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After controversy, man convicted of killing officer paroled

RICHMOND, Va. - A man who served decades in prison for the killing of a Richmond police officer and whose parole grant sparked a still-ongoing investigation by Virginia's government watchdog agency ha...

Jun 10, 2020

Utah candidate and ex- envoy Huntsman says he has COVID-19

SALT LAKE CITY - Republican Utah gubernatorial candidate and former ambassador Jon Huntsman Jr. said Wednesday he has tested positive for COVID-19. Huntsman said he is experiencing "classic symptoms" ...

Jun 10, 2020

Minneapolis withdrawing from police union negotiations

MINNEAPOLIS - The Minneapolis Police Department will withdraw from police union contract negotiations, Chief Medaria Arradondo said Wednesday in announcing the first steps in what he said would be tra...

Jun 10, 2020

George Floyd's death is 'changing the world,' a brother says

WASHINGTON - Philonise Floyd, a brother of George Floyd, says he's testifying to Congress because he wants his brother's death to be "more than another name" on a growing list of those killed during i...

Jun 10, 2020

HBO Max removes 'Gone With the Wind,' will add context

NEW YORK - HBO Max has temporarily removed "Gone With the Wind" from its streaming library in order to add historical context to the 1939 film long criticized for romanticizing slavery and the Civil W...

Jun 10, 2020

London mayor seeks answers over Taser use on rapper's father

London's mayor has called for an urgent investigation after rapper Wretch 32 released a video of his father being tasered in his home by a British police officer. The 36-second clip posted late Tuesda...

Jun 10, 2020

Sweden halts probe into 1986 murder of PM Olof Palme

STOCKHOLM - Sweden on Wednesday dropped its investigation into the unsolved murder of former Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, who was shot dead 34 years ago in downtown Stockholm, saying that decisi...

Jun 10, 2020

'Cops,' on air for 33 seasons, dropped by Paramount Network

LOS ANGELES - After 33 seasons on the air, "Cops" has been dropped by the Paramount Network as protests against police proliferate around the world. "Cops is not on the Paramount Network and we don't ...

Jun 10, 2020

US consumer prices fall 0.1% in May, third straight drop

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer prices dropped in May for the third straight month as the coronavirus pandemic pushed the American economy into a recession. The Labor Department said Wednesday that its con...

Jun 10, 2020

Virus pummels global economy, jobs - even without 2nd wave

PARIS - The virus crisis has triggered the worst global recession in nearly a century -- and the pain is not over yet even if there is no second wave of infections, an international economic report wa...

Jun 10, 2020