[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California has recorded more than 5,000 COVID-19 deaths as cases continue to climb in several parts of the state. On Sunday, the state Department of Public Health reported 148,855 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 5,063 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic. Last week, nine counties reported a spike
[ad_1] LAS VEGAS (AP) — A police officer who was shot in the head during a Las Vegas Strip protest of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis is paralyzed from the neck down, on a ventilator and unable to speak, his family said in a statement released by police. Officer Shay Mikalonis, 29, was
[ad_1] MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Police are investigating a shooting at a Minneapolis bar that left six people injured. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that police spokesman John Elder said the shooting occurred just before 2 a.m. Sunday at the 200 Club. Three victims showed up at Hennepin County Medical Center, two others were dropped off
[ad_1] By SYLVIE CORBET and ANGELA CHARLTON, Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron vowed Sunday to stand firm against racism but also praised police and insisted that France wouldn’t take down statues of controversial, colonial-era figures. It was the first time Macron has spoken on the issues since George Floyd’s death in
[ad_1] By DAN SEWELL, Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — As much as President Donald Trump enjoys talking about winning and winners, the Confederate generals he vows will not have their names removed from U.S. military bases were not only on the losing side of rebellion against the United States, some weren’t even considered good generals.
[ad_1] Three people have been charged in the vandalism of a Christopher Columbus statue in Providence. Police say officers were monitoring the statue early Saturday when they saw a car pass near the memorial, which had recently been boarded up and fenced off. Minutes later, police say they saw two people run toward the statue
[ad_1] MADRID (Reuters) – Spain plans a 3.7 billion euro aid package for its automobile sector, hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, to promote investment and the purchase of vehicles, specially electric models, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Sunday. Sanchez said details of the plan, which will also include fiscal and research measures, would
[ad_1] By DAMON MITCHELL, WPLN-FM NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — It’s tough helping students enroll in college and getting them to stay there — even under normal circumstances. Add a pandemic to the mix on top of decades of education inequality, and expanding higher education access has become that much harder for student advocates. So at
[ad_1] LONDON (AP) — Britain is marking the third anniversary of the Grenfell Tower apartment block fire with a virtual church service to remember the 72 people who died in the blaze. Sunday marks three years since a small kitchen fire in the west London public-housing block turned into the worst domestic blaze in the
[ad_1] By SAMY MAGDY, Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia said Sunday they would resume talks this week over a contentious, massive Nile dam, even as Egypt accused Ethiopia of trying to hinder progress on a resolution to disagreements over the project. The construction of the $4.6 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
[ad_1] — UK police arrest over 100 after violent right-wing protest in London. — Atlanta police officer fired after fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks. — Clemson football team members lead demonstration on campus. — Bust of slave owner torn down, thrown in river in New Orleans. LONDON — British police say they have arrested more
[ad_1] LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — A freshman Virginia GOP congressman who angered social conservatives in his district when he officiated a gay wedding lost his party’s nomination. U.S. Rep. Denver Riggleman lost a GOP convention Saturday that was done via drive-thru because of the coronavirus pandemic. He was defeated by Bob Good, a former official
[ad_1] By JAMES CALL, The Tallahassee Democrat TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — After trained dogs found unmarked graves, 72-year-old Gloria Jefferson Anderson went home and looked into the eyes of a photograph of her dad. Then she began to cry. Her dad once had told her that their ancestors were buried at the now-forgotten New Hope
[ad_1] By RUSS BYNUM and BRYNN ANDERSON, The Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — An Atlanta police officer was fired following the fatal shooting of a black man and another officer was placed on administrative duty, the police department announced early Sunday. The moves follows the Saturday resignation of Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields, who stepped
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[ad_1] By RONALD BLUM, AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball players told Major League Baseball additional talks to start the season during the coronavirus pandemic are pointless and said owners should order a return to work, which likely would spark lengthy litigation and a renewal of the sport’s labor wars. The union’s action