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Floyd's hometown exalts in verdict but tempers expectations

HOUSTON - The streets of Houston's Third Ward, a historically Black neighbourhood where George Floyd grew up, echoed with screams filled with the word "justice" in the moments after white former Minne...

Apr 21, 2021

Sikh group wants probe of gunman's possible supremacist link

INDIANAPOLIS - A Sikh civil rights organization called on law enforcement Tuesday to investigate whether a former FedEx employee who fatally shot eight people - four of them Sikhs - at a FedEx facilit...

Apr 21, 2021

Queen Elizabeth expresses thanks for 'support and kindness'

LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II has expressed her thanks for all the "support and kindness" shown following the death of her husband, Prince Philip. In a statement Wednesday posted on social media on her ...

Apr 21, 2021

'Sliver of hope.' Relief, caution as Floyd verdict absorbed

NEW YORK - When the verdicts came in - guilty, guilty and guilty - Lucia Edmonds let out the breath she hadn't even realized she'd been holding. The relief that the 91-year-old Black woman felt floodi...

Apr 21, 2021

Atlético Madrid, Inter Milan drop out of Super League

MADRID - Atltico Madrid and Inter Milan both decided to drop out of the Super League on Wednesday. The moves came a day after the six Premier League clubs gave up on the controversial breakaway compet...

Apr 21, 2021

Globes group ousts member over his Black Lives Matter email

LOS ANGELES - A former president of the organization that hosts the Golden Globes has been dropped from the group's board after sending an email that called Black Lives Matter a "hate movement." The H...

Apr 20, 2021

Ex-cop Derek Chauvin found guilty of murder, manslaughter in death of George Floyd

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been found guilty on all three charges he faced in the death of George Floyd.Floyd died last May after Chauvin, a White officer, pinned his knee on ...

Apr 20, 2021

DiCaprio, Fonda urge US not to sign climate deal with Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO - Dozens of celebrities including actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Jane Fonda and Joaquin Phoenix on Tuesday called on U.S. President Joe Biden to refrain from signing any environmental agreem...

Apr 20, 2021

Biden praying for 'the right verdict' in Chauvin trial

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden said Tuesday he was "praying the verdict is the right verdict" in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. He said he believed the case, which had...

Apr 20, 2021

General says Afghan withdrawal will make terror fight harder

WASHINGTON - In a blunt assessment Tuesday, the top U.S. general for the Middle East told Congress it will be extremely difficult but not impossible for the U.S. to find, track and take out counterter...

Apr 20, 2021