Governor acknowledges 'abject failure' in protest response

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — With smoke drifting over Minneapolis, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Friday acknowledged the “abject failure” of the response to this week's violent protests and called for swift justice for police i…

Lebanon extends mandate of UN force along Israel border

Beirut (AP) — Lebanon’s government agreed on Friday to extend the mandate of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon along the border with Israel for another year, the country’s information minister said.

The Latest: Floyd, officer both worked at popular nightclub

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer knelt on his neck (all times local):

State administrator issues ruling allowing Missouri’s last abortion clinic to keep license, stay open

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — State administrator issues ruling allowing Missouri’s last abortion clinic to keep license, stay open.

AP PHOTOS: Rage in Minneapolis after George Floyd's death

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The protesters raged through the night, invoking the name of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes even after Floyd stopped moving …

The Latest: Univ of Virginia to reopen for students in Aug

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Questions on reopening New York's economy baffle businesses

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Some upstate New York business owners who made plans to reopen Friday as the state gradually loosens restrictions put in place during the coronavirus crisis remained close amid last-minute confu…

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Ruling means Missouri's last abortion clinic stays open

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri's only abortion clinic will be able to keep operating after a state government administrator decided Friday that the health department was wrong not to renew the license of the Planned…

The Latest: Virginia to open for on-camp students in August

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Twitter warns about Trump tweet 'glorifying violence'

WASHINGTON (AP) — Twitter escalated tensions with President Donald Trump on Friday, adding a warning to one of his tweets for the first time and saying he violated the platform’s rules by glorifying violence when h…

Protests over George Floyd's death spread across the nation

Developments across the United States in connection with the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody:

The Latest: Police use tear gas at Albuquerque protest

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer knelt on his neck (all times local):

Parents settle lawsuit over disabled son's forced baptism

PAINESVILLE, Ohio (AP) — The parents of a disabled Ohio teen have settled a lawsuit against a church and others over what they said was the boy's forced baptism at a picnic in 2016, the parents' attorneys said.

US-born dentist convicted of garroting her British husband

BERLIN (AP) — A German court has convicted an American-born dentist of strangling her British husband, whose body was found in a Czech wood with its teeth removed to hinder identification.