WHO chief warns world leaders not to ‘politicize’ pandemic
Jun 22, 2020
By JON GAMBRELL DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — World leaders must not politicize the coronavirus pandemic but unite to fight it, the head of the World Health Organization warned Monday, reminding all that the…
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Juneteenth: A day of joy and pain - and now national action
Jun 19, 2020
By AARON MORRISON and KAT STAFFORD AP - In just about any other year, Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the day in 1865 that all enslaved black people learned they had been freed from bondage, would…
Prosecutor: Officer kicked Rayshard Brooks after shooting
Jun 18, 2020
By KATE BRUMBACK ATLANTA (AP) — As Rayshard Brooks lay dying in a Wendy’s parking lot, prosecutors say the Atlanta police officer who shot him in the back kicked him and didn’t give him medical…
Beijing outbreak raises virus fears for rest of the world
Jun 17, 2020
By KEN MORITSUGU, DAVID RISING and ROD McGUIRK BEIJING (AP) — China raised its emergency warning to its second-highest level and canceled more than 60% of the flights to Beijing on Wednesday amid a new…
US retail sales up a record 17.7% in a partial rebound
Jun 16, 2020
By JOSH BOAK and ANNE D'INNOCENZIO BALTIMORE (AP) — U.S. retail sales jumped by a record 17.7% from April to May, with spending partially rebounding after the coronavirus had shut down businesses, flattened the economy…
Justices rule LGBT people protected from job discrimination
Jun 15, 2020
By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a landmark civil rights law protects gay, lesbian and transgender people from discrimination in employment, a resounding victory for LGBT rights from a…
Historical figures reassessed around globe after Floyd death
Jun 12, 2020
By SARAH RANKIN and DAVID CRARY The rapidly unfolding movement to pull down Confederate monuments around the U.S. in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of police has extended to statues of…
Many forces behind alarming rise in virus cases in 21 states
Jun 11, 2020
By MIKE STOBBE NEW YORK (AP) — States are rolling back lockdowns, but the coronavirus isn’t done with the U.S. Cases are rising in nearly half the states, according to an Associated Press analysis, a…
US military now rethinking links to Confederate Army symbols
Jun 10, 2020
By ROBERT BURNS WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military is rethinking its traditional connection to Confederate Army symbols, mindful of their divisiveness at a time the nation is wrestling with questions of race after the death…
George Floyd, whose death energized a movement, to be buried
Jun 09, 2020
By JUAN A. LOZANO and NOMAAN MERCHANT HOUSTON (AP) — The black man whose death has inspired a worldwide reckoning over racial injustice will be buried in Houston Tuesday, carried home in a horse-drawn carriage.…