaming as protests across the state erupted in violence, especially in Miam…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Thousands converge in Chicago for Minneapolis death protest

CHICAGO (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators gathered Saturday afternoon in downtown Chicago, hours after protesters clashed overnight with police during a protest over the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black ma…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
The Latest: Greece not limiting tourists, will do testing

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Federal officer killed guarding courthouse near protest

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A federal law enforcement officer in California was shot and killed and another wounded while providing security at the U.S. courthouse in Oakland amid one of the increasingly violent protest…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Democrats to interview ousted State Department watchdog

WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of three House and Senate committees will interview former State Department Inspector General Steve Linick on Wednesday as part of an investigation by House Democrats into his abrupt firin…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
`Death By Racism': Part of America's DNA from the start?

Imagine, for a moment, that you are a black man or woman living in America in 2020. How could you not believe that racism kills?

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Dragon-riding astronauts join exclusive inner circle at NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken join NASA’s exclusive inner circle by catching a ride on a SpaceX rocket and capsule.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Chief: Most arrested at Detroit protest are not from city

Nearly two-thirds of the 60 people arrested Friday night during protests in downtown Detroit over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis were from the city’s predominantly white suburbs.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Federal officer killed in shooting near California protest

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The killing of a federal contract security officer who was watching over a protest in Oakland was an act of domestic terrorism, U.S. authorities said Saturday.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
A SpaceX capsule carrying NASA astronauts reaches orbit on its way to the International Space Station.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) — A SpaceX capsule carrying NASA astronauts reaches orbit on its way to the International Space Station.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
US cities fear protests may fuel new wave of virus outbreaks

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The massive protests sweeping across U.S. cities following the police killing of a black man in Minnesota have sent shudders through the health community and elevated fears that the huge crowds w…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Sudan summons Ethiopia’s envoy over cross-border attack

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday said it summoned Ethiopia’s diplomat to the country over a cross-border attack allegedly conducted by a militia backed by Ethiopia's military.