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Shooting leaves Cleveland officer dead; suspects sought

CLEVELAND — A Cleveland police officer has died after being shot, a second person had died and authorities on Friday were seeking the person or people responsible, officials said. The shooting happened about 10 p.m. Thursday on the city’s west side. Police Chief Calvin Williams told reporters that the officer...
Rochester, N.Y., mayor suspends officers involved in man’s suffocation deathVideo

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The mayor of New York’s third largest city on Thursday suspended a group of police officers involved in the suffocation death of a Black man in March. Daniel Prude, 41, known to his Chicago-based family as “Rell,” died March 30 when his family took him off life...
Southern California sees summer of mountain lion kittens

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — A mountain lion baby boom has occurred this summer in the Santa Monica Mountains and Simi Hills west of Los Angeles. Thirteen kittens were born to five mountain lion mothers between May and August, according to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. It’s the first...
Loners no more: Male elephants stick together, study finds

WASHINGTON — A line of elephants trundles across a dusty landscape in northern Botswana, ears flapping and trunks occasionally brushing the ground. As they pass a motion-activated camera hidden in low shrubbery, photos record the presence of each elephant. What’s special about this group? It’s only males. Female elephants are...
Georgia church splits from Methodists over LGBTQ dispute

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia congregation said Thursday that it has finalized its split from the United Methodist Church after the denomination’s divisive vote last year to strengthen bans on same-sex marriage and ordination of LGBTQ pastors. Members of Asbury Memorial Church in Savannah overwhelmingly supported leaving the Methodist...
Tyson Foods to open medical clinics at some meat plants

OMAHA, Neb. — Tyson Foods is planning to open medical clinics at several of its U.S. plants to improve the health of its workers and better protect them from the coronavirus. The Springdale, Arkansas-based company, which processes about 20% of all beef, pork and chicken in the U.S., said its...
Russia: Germany has provided no proof of Navalny poisoningVideo

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman brushed off allegations Thursday that the Kremlin was involved in poisoning Putin’s most determined critic, accusing Germany of not providing Moscow with any evidence about the condition of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny. Navalny, a politician and corruption investigator, fell ill on a flight...
Biden meets Jacob Blake’s family to start Wisconsin trip

KENOSHA, Wis. — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden began a visit to the battleground state of Wisconsin on Thursday by meeting with the family of Jacob Blake, the Black man whose shooting by a white police officer sparked days of sometimes violent protests. Biden spent more than an hour in...
Jobless claims fall to 881,000 but layoffs remain elevated

WASHINGTON — The number of laid-off Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to a still-elevated 881,000 last week, evidence that the viral pandemic keeps forcing many businesses to slash jobs. The latest figures, released Thursday by the Labor Department, suggest that nearly six months after the eruption of the coronavirus,...
Facebook moves to target misinformation before electionVideo

With just two months left until the U.S. presidential election, Facebook says it is taking more steps to encourage voting, minimize misinformation and reduce the likelihood of post-election “civil unrest.” The company said Thursday it will restrict new political ads in the week before the election and remove posts that...
Study: Electronics could stop 40% of big truck rear crashes

DETROIT — Safety features such as automatic emergency braking and forward collision warnings could prevent more than 40% of crashes in which semis rear-end other vehicles, a new study has found. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a research group supported by auto insurers, also found that when the rear...
Video: New York police put hood on Black man killed by asphyxiation

A Black man who had run naked through the streets of a western New York city died of asphyxiation after a group of police officers put a hood over his head, then pressed his face into the pavement for two minutes, according to video and records released Wednesday by the...
Germany says Soviet-era nerve agent used on Putin opponent NavalnyVideo

BERLIN — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the same type of Soviet-era nerve agent used in a 2018 attack on a former Russian spy, the German government said Wednesday, provoking outrage from Western leaders who demanded Moscow provide an explanation. The findings — which experts say point...
Old Navy will pay its employees to work polls on Election Day

Old Navy said it will pay its 50,000 workers to not come into the stores this Election Day. That is if they head to the polls instead — as workers. The San Francisco-based retailer announced Tuesday — National Poll Worker Recruitment Day — that it will encourage workers in its...
Cosmic Legos: Black holes merge into never before seen size

Black holes are getting stranger — even to astronomers. They’ve now detected the signal from a long ago violent collision of two black holes that created a new one of a size that had never been seen before. “It’s the biggest bang since the Big Bang observed by humanity,” said...
Mnuchin says Trump still wants coronavirus deal with Democrats

WASHINGTON — Pressed by Democrats to quickly negotiate a new coronavirus relief package, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday the administration remains willing to work on a bipartisan agreement to help small businesses, the unemployed, children and schools. Democratic leaders in Congress are holding it up with hardened positions, he...

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