The Latest: Minneapolis police confronting curfew breakers

The Latest on the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer pressed a knee on his neck:

The Latest: Biden expresses 'support' for Gaza cease-fire

WASHINGTON — The White House says President Joe Biden has expressed “support” for a cease-fire during a call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Latest: Biden expresses 'support' for Gaza cease-fire

WASHINGTON — The White House says President Joe Biden has expressed “support” for a cease-fire during a call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Latest: Biden expresses 'support' for Gaza cease-fire

WASHINGTON — The White House says President Joe Biden has expressed “support” for a cease-fire during a call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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The Latest: Virus pandemic changes shape of UN elections

UNITED NATIONS — The president of the United Nations General Assembly has banged his gavel to open U.N. elections under dramatically different voting procedures because of the coronavirus pandemic.

EU leaders seek end to embarrassing Belarus sanctions clash

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders gathered Thursday to try to end an embarrassing standoff that is preventing them from imposing sanctions on senior officials in Belarus who are accused of falsifying presidential election results and leading a harsh

Prada-Simons dialogue launches in virtual Milan preview

Milan designers skirted the line between the virtual and the physical Thursday, taking lessons learned in lockdown to create new collections that are relevant in a reshaped world.

North Dakota tries ad campaign, not mask rule, to stem virus

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — COVID-19 can't hurt me because I'm young and healthy. I'm so over it. Nobody tells me what to do.

The Latest: Boston Marathon registration for 2021 on hold

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:

College basketball floats idea of bubbles for safe season

The NBA bubble has held. So has the NHL's double bubble. The WNBA and MLS, no leaks.

Census, like Post Office, politicized in election year

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The postal service isn’t the only staid federal agency to be drawn into a political battle in 2020.

Lavrov: Russia ready to help ease Turkey-Greece tension

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister said Tuesday that Moscow is ready to help ease rising tensions over Turkey's search for energy reserves in the eastern Mediterranean, and rejected any actions that could lead to further escalation.

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Census, like Post Office, politicized in election year

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The postal service isn’t the only staid federal agency to be drawn into a political battle in 2020.

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Tlaib leads primary opponent; Meijer wins GOP contest in 3rd

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s primary featured a serious challenge to an incumbent congresswoman and campaigns for two U.S. House seats where a Republican and a former GOP member are retiring.

Post-Abe agenda: Suga says Japan to go carbon-free by 2050

TOKYO (AP) — Japan will achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared Monday in his first policy speech as leader, outlining an ambitious agenda as the country struggles to balance economic and pandemic concerns.

Prosecutors: Man's hatred was behind Minnesota mosque attack

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The leader of an anti-government group in Illinois and alleged mastermind behind a 2017 attack on a Minnesota mosque was acting on his hatred of Muslims when he came up with a plan to pipe bomb the building during morning prayers, prosecutors said Monday.

Convention centers, museums become classrooms amid pandemic

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — In ordinary times, the airy convention center on a 61-acre site in Hesston, Kansas, hosts weddings, corporate retreats and church events. During the pandemic, it has become a schoolhouse for the district's seventh- and eighth-graders.