The Latest: Protesters take to NYC streets after curfew
The Latest on the May 25 death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer pressed a knee on ...
JC Penney closing 154 stores in first post-bankruptcy phase
NEW YORK — J.C. Penney said Thursday that it will start closing 154 of its stores next week in what it is calling the first phase of its efforts to sh...
Google: State-backed hackers targeted Trump, Biden campaigns
BOSTON — Google said state-backed hackers have targeted the campaigns of both President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, although it ...
NHL: Players can start voluntary group workouts next week
The NHL cleared the way Thursday for players to return to practice rinks next week and firmed up its playoff format even as a ninth player tested posi...
Worrying over future, Hong Kong defies ban to mark Tiananmen
HONG KONG — Thousands of people in Hong Kong defied a police ban Thursday evening, breaking through barricades to hold a candlelight vigil on the 31st...
Kentucky governor: Jefferson Davis statue should be moved
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Statues of Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln tower over visitors to Kentucky's Capitol, but the state's governor doesn't think the ...
NYPD boss wants calm after stabbing, other attacks on cops
NEW YORK — New York City police are trying to determine if Wednesday's ambush stabbing of an officer in Brooklyn was inspired by anti-police sentiment...
Washington state gets back millions in stolen jobless aid
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington officials said Thursday they believe they have recovered about half of the hundreds of millions in unemployment benefits p...
Attorneys: 2 ex-cops charged in Floyd’s death were rookies
MINNEAPOLIS — Two of three Minneapolis police officers accused of aiding and abetting in the death of George Floyd were rookies barely off probation w...
Experts: Floyd’s health issues don’t affect homicide ruling
George Floyd had drugs in his system and severe heart disease when a Minneapolis police officer put a knee to his neck, but independent experts said t...
Black activists, allies call Lee statue removal a big win
RICHMOND, Va. — Wes Bellamy, a former Charlottesville city councilman, said that when he first started raising the issue of removing Confederate monum...
ACLU sues over police force on protesters near White House
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union sued the Trump administration Thursday, alleging officials violated the civil rights of protesters who...
States sue to block DeVos’ campus sexual assault overhaul
Democratic attorneys general in more than a dozen states filed a federal lawsuit Thursday attempting to block Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' new pol...
Airline stocks soar as American, United add back flights
DALLAS — Airline stocks soared Thursday after American Airlines said it will aggressively add back flights in July — a bet that the slow recovery in a...
Barr: Divide between African Americans, police ‘must change’
WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr sought on Thursday to quell tensions over the death of George Floyd in police custody, acknowledging a divi...
Testimony: Shooter used racist slur as Arbery lay dying
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — A state investigator alleged Thursday that a white man was heard saying a racist slur as he stood over Ahmaud Arbery's body, moments ...
Citizenship concerns remain as immigration agency reopens
LAWRENCE, Mass. — For Albert Baraka, the ceremony outside the federal immigration office in Lawrence, Massachusetts, was brief, but life changing.
Union files complaint against NBC, ‘America’s Got Talent’
LOS ANGELES — Gabrielle Union filed a complaint Thursday with the state of California against NBC and the producers of “America’s Got Talent," the lat...
Floyd mourned, celebrated as death used as call to action
MINNEAPOLIS — The mural of George Floyd projected above his golden coffin, where mourners knelt and cried, paused and prayed at his memorial service T...
Ocasio-Cortez backs challenger of House Democratic chairman
WASHINGTON — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed the Democratic primary challenger of a veteran House committee chairman and fellow New Yorker ...
Autopsy report shows Floyd tested positive for coronavirus
MINNEAPOLIS — A full autopsy of George Floyd, the handcuffed black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police, was released Wednesday a...
Study shows Spain far from having ‘herd immunity’ to virus
MADRID — A second round of random testing in Spain for antibodies to the new coronavirus indicates that a third of those infected do not develop sympt...
Germany’s Merkel dismisses talk she might seek 5th term
BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday firmly rejected suggestions that she might seek a fifth term at the helm after pledging in 2018 t...
LA mayor announces end of curfews for 2nd largest US city
SAN FRANCISCO — The mayor of Los Angeles says he will not place the nation’s second-largest city under curfew again starting Thursday night.
As nation confronts old demons, a 1770 slaying is recalled
BOSTON — Like George Floyd, he was black, in his mid-40s, and died at the hands of a white man. And like Floyd, he may have helped touch off a revolut...
Prince Charles misses hugging his family amid virus lockdown
LONDON — Prince Charles says he has missed giving his family members a hug during the long weeks of lockdown due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
You’re not the only one skeptical of the stock market rally
Just because stocks have scrambled nearly all the way back to their record heights doesn’t necessarily mean the market is in the clear.
VIRUS DIARY: When the class hamster came home _ and stayed
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — After 60-plus days, I threw in the towel. Mr. Rich had to go.
IndyCar ready to race after pandemic delayed start of season
The stars of IndyCar were in Florida preparing to start their season when the coronavirus pandemic slammed the brakes on those plans 48 hours before t...
Turkey strips 3 legislators of seats, setting off protest
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s parliament on Thursday stripped three opposition party deputies of their legislative seats, setting off a raucous protest in...