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Fewer 2020 traffic stops in Missouri, but disparity remains

By Jim Salter Jun. 01, 2021 04:17 PM EDT
O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Traffic stops and arrests resulting from those stops declined sharply in Missouri last year due in large part to the COVID-19 pandemic,...

FILE -In this March 23, 2019 file photo, a marcher holds up his fist while staring at police lined up in front of PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh during a protest after a former suburban police officer was acquitted of a homicide charge in the on-duty shooting death of Antwon Rose II in East Pittsburgh. In a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom, many current and retired officers spent the year criticizing chiefs that took a knee or officers who marched with Black Lives Matter protesters, who they called “terrorists” or “thugs.” (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Transphobia, hostility about protesters in private cop group

By Claudia Lauer And Thalia Beaty Mar. 22, 2021 08:23 AM EDT

Mount Pleasant Township Police Chief Lou McQuillan returns to his office at the municipal building in Hickory, Pa., on Monday, March 15, 2021. McQuillan, who recently announced he is running for a vacant magisterial district judge post, was listed as one of four administrators of a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom. Many current and retired officers who are in the group spent the year criticizing chiefs that took a knee or officers who marched with Black Lives Matter protesters, who they called “terrorists,” or “thugs.” (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Transphobia, hostility about protesters in private cop group

By Claudia Lauer And Thalia Beaty Mar. 22, 2021 07:53 AM EDT

Alderwoman Cara Spencer speaks at a gathering with community members and STL Not for Sale on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, in St. Louis. Spencer is one of four candidates seeking to replace retiring St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson. (Chris Kohley/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

Mayoral candidates agree: St. Louis must tame the violence

By Jim Salter Mar. 01, 2021 02:17 PM EST

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2020 file photo, a woman kneels on the ground outside the University of Chicago Medicine's Comer Children's Hospital where an 8-year-old girl was taken after being killed in a shooting that wounded three others in Chicago. A new study released Monday, FEB. 1, 2021, by the National Commission on COVID-19 and Criminal Justice and Arnold Ventures looked at 34 U.S. cities and found a 30% spike in killings in 2020 compared to 2019. The study said the coronavirus pandemic and the racial injustice protests that followed George Floyd's death were factors. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune via AP, File)

Study: Killings surge in 2020; pandemic, protests play roles

By Jim Salter Feb. 01, 2021 05:01 PM EST

Today in History

By The Associated Press Jan. 27, 2021 12:00 AM EST
Today in History Today is Wednesday, Jan. 27, the 27th day of 2021. There are 338 days left in the year. Today’s...

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, file photo, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, right, of Los Angeles, with Bishop Michael F. Burbidge, left, of Arlington, Va., and Cardinal Joseph William Tobin, of Newark, N.J., exits a news conference after being elected president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops during their Fall General Assembly in Baltimore. On Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, Gomez addressed an online national meeting of bishops. During the previous week, Gomez congratulated Joe Biden on his presidential election victory. Now, Gomez is sounding a different tone, saying some of Biden’s policy positions, including support for abortion rights, pose a “difficult and complex situation” for the church. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark, File)

Leader of US Catholic bishops: Biden's stances pose dilemma

By David Crary Nov. 17, 2020 06:34 PM EST

La Tanya Autry, a curatorial fellow at The Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, poses outside of the museum in Cleveland on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020. Museums are being called on to examine what's on their walls amid a national reckoning on racism. Among 18 major U.S. museums, 85% of artists featured are white, while 87% are men, according to a 2019 study conducted at Williams College. Autry helped start an initiative called Museums Are Not Neutral. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Museums face calls to better represent people of color

By Christine Fernando Nov. 06, 2020 10:09 AM EST

FILE - In this June 24, 2019, file photo, Black Lives Matter co-founder Opal Tometi attends the premiere of the ShowTime limited series "The Loudest Voice" at the Paris Theatre in New York. Several years since its founding, BLM has evolved well beyond the initial aspirations of its early supporters. Tometi was one of the three women who founded BLM. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Black Lives Matter faces test of its influence in election

By Aaron Morrison Oct. 31, 2020 10:22 AM EDT

Police Chief Medaria Arradondo speaks during a press conference to announce the Justice Department has put $3 million toward the creation of a national center to help law enforcement agencies prevent the use of excessive force at the Federal Courthouse, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020, in Minneapolis. Chief Arradondo says he's grateful for the offer and hopes city leaders will take advantage of it. (Renee Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP)

DOJ announces center to help cops, offers aid to Minneapolis

By Steve Karnowski And Amy Forliti Oct. 20, 2020 01:21 PM EDT

The Rev. Al Sharpton listens during an interview at his office, Thursday, July 30, 2020, in New York. For more than three decades, Sharpton, 65, has been an advocate for Black American families seeking justice in the wake of violence that highlight systemic racism. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Decades later, Sharpton still insists: No justice, no peace

By Aaron Morrison Aug. 26, 2020 10:41 AM EDT

Kenosha Mayor John Antaramian, right, speaks to protesters using a megaphone, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis. Kenosha police shot a man Sunday evening, setting off unrest in the city after a video appeared to show the officer firing several shots at close range into the man's back. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Kenosha delayed body cameras for years before Blake shooting

By Ryan J. Foley Aug. 24, 2020 11:44 PM EDT

House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., stands during a House Select Subcommittee hearing on the Coronavirus, Friday, July 31, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Erin Scott/Pool via AP)

AP Interview: Clyburn warns US lacks plan to stop virus

By Lisa Mascaro And Padmananda Rama Aug. 05, 2020 09:04 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 19, 2020, file photo, people demonstrate in Chicago, to mark Juneteenth. A national coalition of labor unions, along with racial and social justice organizations, will stage a mass walkout from work July 20, as part of an ongoing reckoning on systemic racism and police brutality in the U.S. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

AP Exclusive: 'Strike for Black Lives' to highlight racism

By Aaron Morrison Jul. 08, 2020 01:41 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup:

By The Associated Press Jul. 07, 2020 10:00 AM EDT
South Bend Tribune. July 2, 2020. St. Joseph County health officials make the right call on masks This week, in the...