Iowa voters oust Rep. King, shunned for insensitive remarks
Jun 03, 2020
By THOMAS BEAUMONT DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republicans in northwest Iowa ousted Rep. Steve King in Tuesday’s primary, deciding they’ve had enough of the conservative lightning rod known for making incendiary comments about immigrants…
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Minnesota files complaint against police in Floyd’s death
Jun 02, 2020
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The state of Minnesota filed a human rights complaint Tuesday against the Minneapolis Police Department in the death of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer…
US heads into a new week shaken by violence and pandemic
Jun 01, 2020
By ASHRAF KHALIL, AARON MORRISON and JIM VERTUNO WASHINGTON (AP) — With cities wounded by days of violent unrest, America headed into a new week with neighborhoods in shambles, urban streets on lockdown and shaken…
Minneapolis police station torched amid George Floyd protest
May 29, 2020
By TIM SULLIVAN and AMY FORLITI MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Cheering protesters torched a Minneapolis police station that the department abandoned as three days of violent protests spread to nearby St. Paul and angry demonstrations flared…
Violent protests rock Minneapolis for 2nd straight night
May 28, 2020
By DOUG GLASS MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Violent protests over the death of a black man in police custody rocked a Minneapolis neighborhood for a second straight night as angry crowds looted stores, set fires and…
American virus deaths at 100,000: What does a number mean?
May 27, 2020
By TED ANTHONY The fraught, freighted number of this particular American moment is a round one brimming with zeroes: 100,000. A hundred thousands. A thousand hundreds. Five thousand score. More than 8,000 dozen. All dead.…
NASA astronauts go back to the future with capsule launch
May 26, 2020
By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — It’s back to the future as NASA astronauts launch again from the U.S. — aboard a retro-style “Right Stuff” capsule. Make no mistake: This is not your father’s —…
Wall Street opens lower, but still on track for weekly gain
May 22, 2020
The Associated Press Stocks are opening mostly lower on Wall Street following a mixed showing in overseas markets. The S&P 500 fell 0.4% in early trading Friday, but it’s still on track for a weekly…
Nearly 39 million have sought US jobless aid since virus hit
May 21, 2020
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 2.4 million people applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week in the latest wave of layoffs from the viral outbreak that triggered widespread business shutdowns two months…
Thousands evacuated as river dams break in central Michigan
May 20, 2020
MIDLAND, Mich. (AP) — Rapidly rising water overtook dams and forced the evacuation of about 10,000 people in central Michigan, where flooding struck communities along rain-swollen waterways and the governor said one downtown could be…