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OREGON CITY JOINS OTHERS IN CURBING TEAR GAS, POLICE TACTICS

Portland, Oregon, Mayor Ted Wheeler on Saturday ordered the city's police to stop using a common type of tear gas except as a last...

FOR RIOT-DAMAGED TWIN CITIES BUSINESSES, REBUILDING BEGINS WITH DONATIONS, PRESSURE ON GOVERNMENT

Business owners assess damages, physical and emotional.

LINGERING CRISES SPARK CHALLENGES TO GOV. TIM WALZ'S EMERGENCY POWERS

Challenges mount to the governor's sweeping power.

PHILADELPHIA EDITOR RESIGNS OVER 'BUILDINGS MATTER' HEADLINE

The Philadelphia Inquirer's top editor is resigning after an uproar over a headline lamenting damage to businesses amid turbulent protests...

LARGE CROWDS MARCH ACROSS CALIFORNIA FOR GEORGE FLOYD

Thousands of demonstrators filled the streets in San Francisco, Sacramento, Simi Valley, San Diego, Los Angeles and elsewhere across...

ZUCKERBERG-FUNDED SCIENTISTS: REIN IN TRUMP ON FACEBOOK

Dozens of scientists doing research funded by Mark Zuckerberg say Facebook should not be letting President Donald Trump use of the...

SEN. RAND PAUL HOLDS UP ANTI-LYNCHING LEGISLATION

OPEC, ALLIED NATIONS EXTEND NEARLY 10M BARREL CUT BY A MONTH

OPEC and allied nations agreed Saturday to extend a production cut of nearly 10 million barrels of oil a day through the end of July,...

LINGERING CRISES SPARK CHALLENGES TO WALZ'S EMERGENCY POWERS

Challenges mount to the governor's sweeping power.

THERE'S NO REOPEN TEMPLATE SO THE ADVICE IS: FOLLOW THE 4 C'S

Avoid contact, confinement and crowds. And make realistic choices.

JUDGE SIDES WITH TRIBE IN LAWSUIT OVER RESERVATION STATUS

HOSPITALIZATIONS DROP AS MINNESOTA EASES SOME RESTRICTIONS

Minnesota health officials on Saturday confirmed 531 new cases of the coronavirus and 22 additional deaths, although there are more...

HOW MESSAGING TECHNOLOGY IS HELPING TO FUEL GLOBAL PROTESTS

US OUTLINES $4.6B PLAN TO PROTECT MIAMI FROM CLIMATE IMPACTS

The federal government is proposing a $4.6 billion plan to protect the low-lying Miami area from the effects of climate change, including...

MILWAUKEE POLICE CHIEF: VIOENCE AGAINST OFFICERS MUST STOP

Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales said Friday he's tired of people using the George Floyd protest to cause destruction and emphasized...

VIRUS EXPOSES SHARP ECONOMIC DIVIDE: COLLEGE VS. NON-COLLEGE

For an American workforce under continuing threat from the coronavirus, the best protection might just be a college degree.

SCHOOL ESTABLISHES SCHOLARSHIP FOR 2 MEN KILLED BY POLICE

A historically black school in Alabama is establishing a scholarship to honor two black men who were killed by police.

AMID VIRUS, US STUDENTS LOOK TO COLLEGES CLOSER TO HOME

CORONAVIRUS DISRUPTS GLOBAL FIGHT TO SAVE ENDANGERED SPECIES

Biologist Carlos Ruiz has spent a quarter-century working to save golden lion tamarins, the charismatic long-maned monkeys native to...

MORTGAGE RATES COULD STAY LOW FOR WEEKS, MONTHS - BUT THERE'S A CATCH

Many bargain rates will be available mainly to borrowers with good credit, proof of income and enough equity built up in their homes.