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U.S. heads into a new week shaken by violence and frustration
WASHINGTON — After six straight days of unrest, America headed into a new work week Monday with neighborhoods in shambles, urban streets on lockdown and political leaders struggling to control the coast-to-coast outpouring of rage over police killings of black people. Despite curfews in big cities across the U.S. and...
Cleanup follows another night of unrest in New York CityVideo
NEW YORK — Workers swept up broken glass outside New York City luxury stores Monday after a night of destruction followed another day of protests against police brutality following George Floyd’s death. Workers boarded up a Chanel store in Soho, one of many in the historic district known for cobblestone...
Louisville police and soldiers return fire, killing man
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Police officers and National Guard soldiers enforcing a curfew in Louisville killed a man early Monday when they returned fire after someone in a large group fired at them first, the city’s police chief said. Chief Steve Conrad confirmed the shooting happened around 12:15 a.m. outside a...
Mass gatherings, erosion of trust upend coronavirus control
NEW YORK — Protests erupting across the nation over the past week — and law enforcement’s response to them — are threatening to upend efforts by health officials to track and contain the spread of coronavirus just as those efforts were finally getting underway. Health experts need newly infected people...
Vatican centralizes contracting to cut waste, corruption
ROME — Gone are the days of the half-million euro Christmas Nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square. The Vatican is centralizing its contracting and procurement procedures in a bid to cut waste, root out corruption and bring the Holy See’s finances into the 21st century. Pope Francis approved new norms...
Report: Trump rushed to underground bunker during protestsVideo
President Trump was moved Friday evening to an underground bunker at the White House as protesters clashed with police and Secret Service agents outside, CNN reported late Sunday. Officials told The New York Times that they never believed the president was in danger but took the precaution as tensions escalated....
Tanker drives into Minneapolis crowd; no apparent injuriesVideo
MINNEAPOLIS — Officials in Minnesota say no protesters appear to have been hit after a semitrailer drove into a crowd demonstrating on a freeway near downtown Minneapolis. The Minnesota State Patrol says in a tweet that the action appeared deliberate. The patrol says the driver was injured and taken to...
Atlanta mayor: 2 police officers firedVideo
ATLANTA — Two police officers have been fired and three others placed on desk duty over excessive use of force during a protest arrest incident, Atlanta’s mayor said Sunday. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said at a news conference that she and police Chief Erika Shields made the decision after reviewing...
Mississippi mayor Hal Marx apologizes for tweets on George Floyd
PETAL, Miss. — A white Mississippi mayor who caused an outrage with his tweets about the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis has apologized but says he won’t resign, prompting protesters to return to City Hall for a third day Sunday to insist the mayor leave office. Petal Mayor Hal...
Dozens arrested in third night of protests in LouisvilleVideo
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A third night of protests in Louisville sparked by the police shooting of Breonna Taylor resulted in 37 arrests, a city official said Sunday. Chief of Public Safety Amy Hess said at a news conference that officials did not yet know the hometowns of those arrested. Hess...
Fatal shooting reported in Omaha amid protests
OMAHA, Neb. — Someone was shot and killed near a downtown Omaha demonstration over the death of George Floyd in which protesters clashed with police in riot gear, authorities said. The shooting occurred at around 11 p.m. Saturday in the city’s Old Market area and within a couple of blocks...
Trump says he’ll label Antifa a terror organization amid unrestVideo
President Donald Trump said Sunday that he was designating Antifa as a domestic terrorism organization after another night of violent protests over racism and police violence erupted in cities across the nation. The practical effect of the president’s declaration was unclear. While domestic terrorism is defined in the 2001 Patriot...
Protests force Target, CVS and Walmart to close some stores
U.S. retailers large and small have closed some of their stores across the country because of disruptions caused by the widespread street protests over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Target, CVS, Apple and Walmart all said Sunday that they had temporarily closed some locations for safety reasons....
Under fire for NYPD conduct, New York City mayor promises ‘quick results’ on protest investigationVideo
NEW YORK — Mayor Bill de Blasio doubled down on his defense of the NYPD as he announced a “review” into the force’s aggressive handling of protesters over the weekend. He promised Sunday that two of his appointees — and not the city’s independent investigative agency — would look into...
Season’s 1st tropical storm drenches part of Central America
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The first tropical storm of the Eastern Pacific season drenched parts of Central America on Sunday and officials in El Salvador said at least seven people had died in flooding. President Nayib Bukele decreed a 15-day state of emergency to deal with the rains that...
‘We’re sick of it’: Anger over police killings shatters U.S.
MINNEAPOLIS — Americans began cleaning up charred and glass-strewn streets Sunday after another night of unrest fueled by rage over police mistreatment of African Americans destroyed businesses, damaged landmarks and raised tensions across a divided nation to the boiling point. The chaos reached into every corner of the country, and...
Ohio police officer escapes injury when helmet hit by bullet
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A police officer escaped injury when his helmet was struck by a bullet during a Cincinnati protest, while in Columbus a fire considered suspicious destroyed a nearly completed apartment building amid a third day of protests in Ohio over the Minneapolis death of George Floyd. In Cincinnati,...
SpaceX’s historic encore: Astronauts arrive at space stationVideo
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX delivered two astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Sunday, following up a historic liftoff with an equally smooth docking in yet another first for Elon Musk’s company. With test pilots Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken poised to take over manual control if...
Trump calls for delay in Group of 7 meeting, seeks expansion
WASHINGTON — President Trump said Saturday he will postpone a meeting of Group of 7 nations until fall and called for an expansion of the group’s membership because he considers it an outdated group that doesn’t properly represent what’s taking place in the world. The G7 members are Canada, France,...
Pentagon ready to send troops to Minneapolis if state asks
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Saturday it is ready to provide military help to authorities scrambling to contain unrest in Minneapolis, where George Floyd’s death has sparked widespread protests, but Gov. Tim Walz has not requested federal troops. Jonathan Rath Hoffman, the chief Pentagon spokesman, said several military units have...
Trump vows to stop ‘mob violence’ in protests over Floyd death
WASHINGTON — President Trump vowed his administration would end what he called “mob violence” in U.S. cities following the death of an unarmed black man at the hands of Minnesota police, blaming leftist groups for clashes with police and property damage around the nation. “The mobs are devastating the life’s...
N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signs bill granting front-line worker death benefits
NEW YORK — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Saturday granting death benefits to the families of police officers, public health workers and other front-line workers who have died of the coronavirus. “You gave your lives for us; we will be there for your families going forward,” Cuomo...
Fox News reporter attacked amid protest near White House
NEW YORK — A Fox News reporter was pummeled and chased by protesters outside the White House early Saturday as part of nationwide unrest following the death of George Floyd. Demonstrators broke windows and vandalized the Atlanta office building where CNN is headquartered, and police in Louisville, Ky., apologized Saturday...
Killing of federal officer near California protest called act of terrorism
OAKLAND, Calif. — The killing of a federal contract security officer who was watching over a protest in Oakland was an act of domestic terrorism, U.S. authorities said Saturday. A vehicle pulled up outside the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building about 9:45 p.m. Friday, and someone opened fire at two...
On SpaceX rocket, Americans take off for space from U.S. after long hiatus
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A rocket ship built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company thundered away from Earth with two Americans on Saturday, ushering in a new era of commercial space travel and putting NASA back in the business of launching astronauts from U.S. soil for the first time in nearly...
