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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

Minneapolis protest misinformation stokes racial tensions

CHICAGO - The false social media posts started just hours after protesters first began chanting and carrying banners around the Minneapolis neighbourhood where George Floyd, an African American man, d...

May 30, 2020

Partygoer at Missouri's Lake of Ozarks positive for COVID-19

OSAGE BEACH, Mo. - Health officials said Friday that they were seeking to "inform mass numbers of unknown people" after a person who attended crowded pool parties over Memorial Day weekend at Missouri...

May 29, 2020

Minneapolis protest misinformation stokes racial tensions

CHICAGO - The false social media posts started just hours after protesters first began chanting and carrying banners around the Minneapolis neighbourhood where George Floyd, an African American man, d...

May 29, 2020

Kylie Jenner, Forbes spar over story on billionaire status

LOS ANGELES - Forbes magazine, which once declared Kylie Jenner a billionaire on its cover, says she no longer deserves the title, but Jenner is pushing back. Forbes said in a story posted Friday that...

May 29, 2020

'Never Have I Ever' brings rare voice, and a newcomer, to TV

LOS ANGELES - When Mindy Kaling was growing up in the Boston area, few classmates looked like her, and her television choices ranged from angsty white teenagers to funny white teenagers. It helps expl...

May 29, 2020

Luminaries Lost: A look at some of the artists lost to virus

A comedian whose faces made generations laugh. The cinematographer behind E.T's glowing finger and moonlight flight. A jazz guitarist of legendary poise and precision. In the third installment in a se...

May 29, 2020

Minnesota officer charged with murder and manslaughter in death of George Floyd

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The police officer who was seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in custody after pleading that he could not breathe, was arrested Frid...

May 29, 2020

Ruling means Missouri's last abortion clinic stays open

O'FALLON, Mo. - Missouri's only abortion clinic will be able to keep operating after a state government administrator decided Friday that the health department was wrong not to renew the license of th...

May 29, 2020

Twitter adds 'glorifying violence' warning to Trump tweet

WASHINGTON - Twitter has added a warning to one of President Donald Trump's tweets about protests in Minneapolis, saying it violated the platform's rules about "glorifying violence." Trump, a prolific...

May 29, 2020