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New officer-involved shooting leads police chief to quit and demonstrators to return to the streets
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Former Reuters journalist Dean Yates was in charge of the bureau in Baghdad when his Iraqi colleagues Namir Noor-Eldeen and Saeed Chmagh were killed. A WikiLeaks video called Collateral Murder later revealed details of their death
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Country heads into fourth week of unrest over police brutality and systemic racism
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Atlanta’s police department has released officers’ body-camera footage of the moments leading up to the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks on Friday
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Stacey Abrams and Keisha Lance Bottoms are among candidates being considered to be Joe Biden’s running mate
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Trump didn’t want to ‘fall for the Fake News to have fun with’ as speculation about his health has dogged his time in office
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The course of America’s future will depend on Joe Biden’s imminent choice of running mate
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History teaches caution. The movement after George Floyd’s death will only bring change if we learn from past battles
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Hope is Power
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Donald Trump says he will no longer watch the US national soccer teams after a 2017 policy requiring players to stand during the anthem was repealed
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The Browns quarterback plans to kneel during the anthem this upcoming season to support protests of social injustice, police brutality and racism
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NFL star Antonio Brown pleaded no contest Friday to charges related to a fight with a moving truck driver outside his south Florida home earlier this year
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Erika Shields quits after killing of Rayshard Brooks, 27, which mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms says was not a justified use of force
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Newspaper found in base of marble structure is from 1936, long after the civil war for which Confederate leader is known
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South Carolina college will also drop tribute to ‘Pitchfork’ Ben Tillman, racist US senator, as trustees cite protests over killing of George Floyd
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Former judge praised for commitment to affirmative action was appointed by Ronald Reagan and fired in 1993
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Coffee chain, which originally banned attire that ‘advocated a political, religious or personal issue’, changes course after backlash
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Demonstrators set fire to a fast food restaurant in Atlanta on Saturday where Rayshard Brooks, 27, was shot dead by a police officer the previous night
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Seattle's mayor has defended George Floyd protesters' autonomous zone after Donald Trump said in a tweet he would deal with the 'domestic terrorists'
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The top US military general, Mark Milley, has said it was a mistake to join Donald Trump in a highly criticised photo op during George Floyd protests in Washington
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