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7 shot at Louisville protest over fatal police shooting

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - At least seven people were shot in Louisville as hundreds of protesters converged on City Hall demanding justice for Breonna Taylor, a black woman who was fatally shot in March by po...

May 29, 2020

Mississippi mayor flouts calls to resign over Floyd comments

PETAL, Miss. - A Mississippi mayor whose remarks about the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody sparked outrage is resisting calls to resign, including from his own town's board of alde...

May 29, 2020

Police across US speak out against Minneapolis custody death

LOS ANGELES - Murder. Brutality. Reprehensible. Indefensible. Police nationwide, in unequivocal and unprecedented language, have condemned the actions of Minneapolis police in the custody death of a h...

May 29, 2020

French carmaker Renault announces 15,000 job cuts worldwide

PARIS - Struggling French carmaker Renault on Friday announced 15,000 job cuts worldwide as part of a 2 billion-euro cost-cutting plan over three years, as the company is in bad shape amid declining s...

May 29, 2020

Man accused of killing North Dakota officer has long record

FARGO, N.D. - The first police officer to be killed in the line of duty for more than 50 years in one North Dakota city was shot multiple times by a man with a criminal history that includes interferi...

May 28, 2020

Graham urges older judges to retire so GOP can fill openings

WASHINGTON - Lindsey Graham, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is publicly urging federal judges in their mid-60s or older to step aside so President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans ...

May 28, 2020

With a gay protagonist, Pixar short 'Out' makes history

NEW YORK - In Steven Clay Hunter's 23 years as an animator at Pixar, he has drawn a seven-armed octopus, a Canadian daredevil and a wheezing toy penguin. But there were scenes he never expected to ani...

May 28, 2020

Doctors sue to block FDA abortion pill rule during pandemic

SILVER SPRING, Md. - Requiring patients to visit a hospital, clinic or medical office to get an abortion pill is needlessly risking their health during the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of physicians all...

Tanner King May 28, 2020

New novel coming in 2021 from author of 'The Revenant'

NEW YORK - The author of "The Revenant," the historical novel adapted into the Oscar-winning movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio, will be publishing his first new work of fiction in nearly 20 years. Henr...

May 28, 2020

Winfrey, Pitt part of Grammys special for essential workers

NEW YORK - The Grammys is putting together an event featuring Brad Pitt, Oprah Winfrey, Herbie Hancock and Harry Connick, Jr. to honour essential workers across America. The Recording Academy, which p...

May 28, 2020