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1 fatally shot at Breonna Taylor protest park in Kentucky

Authorities were investigating a fatal shooting Saturday night at a park in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, where ...

Carlos, US athletes take stand to end Olympic protest rule

John Carlos wants to abolish the rule that bans protests at the Olympics. The renowned Olympic protester has written a letter ...

Russia: Dozens detained at protest supporting LGBT artist

Police in Moscow detained dozens of demonstrators protesting a pornography charge brought against a Russian LGBT rights ...

Native Americans protesting Trump trip to Mount Rushmore

President Donald Trump’s plans to kick off Independence Day with a showy display at Mount Rushmore have angered Native ...

Climate activists disrupt reopening of Paris' Orly Airport

Twenty-nine environmental activists were arrested Friday after breaking onto a runway of Paris’ Orly Airport to protest plane ...

Vienna police brace for violence after Kurdish demo attacked

Police in Vienna are bracing for possible violence at a protest by Kurdish groups Friday after Turkish nationalists attacked ...

Ex-UN human rights chief calls for Hong Kong special envoy

The United Nations’ former human rights chief and eight former U.N. special envoys urged the body’s secretary-general ...

Dozens detained after pro-Serb protests in Montenegro

Montenegrin police have detained dozens of people after seven officers were injured in clashes with pro-Serb opposition ...

Impatience grows for cops' arrests in Breonna Taylor's death

The outcry has reverberated for weeks online and at demonstrations nationwide: Arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor.

Editorial Roundup: US

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ June 23 The Washington Post on the importance of wearing ...

Students against gun violence rallying for racial justice

Among the thousands of activists who have marched in the nation’s capital recently to protest racial injustice are survivors ...

Dutch leader holds talks with anti-racism protesters

Prime Minister Mark Rutte met Wednesday with Dutch Black Lives Matter protesters to discuss how best to tackle racism and ...

Restrictions on African activist upheld after Paris protest

A French court refused Wednesday to lift restrictions placed on a Congolese activist who dislodged an African funeral pole ...

2 Republicans opposed by Trump win in Kentucky, N. Carolina

Voters rebuffed President Donald Trump and nominated two Republicans he opposed to House seats from North Carolina and ...

Historian compares civil rights protests, then and now

Douglas Brinkley, a Rice University history professor and author, whose works include books about the late civil rights icons ...

The Latest: Michigan mayor resigns after racial remark

TOP OF THE HOUR: — Michigan mayor resigns after making racial remark. — Minneapolis union president says members scapegoated.

Turkey allows top lawyers to march, ending standoff

Turkish authorities on Tuesday allowed a group of top lawyers to continue a symbolic march into the capital of Ankara, ending ...

Black Catholics: Words not enough as church decries racism

Black Roman Catholics are hearing their church’s leaders calling for racial justice once again after the killing of George ...

Serbian populist wins landslide as many parties boycott

Serbia's president on Monday called for swift resumption of European Union-mediated talks on Kosovo after bolstering his hold ...

Watchdog eyes violent routing of protesters near White House

An Interior Department watchdog office will investigate law enforcement and security forces’ violent clearing of protesters ...