LONDONDERRY, N.H. (AP) — Fresh off accepting the Republican Party’s nomination, President Donald Trump said Friday he was the only thing standing between “democracy and the mob,” as he lashed…
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Lincoln Memorial rally marks 1963 protest, 2020 need for change
WASHINGTON (AP) — Capping a week of protests and outrage over the police shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin, civil rights advocates on Friday denounced police and vigilante violence…
Ex-Alderman Arnowitz gets year in prison for fraud
ST. LOUIS — Onetime 12th Ward Alderman Larry Arnowitz was sentenced Friday to a year in federal prison for misusing more than $21,000 in campaign funds. Arnowitz, 66, pleaded guilty…
Thousands expected at March on Washington commemorations
WASHINGTON (AP) — Capping a week of protests and outrage over the police shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin, civil rights advocates will highlight the scourge of police and…
GOP convention takeaways: What virus? Fear motivates
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump refused to allow the coronavirus to deny him the crowd he craved for the Republican National Convention. He ordered up a scene never before…