Brazil experiments with body cams to reduce deaths by police
By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DIANE JEANTET Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil has a long history of police violence and now authorities are…
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With no sign of eruption’s end, ash blankets La Palma island
By EMILIO MORENATTI and ARITZ PARRA Associated Press LOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Canary Islands (AP) — A volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma that…
Continue ReadingPlan to replace Minneapolis PD worries many Black residents
By MOHAMED IBRAHIM and AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A proposal to replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a new public…
Continue ReadingMiami mayor seeks 2nd term as he raises national profile
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON The Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is hoping to easily secure a second term Tuesday. His…
Continue ReadingDecades later, a new look at Black Panthers and their legacy
By AARON MORRISON Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — It once would have been unthinkable for a city to erect a monument to Huey P. Newton, the…
Continue ReadingDecades later, a new look at Black Panthers and their legacy
By AARON MORRISON Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — It once would have been unthinkable for a city to erect a monument to Huey P. Newton, the…
Continue ReadingPeople, homes vanish due to 2020 census’ new privacy method
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press A statistical method used by the U.S. Census Bureau for the first time in 2020 to protect confidentiality has made…
Continue ReadingParis runners race Olympic marathon champion Kipchoge
PARIS (AP) — Some 3,600 amateur runners faced off against Kenyan marathon legend Eliud Kipchoge in a special race in the heart of Paris, as the…
Continue ReadingPotential jurors see racism behind Ahmaud Arbery’s slaying
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Some people questioned during jury selection about the killing of Ahmaud Arbery have said he…
Continue ReadingUS, EU say deal on steel tariffs will help on climate change
By ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press ROME (AP) — President Joe Biden is praising a new U.S. and European Union agreement that would crack…
Continue ReadingFate of Lebanon minister after row with Gulf stirs division
By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The diplomatic row between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia is aggravating divisions in Lebanon, already…
Continue ReadingMan with knife injures 17 people on Tokyo train, starts fire
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Police and witnesses say a man dressed in a Joker costume and brandishing a knife stabbed at least…
Continue ReadingMan dies in Spain after being gored during a bull run
MADRID (AP) — A 55-year-old man in eastern Spain has bled to death after being gored in the leg by a bull during a festival in which the animals…
Continue ReadingUK-France fish spat deepens despite Macron and Johnson talk
By SYLVIE CORBET and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press ROME (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have stuck…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court to hear case on New York’s gun permit law
By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is preparing to hear a gun rights case that could lead to more guns on the…
Continue ReadingPaid leave’s demise tough on backers in Manchin’s home state
By JAY REEVES Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Supporters of a proposal to provide paid family medical leave are dealing with another…
Continue ReadingPakistan, Islamists reach agreement to end violent rally
By ZARAR KHAN and BABAR DOGAR Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s government and an outlawed radical Islamist party have reached an…
Continue ReadingClarification: Facebook Fallout-Reining in Big Tech story
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story published Oct. 31, 2021, The Associated Press identified Paul Barrett as teacher of a seminar in law, economics and…
Continue ReadingPolice apprehend more migrants at German-Polish border
BERLIN (AP) — German federal police have apprehended 23 migrants along the German-Polish border and detained two suspected traffickers. German news…
Continue ReadingPope: May ‘cry of the Earth’ be heard at UN climate summit
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has told people to pray so that “the cry of the Earth” is heard at the U.N. climate summit. Francis, in…
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