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Crime
Jury selection is first battleground at trial in Floyd’s death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The fate of a former Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee into George Floyd’s neck as…
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Black History Month
Black Lives Matter opens up about its finances
NEW YORK (AP) — The foundation widely seen as a steward of the Black Lives Matter movement says it took…
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Coronavirus
Killings surged in 2020 with pandemic, protests
(AP) — Killings rose dramatically across the U.S. last year, and a study released Monday suggests the coronavirus pandemic and…
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News
Criminal justice reformers cheer multiple election victories
NEW YORK (AP) — Almost six months after the death of George Floyd, criminal justice reform advocates are cheering the…
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Featured
Rallies exhort women to vote for change
ST. LOUIS – Women gathered Saturday morning in front of City Hall to encourage fellow voters to exercise their rights…
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Coronavirus
Virus America, six months in: Disarray, dismay, disconnect
For years, Erin Whitehead has been a committed fan of the crisis-fueled medical drama “Grey’s Anatomy.” She has watched its doctors handle…
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Coronavirus
Trump, at NH rally, sows fears about ‘thugs,’ ‘anarchists’
LONDONDERRY, N.H. (AP) — Fresh off accepting the Republican Party’s nomination, President Donald Trump said Friday he was the only…
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Coronavirus
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,…
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Crime
St. Louis couple, in RNC speech, defend show of weapons
(AP) — A white St. Louis couple criminally charged for waving guns during a Black Lives Matter protest outside their…
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Featured
Black Portland reflects on role of white allies
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — More than two months of intense protests in Portland, Ore. — one of America’s whitest major cities…
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News
2020 uprisings join long river of struggle in America
A river was the metaphor that best captured “the long, continuous movement” of the black freedom struggle for theologian, historian…
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Crime
Gardner rebuts criticism, cites need for police evidence to prosecute riot suspects
ST. LOUIS – Missouri’s attorney general and the St. Louis Police Officers Association went on the offensive in recent days…
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Business
Cleanup at shopping center stirs varied views on vandalism
COVENANT BLU-GRAND CENTER – On any other day, Henry Watson would be reporting to work at a Foot Locker and…
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News
More than 10,000 people have been arrested in US protests
PHOENIX (AP) — More than 10,000 people have been arrested in protests decrying racism and police brutality in the wake…
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News
US Legislatures slow to pass laws limiting use of force
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) —A wave of police killings of young black men in 2014 prompted 24 states to quickly pass…
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News
Police shove, make journalists stop covering protest
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police officers surrounded, shoved and yelled expletives at two Associated Press journalists covering…
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News
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…
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Coronavirus
Protesting, coronavirus concerns go hand-in-hand, Krewson says
CITY HALL – Anger and grief are mingling yet again on the nation’s streets, including in St. Louis, as demonstrators…
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Featured
Protests’ violence overnight leaves damage, tension
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — Business owners in Ferguson as well as Kansas City were assessing damage and cleaning up Sunday…
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Featured
Gov. Parson activates National Guard to respond to protests
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson activated the Missouri National Guard on Saturday evening to help respond to protests…
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News
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…
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Featured
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…
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Featured
Ferguson artifacts collected ‘in the now’ document ongoing struggle
FOREST PARK – St. Louis and the world reeled after the death of Michael Brown Jr. in 2014, but the…
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