Man charged with killing 3 in Wisconsin tavern shooting
A Wisconsin man was charged Wednesday with killing three people and wounding three others in a weekend shooting at a crowded bar.
Police kill Ma'Khia Bryant, 16, who attacked 2 with knife
Body camera footage from other officers released Wednesday in the fatal police shooting of Ma'Khia Bryant, a Black teenager who charged at two people with a knife, showed a chaotic scene that happened within minutes of the verdict in George Floyd's killing and ignited outrage by many over the continued use of lethal force by police in Columbus and the U.S.
Embattled San Francisco school board agrees to act dignified
The scandal-plagued San Francisco school board agreed to new contract terms with the district's superintendent that require members to focus on reopening schools and act "in a dignified and professional manner," the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
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The Latest: Australia reducing flights from India
Australia will reduce the number of flights arriving from India due to the growing wave of COVID-19 cases in the world's second-most populous country.
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Relics seized from smugglers are returning to Afghanistan
Precious relics of Afghanistan's ancient past are returning home as the nation confronts deepening uncertainty about its future.
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Rare Raymond Chandler essay includes writing, office tips
Philip Marlowe, the most self-reliant of fictional detectives, had no boss and no one to boss around. His creator, Raymond Chandler, needed some help.
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Georgia Tech structure certified as 'living building'
It's not too often that tours of new buildings start with the toilets. But they're a big part of a different kind of building in Atlanta.
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Searching for footing in a life nearly extinguished by COVID
On line in the hospital atrium, Kari Wegg folds her hands in her lap while husband Rodney pilots the wheelchair, moving forward together a few feet at a time, their progress halting but methodical.
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Blue states chart diverging paths on death penalty debate
An effort to repeal the death penalty in Nevada is exposing polarization in the Legislature while proving party affiliation can be an unreliable predictor when it comes to capital punishment.
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Jill Biden to visit Navajo Nation, once floored by COVID-19
Jill Biden is traveling to the country's largest Native American reservation, the Navajo Nation, which was hit hard by the coronavirus but is outpacing the U.S. in vaccination rates while maintaining strict pandemic restrictions.
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Grim list of deaths at police hands grows even after verdict
Just as the guilty verdict was about to be read in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, police in Ohio shot and killed a Black teenager in broad daylight during a confrontation.
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After Floyd, Congress ready to plunge into policing laws
Bolstered with new momentum, Congress is ready to try again to change the nation's policing laws, heeding President Joe Biden's admonition that the guilty verdict in George Floyd's death is "not enough" for a nation confronting a legacy of police violence.
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DC statehood faces a crossroads with congressional vote
Proponents of statehood for Washington, D.C., face a milestone moment in their decades-long movement to reshape the American political map.
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Police chiefs hail Chauvin verdict as a key step to healing
Not long after a jury convicted former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin of killing George Floyd, police chiefs across the U.S. started speaking up. And it wasn't to defend the police.
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Boulder shooting suspect charged with using large magazine
Local prosecutors in Colorado on Wednesday filed over 40 more felony charges against a man charged with killing 10 people at a Boulder supermarket last month, including for allegedly using a large capacity magazine banned by state lawmakers in response to recent mass shootings.
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Daunte Wright to be eulogized at Minneapolis funeral
Just days after guilty verdicts were handed down for the former Minneapolis police officer whose killing of George Floyd set off nationwide protests and a reckoning over racism, the family of another Black man killed by police, this time in a nearby suburb, is preparing for his Thursday funeral.
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Floyd killing has prompted state reforms, but not everywhere
George Floyd's killing last year and the protests that followed led to a wave of police reforms in dozens of states, from changes in use-of-force policies to greater accountability for officers. At the same time, lawmakers in a handful of states have had success addressing racial inequities.
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Burning Man mulling mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for August
Burning Man festival organizers have said that they are considering requiring attendees to prove they have been vaccinated for COVID-19 if the organizers move forward with plans to hold this year's counter-culture festival in the Nevada desert.
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Grim list of deaths at police hands grows even after verdict
Just as the guilty verdict was about to be read in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, police in Ohio shot and killed a Black teenager in broad daylight during a confrontation.
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Officials: Biden preparing to recognize Armenian genocide
President Joe Biden is preparing to formally acknowledge that the systematic killing and deportation of hundreds of thousands of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in modern-day Turkey more than a century ago was genocide, according to U.S. officials.
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Bail reduced for father of suspect in student's killing
A judge reduced bail Wednesday for a man accused of helping his son hide the body of California college student Kristin Smart, who went missing nearly 25 years ago.
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GOP bills strive to silence protests
Effort across U.S. counters drive for police reform.
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