By AARON MORRISON Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — George Floyd’s brother pleaded for peace in the streets Monday, saying destruction is “not going to bring my brother back at all.” Terrence Floyd&…
Louisville police chief fired in aftermath of fatal shooting
By BRUCE SCHREINER and SOPHIA TULP Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville’s police chief was fired Monday after the mayor learned that officers involved in a shooting that killed the…
Sobering US nursing home death report as lockdowns ease
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and CURT ANDERSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — At least a quarter of the COVID-19 deaths in the United States were among nursing home residents, a new report said, a d…
Mass gatherings, erosion of trust upend coronavirus control
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Protests erupting across the nation over the past week — and law enforcement’s response to them — are threatening to upend efforts by health offi…
Judge: Justice Department reversal in Flynn case ‘unusual’
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday defended his decision not to quickly approve the Justice Department’s request to dismiss its own criminal case against…
Black Liberty U. alums rebuke Falwell after blackface tweet
By ELANA SCHOR and SARAH RANKIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly three dozen black alumni of Liberty University denounced school President Jerry Falwell Jr. on Monday, suggesting he step down a…
SpaceX captures the flag, beating Boeing in cosmic contest
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The first astronauts launched by SpaceX declared victory Monday in NASA’s cosmic capture-the-flag game. They quickly claimed the prize le…
Big Ten Commissioner Warren creates anti-racism coalition
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The Big Ten’s Kevin Warren, the first black commissioner of a Power Five conference, is creating a coalition to give the league’s athletes a pl…
Use of force criticized in protests about police brutality
By JAY REEVES and KAT STAFFORD Associated Press As protests grip the nation, officers have doused crowds with pepper spray, struck protesters with batons, steered police cars into throngs, shoved demo…
History, right now: Echoes of 1968, and other American years
By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer The streets were on fire as National Guard troops streamed into American cities. The shouts were soaked in anger and anguish: “We’re sick of it!” There was dark talk …