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Floyd autopsy citing homicide also confirms COVID-19, fentanyl
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A full autopsy of George Floyd, the handcuffed black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police, was released Wednesday and provides several clinical details, including…
Retired police captain died protecting friend's store, widow says
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A retired police captain who died during a night of violent protests was trying to protect his friend’s pawn shop, his widow said. David Dorn’s last…
Trump decries `lowlifes' as U.S. cities erupt in more violence
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump stepped up the pressure on governors to crack down after a week of unrest set off by the death of George Floyd, demanding that…
Missouri protests over Floyd's death remain tense
(AP) — Missouri protests continued Monday over the death of George Floyd and police treatment of African-Americans, with gatherings in St. Louis, Jefferson City and Kansas City. Monday’s protests came…
Crowds at protests, erosion of trust upend coronavirus control
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 officials to track and…
Michael Brown Sr. joins Minneapolis demonstrators as protests sweep nation
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Protests formed across America again Sunday, even as glass and graffiti from the previous night’s unrest were still being cleaned up, with some violence and crime flaring…
Protesters block I-44 downtown; demonstrator dies in accident
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Protesters blocked a downtown St. Louis interstate, set a fire in the road and broke into trucks in a demonstration over the death of a black…
Protests continue across nation after police killing in Minneapolis
ATLANTA (AP) — Protesters burned businesses in Minneapolis. They smashed police cars and windows in Atlanta, broke into police headquarters in Portland, Ore., and chanted curses at President Donald Trump…
Black drivers in Missouri still targeted, report shows
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Black drivers were 95 percent more likely to be pulled over by Missouri police than white drivers last year, according to a report released Friday by…