Kenosha officials reject damage claim sought by Jacob Blake

Officials in Kenosha, Wisconsin, have denied a claim for damages from Jacob Blake Jr. The Black man was paralyzed when he was shot by a white police officer last summer

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Tennessee activist charged in traffic cone toss into truck

A Tennessee prosecutor has filed charges of reckless endangerment against a Black protester accused of throwing a traffic cone into the driver’s side window of a pickup truck in downtown Nashville last summer during a protest against racial injustice

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Police killings, other racial injustice cases pending in US

Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin’s sentencing in George Floyd’s death will hardly be the last word in the case, with federal civil rights charges still pending, appeals expected and three more officers facing trial

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Preliminary hearing set in Wisconsin bar shooting

A judge has set a preliminary hearing for a Wisconsin man charged with killing three people and wounding three others in a shooting at a crowded bar

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Key events since George Floyd's arrest and death

George Floyd's death after his arrest by police officers in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, sparked widespread anger after millions of people saw video of the event

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Iowa county shifts eponym from slave-owning VP to Black dean

Iowa’s most liberal county is no longer named for a slave-owning U.S. vice president and instead will honor a trailblazing local Black academic

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Pacific Northwest braces for record-breaking heat wave

Record-high heat is forecast in the Pacific Northwest this weekend, raising concerns about wildfires and the health of people in a region where many don’t have air conditioning

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Uber pays $3.4M for Seattle gig worker leave law violations

Uber has agreed to pay more than $3.4 million to 15,000 drivers after acknowledging violations of Seattle’s pioneering paid sick leave law covering gig workers

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AP Photos: Chauvin sentencing caps tumult since Floyd death

More than a year of tumult that followed George Floyd’s death under Derek Chauvin’s knee culminates Friday when the former Minneapolis police officer hears his sentence for murder

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A look at high-profile cases over killings by US police

It’s been rare to charge police with crimes in the death of civilians, and winning a conviction is harder in part because juries are often reluctant to second guess an officer’s split-second decisions

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Seattle man pleads not guilty to trying to join ISIS

A 20-year-old Seattle man has pleaded not guilty to a federal charge that he tried to join the Islamic State group

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Towson University removes slave owners’ names from buildings

Towson University has decided to remove the names of slave owners from two dormitories following a vote by the University System of Maryland board of regents allowing the school to rename them

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Man gets year in prison for buying endangered animal parts

A Florida man has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for buying parts of dead endangered animals

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