By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House approved a bill Friday to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, saying Congress has both the moral obligation…
Pelosi pushes Senate with House passage of George Floyd bill
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Passage of the House Democrats’ far-reaching police overhaul bill returned attention to the Senate on Friday, as the divided Cong…
Mueller report witness gets 10 years on child sex charges
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A Lebanese American businessman who was a key witness in special counsel Robert Mueller’s report and who helped broker the release of A…
Ohio coronavirus cases top 900 in latest daily spike
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio on Friday reported yet another one-day spike in coronavirus cases as pandemic totals continue to rise daily. The Health Department announced 987 cases, the fourth-highest da…
Virus testing, tracking still plagued by reporting delays
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — As part of the plan to restart its season next month, the NBA is preparing to test hundreds of players, coaches and others for the coronavirus e…
Law enforcement struggles with policing in reckoning moment
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As calls for police reform swell across America, officers say they feel caught in the middle: vilified by the left as violent racists, fatally ambush…
US health officials estimate 20M Americans have had virus
By ZEKE MILLER and MARILYNN MARCHIONE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials estimate that 20 million Americans have been infected with the coronavirus since it first arrived in the United …
Some states pause reopening as virus cases near record high
By JENNIFER PELTZ and CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus crisis deepened in Arizona on Thursday, and the governor of Texas began to backtrack after making one of the mos…
Colorado reexamines Elijah McClain’s death in police custody
By PATTY NIEBERG and THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The Colorado governor on Thursday ordered prosecutors to reopen the investigation into the death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Bla…
GM Berry, Browns launch racial justice initiative for change
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Andrew Berry was moved emotionally, and eventually into action. Dismayed by George Floyd’s tragic death in Minneapolis, yet strengthened by the n…