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…
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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.…
Police back off as peaceful protests push deep reforms
Jun 08, 2020
By JAKE SEINER, LISA MARIE PANE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI AP - Calls for deep police reforms gained momentum as leaders in the city where George Floyd died at the hands of police pushed to dismantle…
Turning grief into change, movement targets racial injustice
Jun 06, 2020
By COREY WILLIAMS, DEEPTI HAJELA and AARON MORRISON AP - Momentum for what many hope is a sustained movement aimed at tackling racial injustice and police reforms promised to grow Saturday as more protesters filled…
Protests large but peaceful after new charges in Floyd case
Jun 04, 2020
By NOMAAN MERCHANT, AMY FORLITI and TIM SULLIVAN MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Demonstrations across the U.S. to condemn racism and police abuses remained large but mostly without the violence of previous nights on the eve of…
Iowa voters oust Rep. King, shunned for insensitive remarks
Jun 03, 2020
By THOMAS BEAUMONT DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republicans in northwest Iowa ousted Rep. Steve King in Tuesday’s primary, deciding they’ve had enough of the conservative lightning rod known for making incendiary comments about immigrants…