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Spain reports no virus deaths for first time since March

MADRID - Spain on Monday reported no official deaths from the new coronavirus in a 24-hour period for the first time since March. The development is "very, very encouraging," emergency health response...

Jun 1, 2020

Survey: US factories sink in May for third straight month

WASHINGTON - American factories slowed for the third consecutive month in May as they continued to sustain economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic. The Institute for Supply Management, an associ...

Jun 1, 2020

Florida police officer suspended for pushing kneeling woman

MIAMI - A Fort Lauderdale police officer was suspended after video showed he pushed a kneeling woman to the ground during Sunday protests, resulting in bottles being thrown. The officer's colleagues q...

Jun 1, 2020

Minnesota attorney general to assist in George Floyd case

MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota prosecutor who charged a police officer with murder in the death of George Floyd said Sunday that he asked the state's attorney general to assist in the case. Hennepin Coun...

May 31, 2020

Atlanta mayor: 2 officers fired in 'excessive force' arrests

ATLANTA - Two police officers have been fired and three others placed on desk duty over excessive use of force during a protest arrest incident, Atlanta's mayor said Sunday. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms...

May 31, 2020

Capsule Endeavour reaches ISS after 19-hour chase

SpaceX delivered two astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Sunday, following up a historic liftoff with an equally smooth docking in yet another first for Elon Musk's company.With ...

May 31, 2020

Police cars burn, windows shatter as protests roil New York

NEW YORK - Street protests spiraled into New York City's worst day of unrest in decades Saturday, as fires burned, windows got smashed and dangerous confrontations between demonstrators and officers f...

May 30, 2020

Federal officer killed guarding courthouse near protest

OAKLAND, Calif. - A federal law enforcement officer in California was killed and another critically injured after being shot while providing security at the U.S. courthouse in Oakland amid one of the ...

May 30, 2020

Federal officer killed guarding courthouse near protest

OAKLAND, Calif. - A federal law enforcement officer in California was killed and another critically injured after being shot while providing security at the U.S. courthouse in Oakland amid one of the ...

May 30, 2020

Police: 1 dead after shots fired into car at Detroit protest

One person was killed in downtown Detroit after someone fired shots into a vehicle during a protest over the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in Minneapolis police custody, a Det...

May 30, 2020