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Trump makes call for new White House doctor’s virus adviceVideo
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has found a new doctor for his coronavirus task force — and this time there’s no daylight between them. Trump last week announced that Dr. Scott Atlas, a frequent guest on Fox News Channel, has joined the White House as a pandemic adviser. Atlas, the...
Robert Trump, President Trump’s younger brother, dead at 71
NEW YORK — President Trump’s younger brother, Robert Trump, a businessman known for an even keel that seemed almost incompatible with the family name, died Saturday night after being hospitalized in New York, the president said in a statement. He was 71. The president visited his brother at a New...
Protesters in Portland, Ore., skirmish, fire pepper spray
PORTLAND, Ore. — A rally by a small group of alt-right demonstrators in Portland, Ore., quickly devolved Saturday as they traded paint balls and pepper spray with counter-protesters. About 30 people were participating the Patriot Prayer rally in front of the Multnomah County Justice Center in Oregon’s biggest city. Several...
In a reversal, 9/11 Memorial and Museum to go ahead with annual tribute
NEW YORK — Pressured by politicians and public safety unions, 9/11 Memorial leaders reversed course Saturday and said they’ll go ahead with this year’s Tribute in Lights commemoration of the Sept. 11 attacks. The change came two days after the 9/11 Memorial and Museum called off the display over coronavirus...
Japan marks 75 years since World War II’s end
TOKYO — Japan on Saturday marked the 75th anniversary of its surrender in World War II, with Emperor Naruhito expressing “deep remorse” over his country’s wartime actions at a somber annual ceremony curtailed by the coronavirus pandemic. Naruhito pledged to reflect on the war’s events and expressed hope that the...
Right-wing group, counter-protesters clash in Michigan
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Members of the far-right Proud Boys group and counter-protesters clashed violently Saturday afternoon in western Michigan, resulting in arrests, police said. Assistant Chief Vernon Coakley of the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety said a few people were arrested, but didn’t know exactly how many. “A fight occurred,...
Training pushed to show officers how to stop abuse in own ranks
HARTFORD, Conn. — Despite policies on the books for years that require officers across the United States to stop colleagues from using excessive force, there has been little or no effort to teach officers how to intervene, law enforcement officials and experts say. That’s changing after the killing of George...
Climate change packs twice as many storms into hurricane season
Atlantic hurricane records go back to 1851, and in all that time the ocean has never piled up so many storms in such a short span as this year. So far, 11 storms have formed since May. This is the earliest date on record for a storm with a “K”...
Man sues Nebraska officer who used Taser on him
COZAD, Neb. — A Nebraska man who was sitting in a swing in his sister’s backyard with his empty hands visible when a police officer shocked him with a Taser has filed an excessive force lawsuit over the videotaped encounter. Hilario Velasquez of Lexington and his sister, Sarah Garrett, filed...
Police: Girl killed by gunfire during birthday party in Ohio
AKRON, Ohio — An 8-year-old girl was shot and killed during a backyard birthday party for a teenager at an Ohio home, authorities said. Akron police said shots were fired shortly before midnight Friday in the Sherbondy Hill neighborhood. The 8-year-old was found wounded and was taken to Akron Children’s...
Severe heat wave causes rolling blackouts, dangerous conditions across California
LOS ANGELES — What forecasters say is shaping up to be the worst heat wave in years caused rolling blackouts Friday because of power shortages and is setting up dangerous conditions across California. The power crisis was caused in part by the coronavirus restrictions, which have closed movie theaters, malls...
Crews battle wildfires amid brutal heat wave in California
LOS ANGELES — Firefighters struggled to contain three wildfires near Los Angeles on Saturday as forecasters warned the risk of new fires was high with temperatures expected to spike and humidity levels to drop across California. A huge forest fire that prompted evacuations north of Los Angeles flared up about...
Police move in after fights break out during Georgia protest
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — After hours of mostly peaceful demonstrations Saturday in an Atlanta suburb that’s home to a giant Confederate memorial, large numbers of police moved in to disperse the crowds when fights broke out. Several dozen right-wing demonstrators, some waving the Confederate battle flag and many wearing military...
2 workers die from injuries in Mississippi plant explosion
BYRAM, Miss. — Two workers severely injured in an explosion at a Mississippi processing plant have died, authorities confirmed. The explosion happened Monday at the DAR PRO Solutions plant at the Greater Jackson Industrial Park near Byram. William Jackson, 51, of Vicksburg, and Terrence Fortenberry, 56, died from complications of...
Newsweek apologizes for op-ed questioning Harris birthright
NEW YORK — Newsweek has apologized for an op-ed that questioned Sen. Kamala Harris’ U.S. citizenship and her eligibility to be Joe Biden’s running mate, a false and racist conspiracy theory which President Trump has not dismissed. “This op-ed is being used by some as a tool to perpetuate racism...
‘Do something:’ Harris’ rapid rise driven by call to action
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Hours before Kamala Harris took the stage for the first time as Joe Biden’s vice presidential pick, she received a text message from a childhood classmate with photos from their school days. A pensive Harris sits on the floor, dutifully looking ahead toward a teacher out of...
Leader of Belarus rejects calls to rerun presidential voteVideo
MINSK, Belarus — The embattled president of Belarus tried to put on a show of strength Sunday, holding a rally with tens of thousands of supporters and rejecting any possibility of repeating the vote that gave him a sixth term. But opponents countered with a far larger demonstration that attracted...
Officer minimized role in Floyd’s death to investigators
A former Minneapolis police officer involved in George Floyd’s arrest told investigators that he was focused on crowd control and minimized his role in the actions that led to Floyd’s death, video of the interview shows. Tou Thao, one of four former officers charged in Floyd’s death, described himself as...
Post Office warns states across U.S. about mail voting
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service is warning states coast to coast it cannot guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the November election will arrive in time to be counted, even if mailed by state deadlines, raising the possibility millions of voters could be disenfranchised. Voters and lawmakers in...
Protests in Belarus focus on spot where demonstrator died
MINSK, Belarus — Thousands of demonstrators in Belarus gathered Saturday at the spot in the capital where a protester died in clashes with police, calling for authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko to resign after 26 years in power. It was the seventh consecutive day of large protests against the results of...
Testing drops in Texas, as schools reopen, football resumes
SAN ANTONIO — Anyone can get a coronavirus test at the CentroMed clinic in San Antonio, but on a recent day, the drive-thru was empty. Finally two masked people in a maroon SUV pulled straight on through with no wait. With hundreds of deaths reported each day, students returning to...
Pompeo inks deal for U.S. troop move from Germany to Poland
WARSAW — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sealed a defense cooperation deal Saturday with Polish officials that will pave the way to redeploy American troops from Germany to Poland. Pompeo, in Warsaw at the end of a four-nation tour of central and eastern Europe, signed the deal with Polish...
Georgia House member loses post over John Lewis criticism
ATLANTA — Georgia’s House speaker on Friday took away a committee leadership post from a fellow Republican who said in a radio interview that the late U.S. Rep John Lewis’ “only claim to fame was that he got conked on the head.” Rep. Tommy Benton, who was chairman of the...
New border wall near unique wetlands endangered water supply
PHOENIX — The agency in charge of building the border wall received repeated warnings: tap water from nearby wells, and the unique wetlands of southeastern Arizona — yes, Arizona — home to a variety of wildlife and endangered fish will go dry. Immigration officials didn’t head those warnings. Then, several...
Georgia trooper charged with murder in traffic stop shooting
SAVANNAH, Ga. — A Georgia state trooper was fired and charged with murder Friday a week after he shot a 60-year-old man who tried to flee a rural traffic stop, authorities said. The president of Georgia’s NAACP chapter called the slaying of Julian Edward Roosevelt Lewis another chilling example of...
