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Floyd family attorney Ben Crump, left, asked all to clasp hands during a press conference to announce a $27 million civil lawsuit settlement between the Floyd family and the City of Minneapolis Friday, March 12, 2021, in Minneapolis. Standing next to Crump is Brandon Williams, Floyd's nephew, left to right, Philonise Floyd, Rodney Floyd, both George Floyd's brothers, Lisa Bender, Minneapolis city council president, and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. (David Joles/Star Tribune via AP)
Floyd's family takes its seat in ex-officer's murder trial

By Steve Karnowski Apr. 06, 2021 12:47 PM EDT

Law enforcement officials confer outside a massage parlor following a shooting on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, in Atlanta. Shootings at two massage parlors in Atlanta and one in the suburbs have left multiple people dead, many of them women of Asian descent, authorities said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Public reaction to killings at Atlanta-area massage parlors

By The Associated Press Mar. 17, 2021 05:04 PM EDT

Signs reading "Justice for Andre'" and "Justice for Casey," in reference to Andre' Hill and Casey Goodson Jr., both Black men killed at the hands of law enforcement in Columbus, sit outside the First Church of God before the funeral of Andre Hill on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 in Columbus, Ohio. Hill, a 47-year-old Black man, was shot and killed by Columbus Division of Police Officer Adam Coy in the early morning of Dec. 22, 2020 after officers responded to a non-emergency call in the area. (Joshua A. Bickel/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)
Sharpton: Firing officer who killed Andre Hill is not enough

By Farnoush Amiri And Andrew Welsh-Huggins Jan. 05, 2021 12:54 PM EST

Andre Hill, fatally shot by Columbus police on Dec. 22, is memorialized on a shirt worn by his daughter, Karissa Hill, on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, in Columbus, Ohio. Karissa Hill said she considered her father an “everything man” because he did so many things. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)
Andre Hill's loved ones mourn loss of 'a chess-playing mind'

By Farnoush Amiri And Andrew Welsh-Huggins Jan. 01, 2021 10:08 AM EST

President-elect Joe Biden listens as his Secretary of State nominee Tony Blinken speaks at The Queen theater, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
The Latest: Biden announces Buttigieg as transportation pick

Dec. 15, 2020 07:32 AM EST

FILE - In this April 22, 2019, file photo, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel waves as he arrives at a news conference outside of the south air traffic control tower at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
AP source: Emanuel's Cabinet prospects increasingly unlikely

By Michael Balsamo And Aamer Madhani Dec. 10, 2020 11:22 AM EST

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2015, photo, U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. Lloyd Austin III, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Biden will nominate retired four-star Army general Lloyd J. Austin to be secretary of defense. That's according to three people familiar with the decision who spoke on condition of anonymity because the selection hadn't been formally announced. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
AP sources: Biden picks Lloyd Austin as secretary of defense

By Robert Burns, Michael Balsamo, Jonathan Lemire And Zeke Miller Dec. 08, 2020 12:33 AM EST

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2015, photo, U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. Lloyd Austin III, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Biden will nominate retired four-star Army general Lloyd J. Austin to be secretary of defense. That's according to three people familiar with the decision who spoke on condition of anonymity because the selection hadn't been formally announced. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
AP sources: Biden picks Lloyd Austin as secretary of defense

By Robert Burns, Michael Balsamo, Jonathan Lemire And Zeke Miller Dec. 07, 2020 09:24 PM EST

FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020 file photo, Raphael Warnock, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate speaks during a campaign rally in Marietta, Ga. Black clergy leaders, including the Rev. Warnock, are joining forces with the United Way of New York City for a new initiative designed to combat the coronavirus’ outsized toll on Black Americans through testing, contact tracing and treatment management. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
Black clergy, United Way to launch anti-coronavirus effort

By Elana Schor Nov. 22, 2020 09:00 AM EST

Omari Barksdale is shown in Detroit, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. As millions of Americans cast their ballots in the final days before the election, a convergence of three unprecedented, simultaneous national crises has led many to believe this presidential election is a referendum on race relations in America. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Election emerges as referendum on race relations in America

By Kat Stafford Oct. 30, 2020 12:44 AM EDT

Omari Barksdale is shown in Detroit, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. As millions of Americans cast their ballots in the final days before the election, a convergence of three unprecedented, simultaneous national crises has led many to believe this presidential election is a referendum on race relations in America. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Election emerges as referendum on race relations in America

By Kat Stafford Oct. 30, 2020 12:41 AM EDT

Demonstrators rally at Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, Friday Aug. 28, 2020, on the 57th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
'How dare we not vote?' Black voters organize after DC march

By Kat Stafford Aug. 29, 2020 01:21 PM EDT

People attend the March on Washington, Friday Aug. 28, 2020, in Washington, on the 57th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
At D.C. march, families decry 'two systems of justice'

By Aaron Morrison, Kat Stafford And Ashraf Khalil Aug. 28, 2020 10:12 AM EDT

Protestors rally, Thursday night, Aug. 27, 2020, in Washington. President Donald Trump is set to deliver his acceptance speech later Thursday night from the nearby White House South Lawn.. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Protesters try to drown out Trump speech, yell at Sen. Paul

By Ashraf Khalil Aug. 27, 2020 10:01 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

In this Aug. 5, 2020, file photo, The Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee. Joe Biden is poised to unveil his vision for the modern-day Democratic Party in the first presidential nominating convention of the coronavirus era next week. The all-virtual affair will test the former vice president’s ability to overcome unprecedented logistical challenges in an urgent mission to energize his sprawling coalition. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)
Democrats tested in first party convention of pandemic era

By Steve Peoples And Bill Barrow Aug. 14, 2020 12:43 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 9, 2020 file photo, the Rev. Al Sharpton speaks during the funeral for George Floyd at The Fountain of Praise church in Houston. A national commemoration of the 1963 civil rights March on Washington is being reconfigured to comply with coronavirus protocols in the District of Columbia. This comes amid widespread protests and unrest over the police killings of Black Americans. Although many marchers will arrive via charter buses from surrounding communities on Aug. 28, the Rev. Al Sharpton will ask others to join satellite marches in states that are considered hot spots for COVID-19. (Godofredo A. Vásquez/Houston Chronicle via AP, Pool)
March on Washington reconfigured to comply with virus rules

By Aaron Morrison And Ashraf Khalil Aug. 11, 2020 10:19 AM EDT

President Donald Trump pauses as he speaks during an event on regulatory reform on the South Lawn of the White House, Thursday, July 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Trump not ready to commit to election results if he loses

By Aamer Madhani, Colleen Long And Will Weissert Jul. 19, 2020 10:31 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 24, 2020, file photo, Antonio Mingo, right, holds his fists in the air as demonstrators protest in front of a police line on a section of 16th Street that's been renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza, in Washington. Thousands of Black activists from across the U.S. will hold the 2020 Black National Convention on Aug. 28, 2020, via livestream to produce a new political agenda that builds on the protests that followed George Floyd’s death. Organizers of the gathering shared their plans with The Associated Press on Wednesday, July 1, ahead of an official announcement. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Movement for Black Lives plans virtual national convention

By Aaron Morrison Jul. 01, 2020 01:16 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: New York

By The Associated Press Jun. 25, 2020 01:13 PM EDT
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from New York’s newspapers: Some Republicans Aren’t in Denial About the Virus. Trump...