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May 31, 2020

FBI identifies federal officer killed near protest

A federal law enforcement officer who was shot and killed while providing security at the U.S. courthouse in Oakland during ...

May 31, 2020

Protesters in some cities target Confederate monuments

Protesters demonstrating against the death of George Floyd, a black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer pressed ...

May 31, 2020

National Guard called in to quell violence in Los Angeles

A fourth day of violence in Los Angeles prompted the mayor to impose a rare citywide curfew and call in the National Guard ...

May 31, 2020

Protesters converge on White House for second straight day

Police fired pepper spray at demonstrators near the White House and the D.C. National Guard was called in as pockets of ...

May 31, 2020

Officials blame differing groups of 'outsiders' for violence

As protests over the death of George Floyd grow in cities across the U.S., government officials have been warning of the ...

May 31, 2020

Los Angeles mayor imposes downtown curfew

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has imposed a downtown curfew this evening, Protesters were back in the streets Saturday.

May 30, 2020

Biden ally sees Klobuchar as less likely Biden running mate

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar seems a less likely choice to become Joe Biden's running mate on his presidential ticket ...

May 30, 2020

Louisville PD apologizes for targeting news crew at protest

Kentucky’s governor on Saturday called in the National Guard to “help keep the peace” in Louisville after a second night of ...

May 30, 2020

AP Explains: Trump actions on Hong Kong just threats for now

President Donald Trump has announced what he said are “significant actions” regarding U.S. relations with Hong Kong. But the ...

May 30, 2020

Thousands ignore Minneapolis curfew as U.S. protests spread

Thousands of protesters ignored a curfew and vows of a forceful police response to take to the Minneapolis streets for a ...

May 30, 2020

Mother of Louisville police shooting victim calls for peace

Looking to defuse anger after gunfire wounded at least seven people at a protest in Louisville, the mother of a black woman ...

May 30, 2020

Trump's tweet about rioters echoes 1960s Miami police chief

President Donald Trump's tweeted warning Friday amid unrest in Minneapolis that “when the looting starts, the shooting ...

May 29, 2020

Probe: Top US official misused office to get son-in-law job

A senior Trump administration official misused his office for private gain by capitalizing on his government connections to ...

May 29, 2020

US: Russian jets in Libya present broader worries for region

U.S. Africa Command flatly rejected Russian claims that Moscow did not deploy fighter jets to Libya, saying Friday that the ...

May 29, 2020

Chinese grad students may be next hit by US-China tensions

The Trump administration may soon expel thousands of Chinese graduate students enrolled at U.S. universities and impose other ...

May 29, 2020

US charges North Koreans in $2.5B sanctions-busting scheme

The Justice Department has accused a network of North Korean and Chinese citizens of secretly advancing North Korea’s nuclear ...

May 29, 2020

Sen. Cortez Masto withdraws name from Biden VP consideration

Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada said Thursday that she’s not interested in serving as running mate to ...