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Cummings Wrote Of 'Pure Pain' From Trump Tweets On Baltimore
The late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings felt pure pain from President Donald Trumps tweets about Baltimore, and the Maryland Democrat wrote I could feel the attack to my core, in a memoir that is being published posthumously.
Feds Explored Possibly Charging Portland Officials In Unrest
The Justice Department explored whether it could pursue either criminal or civil rights charges against city officials in Portland, Oregon after clashes erupted there night after night between law enforcement and demonstrators, a department spokesperson s...
French Prime Minister Targeted By Lawsuit Over Virus Policy
A group of COVID19 survivors and patients' families is suing French Prime Minister Jean Castex, accusing him of potentially dangerous and contradictory management of the virus crisis even as infections have multiplied in recent weeks.
South Africans Pay Tribute To Former Mandela Lawyer Bizos
South African gathered Thursday to pay tribute to lawyer George Bizos, who represented antiapartheid leaders including Nelson Mandela in their legal battles against the government during racist white rule.
WHO Says More Than 170 Countries Have Joined COVAX Vaccine Facility
More than 170 countries have joined the World Health Organisation's COVAX global vaccine plan to help buy and distribute immunisation shots for COVID19 fairly around the world, the body's director general said.
Outgoing US Ambassador To China To Help Republican Campaigns
Outgoing U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad said he will help out Republicans campaigning in his native Iowa after returning home next month.
New Evidence Key To Charges In Nebraska Protester's Death
This week's decision to charge a white bar owner who fatally shot a Black man during a chaotic night of protests in downtown Omaha months after the shooting was deemed selfdefense highlights how difficult it can be to sort out these cases.
With Quiet Humanity, Chloe Zhao's 'Nomadland' Makes Noise
Whats it like to be an international film festival sensation without hardly leaving your home? Like most things during the pandemic, its surreal.
Trop Boss Makes 4 Of 9 Atlantic City Casinos Run By Women
Four of Atlantic City's nine casinos will be run by women, following Wednesday's appointment of a veteran female executive to run the Tropicana.
Polish Government Under Fire Over Draft Animal Welfare Law
Polands governing conservative party has come under fire from its coalition partners and the opposition alike over a draft law that would ban fur farms and the use of animals in shows and circuses, and restrict the ritual slaughter of livestock.
Rochester Cops Clear Daniel Prude Protesters From City Hall
Rochester police began dispersing demonstrators from City Hall Wednesday morning as protests over the suffocation death of Daniel Prude continued.
Appeals Court Commutes Death Sentence Of Texas Inmate
Texas highest criminal court on Wednesday commuted the death sentence of a Mexican man after agreeing with findings that he was ineligible to be executed because of an intellectual disability.
Trump Urges Republicans To Go For "HigHer Numbers" On Coronavirus Relief
President Donald Trump urged his fellow Republicans Wednesday to go for "much higher numbers" in a coronavirus aid bill, as a stalemate continued in Washington over whether to approve more economic relief from the crisis ahead of Nov. 3 elections.
Hurricane Sally Sweeps U.S. Gulf Coast With Massive Floods
Hurricane Sally slammed the U.S. Gulf Coast with high winds and heavy rains on Wednesday, turning coastal towns into lakes in the latest in a busy season of dangerous storms in the United States.
U.N. Investigators Say Maduro Told Venezuelan Intelligence "Who To Target"
United Nations human rights investigators said on Wednesday they had reason to believe that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro ordered the director of the national intelligence service SEBIN to detain opponents without judicial order.
Israeli Minor Gets 3 1/2 Years For Role In Deadly 2015 Arson
An Israeli court sentenced a young man on Wednesday to 3 1/2 years in prison for his role in the 2015 arson attack that killed a Palestinian toddler and his parents in the West Bank village of Duma.