Author Archives: Associated Press

HOUSTON (AP) - Hundreds of mourners lined up outside a church in George Floyd's native Houston for a final public viewing Monday as his death two weeks ago at the hands of police continued spurring pr...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand appears to have completely eradicated the coronavirus - at least for now - after health officials said Monday the last known infected person had recovered. The an...

A person with knowledge of the situation says the NBA's Board of Governors has approved a 22-team format for restarting the league season in late July at the Disney campus near Orlando, Fla. The forma...

NEW ORLEANS - Drew Brees apologized Thursday for comments that were "insensitive and completely missed the mark" when he reiterated his opposition to Colin Kaepernick's kneeling during the national an...

MINNEAPOLIS - Mourners converged in Minneapolis on Thursday for the first in a series of a memorials to George Floyd, whose death at the hands of police has sparked turbulent protests around the world...

MINNEAPOLIS - Prosecutors on Wednesday expanded their case against the police who were at the scene of George Floyd's death, charging three of the officers with aiding and abetting a murder and upgrad...

WASHINGTON - American cities erupted in violence and destruction in a seventh straight night of unrest, with several police officers shot or run over, amid boasts and threats from President Donald Tru...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - An autopsy commissioned for George Floyd's family found that he died of asphyxiation due to neck and back compression when a Minneapolis police officer held his knee on Floyd's neck...

NEW YORK - Cities around the U.S. braced for another round of violent protests Monday while struggling to keep police in line and prevent the kind of heavy-handed tactics that contributed to the unres...

WASHINGTON (AP) - After six straight days of unrest, America headed into a new work week Monday with neighbourhoods in shambles, urban streets on lockdown and political leaders struggling to control t...