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4 Minneapolis police officers fired after death of black manVideo
MINNEAPOLIS — Four Minneapolis officers involved in the arrest of a black man who died in police custody were fired Tuesday, hours after a bystander’s video showed an officer kneeling on the handcuffed man’s neck, even after he pleaded that he could not breathe and stopped moving. Mayor Jacob Frey...
State police: 2-year-old fatally shot at Pennsylvania home
EAST PENN — A 2-year-old boy was shot and killed at a Pennsylvania home, authorities said. The shooting occurred Sunday afternoon in East Penn, according to state police in Carbon County. The child was taken to a hospital but died there a short time later. No other injuries were reported...
New Jersey man dies after shooting at Pennsylvania hotel
FALLS — A New Jersey man who was shot during a disturbance at a hotel in Pennsylvania has died from his wounds, authorities said. When Falls police responded to the hotel around 1 a.m. Sunday for reports of shots fired, they encountered a large number of people trying to leave...
Minister quits U.K. government over aide’s lockdown breachVideo
LONDON — A junior British government minister quit on Tuesday over Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s failure to fire his top aide for allegedly breaching coronavirus lockdown rules. Johnson has stood by Dominic Cummings over his decision to drive 250 miles to his parents’ house at the end of March, despite...
Worker shortage concerns loom in immigrant-heavy meatpackingVideo
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — When Martha Kebede’s adult sons immigrated from Ethiopia and reunited with her in South Dakota this year, they had few work opportunities. Lacking English skills, the brothers took jobs at Smithfield Foods’ Sioux Falls pork plant, grueling and increasingly risky work as the coronavirus sickened thousands...
Jimmy Cobb, ‘Kind of Blue’ drummer for Miles Davis, diesVideo
Jimmy Cobb, a percussionist and the last surviving member of Miles Davis’ 1959 “Kind of Blue” groundbreaking jazz album which transformed the genre and sparked several careers, died Sunday. His wife, Eleana Tee Cobb, announced on Facebook that her husband died at his New York City home from lung cancer....
Ex-Pirates infielder Jung Ho Kang banned 1 year by Korean leagueVideo
SEOUL, South Korea — The Korean Baseball Organization suspended ex-Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Jung Ho Kang for a year and ordered him to perform 300 hours of community service over a series drunk driving cases. South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported Monday the suspension for Kang, who last week filed to...
Brazil travel ban set to start on Tuesday
WASHINGTON — A ban on foreign travelers arriving in the United States from Brazil due to the surge in coronavirus cases there will now take effect late Tuesday, two days earlier than previously announced. The ban had been set to go into effect late Thursday. The White House announced the...
Now 47, Colon still hoping to pitch again in major leaguesVideo
NEW YORK — Bartolo Colon refuses to entertain the idea of retirement. It doesn’t matter that he didn’t pitch in 2019 and that on Sunday he turned 47. He craves one more shot in the majors. “I’m not retired. That’s not in my mind,” Colon told the Associated Press in...
Penn Hills grad George Karl feeling healthy, has a podcast, won’t rule out coaching againVideo
DENVER — Truth: George Karl hasn’t felt this healthy in 15, maybe even 20 years. He is playing plenty of golf, bike riding and finding time for yoga. Basketball: The longtime NBA coach and Penn Hills graduate who has fought cancer three times is keeping the door open for getting...
Charity running events become difficult during coronavirus pandemicVideo
It wasn’t exactly the finish line Ali Riecke had in mind. The 27-year-old envisioned something more tropical when she signed up to participate in her second “Run Across Haiti,” an ambitious eight-day, 200-mile tour of the impoverished Caribbean nation sponsored by the nonprofit organization WORK. Instead of celebrating with more...
Three members of Denny Hamlin’s crew suspended by NASCARVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR on Monday suspended three critical crew members for Denny Hamlin’s team because a piece of tungsten fell off his car on the pace lap before the Coca-Cola 600. The tungsten is required to meet minimum weight requirements on the car, and the NASCAR rule book states...
NASA astronauts go back to the future with capsule launch
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — It’s back to the future as NASA astronauts launch again from the U.S. — aboard a retro-style “Right Stuff” capsule. Make no mistake: This is not your father’s — or grandfather’s — capsule. SpaceX’s Dragon crew capsule outshines NASA’s old Apollo spacecraft in virtually every way....
Ohio’s covid-19 death toll nears 2,000, university students warned
COLUMBUS — The number of confirmed and probable deaths associated with the coronavirus in Ohio is nearing 2,000 total. The Ohio Department of Health said Monday afternoon there have been 1,987 coronavirus-related deaths., an increase of 18 reported in the previous 24 hours. The state health department also reported 32,477...
U.N. virus therapy trial pauses hydroxychloroquine testing because of safety concerns
GENEVA — The World Health Organization said Monday that it will temporarily drop hydroxychloroquine — the anti-malarial drug President Trump says he is taking — from its global study into experimental covid-19 treatments, saying that its experts need to review all available evidence to date. In a press briefing, WHO...
Venezuela celebrates docking of Iranian tanker carrying gasoline
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan authorities celebrated Monday as the first of five Iranian tankers loaded with gasoline docked in the South American country, delivering badly needed fuel to the crisis-stricken nation that sits atop the world’s largest oil reserves. The gasoline shipments are arriving in defiance of stiff sanctions by...
In Bolsonaro’s Brazil, everyone else is to blame for coronavirusVideo
RIO DE JANEIRO — With Brazil emerging as one of the world’s most infected countries, President Jair Bolsonaro is deflecting all responsibility for the coronavirus crisis, casting blame on mayors, governors, an outgoing health minister and the media. By contrast, he portrays himself as a clear-eyed crusader willing to defend...
Queen’s Brian May reveals recent heart attack, says he’s good nowVideo
LONDON — Queen guitarist Brian May says he recently had three stents put in after experiencing “a small heart attack.” May said Monday in an Instagram video that the stents were put in after his doctor drove him to a hospital after he starting feeling the symptoms of a heart...
Biden makes 1st in-person appearance in more than 2 monthsVideo
NEW CASTLE, Del. — Joe Biden made his first in-person appearance in more than two months on Monday as he marked Memorial Day by laying a wreath at a veterans park near his Delaware home. Since abruptly canceling a March 10 rally in Cleveland at the onset of the coronavirus...
Efforts underway to get food from U.S. farms to needy
OMAHA, Neb. — As food banks have struggled to meet soaring demand from people suddenly out of work because of the coronavirus pandemic, it has been especially troubling to see farmers have to bury produce, dump milk and euthanize hogs. Now some states are providing more money to help pay...
Car struck by truck at intersection, killing 2 near Gettysburg
GETTYSBURG — Two people were killed when their car was struck by a truck at an intersection in central Pennsylvania over the Memorial Day weekend, authorities said. State police in Adams County say the car was heading north when it was hit by the westbound truck in Union Township just...
Japanese baseball season to start June 19 without fans
TOKYO — Japan’s professional baseball season will open on June 19 under a plan that excludes fans. League commissioner Atsushi Saito made the announcement on Monday after an online meeting with representatives of the league’s 12 teams. “I hope we can provide some guidance for sports other than professional baseball,”...
Woman taken hostage by Connecticut murder suspect found safe
A woman who said she was abducted by a college student suspected of killing two people in Connecticut has been found safe in New Jersey, police said Monday. The 23-year-old woman, whose boyfriend was found shot to death Sunday at a home in Derby, Conn., was located at a rest...
Keselowski wins Coca-Cola 600 in overtime
CONCORD, N.C. — Brad Keselowski, in a contract year and trying to up his value in free agency, gave Roger Penske a victory on what should have been the most celebrated day in motorsports but was instead just a 6-plus hour NASCAR show. Keselowski extended Jimmie Johnson’s losing streak to...
White House goal on testing nursing homes unmet
RICHMOND, Va. — Nearly two weeks ago the White House urged governors to ensure that every nursing home resident and staff member be tested for the coronavirus within 14 days. It’s not going to happen. A review by The Associated Press found that at least half of the states are...
