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Police chiefs hail Chauvin verdict as a key step to healing

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.
Sharpton decries 'stench of racism' in Daunte Wright's death

Sharpton decries 'stench of racism' in Daunte Wright's death

MINNEAPOLIS — Daunte Wright, the young Black man shot by an officer during a traffic stop in suburban Minneapolis, was not “just some kid with an air freshener,” but a “prince” whose life ended too soon at the hands of police, the Rev.
Video: California deputy shoots Black man within a minute

Video: California deputy shoots Black man within a minute

SAN FRANCISCO — A white sheriff’s deputy in the San Francisco Bay Area shot and killed a Black man in the middle of a busy intersection about a minute after trying to stop him on suspicion of throwing rocks at cars last month, newly released video sh
Panel: End commanders' power to block military sex cases

Panel: End commanders' power to block military sex cases

WASHINGTON — A Pentagon panel is recommending that decisions to prosecute service members for sexual assault be made by independent authorities, not commanders, in what would be a major reversal of military practice and a change long sought by Congre
Oregon: CDC investigating woman's death after J&J vaccine

Oregon: CDC investigating woman's death after J&J vaccine

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California's public universities to require COVID-19 vaccine

California's public universities to require COVID-19 vaccine

SAN FRANCISCO — Two of the nation’s largest university systems say they intend to require COVID-19 vaccinations for all students, faculty and staff on University of California and California State University campuses this fall. Several U.S.
UK apologizes for racism in memorials to WWI dead

UK apologizes for racism in memorials to WWI dead

LONDON — British authorities apologized Thursday after an investigation found that at least 161,000 mostly African and Indian military service personnel who died during World War I weren’t properly honoured due to “pervasive racism.
Man pleads guilty in fatal shootings of 8 from Ohio family

Man pleads guilty in fatal shootings of 8 from Ohio family

A man pleaded guilty Thursday in the murders of his child’s mother and seven members of her family in 2016 — a grisly crime that spread terror across their rural Ohio community and stirred rumours of drug dealers and hit men before authorities conclu
Sahara's Polisario Front chief gets COVID treatment in Spain

Sahara's Polisario Front chief gets COVID treatment in Spain

MADRID — The man leading the Polisario Front in its fight for independence of Western Sahara is hospitalized in Spain for treatment of COVID-19, officials from Spain and the group said Thursday.
World leaders pledge climate co-operation despite other rifts

World leaders pledge climate co-operation despite other rifts

WASHINGTON — The leaders of Russia and China put aside their raw-worded disputes with U.S.