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Jennifer Starr Dodd, center, and other supporters react to the sentencing of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, Friday, June 25, 2021, at George Floyd Square where Floyd was killed, in Minneapolis. Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Chauvin gets 22 1/2 years in prison for George Floyd's death

By Amy Forliti And Steve Karnowski Jun. 25, 2021 03:40 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Jun. 23, 2021 05:06 PM EDT
South Florida Sun Sentinel. June 18, 2021. Editorial: Florida election supervisors must keep asking hard questions ...

FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2020, file photo, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, right, addresses reporters outside the Hennepin County Family Justice Center in Minneapolis. Ellison resisted calls for weeks to take over the prosecution of the white suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot Black motorist Daunte Wright. He finally did so last week after one county prosecutor quit the case and a second asked him to step in. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)
In Minnesota, move to sidestep locals in prosecuting police

By Steve Karnowski And Amy Forliti May. 26, 2021 02:17 PM EDT

The family of George Floyd salutes Daunte Wright during his funeral services at Shiloh Temple International Ministries in Minneapolis, Thursday, April 22, 2021. Wright, 20, was fatally shot by a Brooklyn Center, Minn., police officer during a traffic stop. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, Pool)
Sharpton decries 'stench of racism' in Daunte Wright's death

By Aaron Morrison, Tim Sullivan And Tammy Webber Apr. 22, 2021 01:29 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Minnesota

By The Associated Press Apr. 21, 2021 01:12 AM EDT
St. Cloud Times. April 16, 2021. Editorial: We can’t let this happen again Last week, as the world had its eyes on...

FILE - Naomi Osaka, of Japan, wears a protective mask due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak, featuring the name "George Floyd", while arriving on court to face Shelby Rogers, of the United States, during the quarterfinal round of the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York, in this Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, file photo. In a most unusual year already thrown into chaos by the coronavirus pandemic, many athletes took unprecedented steps when a nationwide reckoning on race spilled into the streets of American cities after the killing of Floyd, a Black man, while in Minneapolis police custody. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
Athletes act: Stars rise up against racial injustice in 2020

By Cliff Brunt Dec. 29, 2020 01:41 PM EST

FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2020, file photo, Naomi Osaka, of Japan, holds up the championship trophy after defeating Victoria Azarenka, of Belarus, in the women's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York. Osaka has been selected by The Associated Press as the Female Athlete of the Year.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Activist, champion: Naomi Osaka is AP Female Athlete of Year

By Howard Fendrich Dec. 27, 2020 11:43 AM EST

Naomi Osaka, of Japan, adjusts her mask after defeating Jennifer Brady, of the United States, during a semifinal match of the US Open tennis championships, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Analysis: Naomi Osaka is poised to lead tennis on, off court

By Howard Fendrich Sep. 13, 2020 03:16 PM EDT

Naomi Osaka, of Japan, holds up the championship trophy after defeating Victoria Azarenka, of Belarus, in the women's singles final of the US Open tennis championships, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Naomi Osaka comes back, beats Azarenka for 2nd US Open title

By Howard Fendrich Sep. 12, 2020 06:18 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Aug. 26, 2020 05:18 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Aug. 26 The Milwaukee Journal...

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 21, 2020 file photo, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz provides an update in St. Paul, Minn., on the state's plan to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities. Walz is expected to sign a police accountability bill into law Thursday, July 23 that includes a ban on neck restraints like the one that was used on George Floyd before his death in Minneapolis. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP, File)
Minnesota governor signs police accountability bill into law

By Mohamed Ibrahim Jul. 23, 2020 02:19 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials

By The Associated Press Jul. 13, 2020 10:00 AM EDT
Minneapolis Star Tribune, July 10 Maya Moore is a hero on (and in) the court Lynx star’s social justice assist...

Rev. Dr. Bernice A. King, CEO of The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, speaks while the Rev. Raphael G. Warnock, Ph.D. Senior Pastor, Ebenezer Baptist Church, looks on, at Rayshard Brooks funeral in Ebenezer Baptist Church on Tuesday, June 23, 2020 in Atlanta. Brooks, 27, was shot twice in the back June 12 by Officer Garrett Rolfe after a struggle that erupted when police tried to handcuff him for being intoxicated behind the wheel of his car at a Wendy's drive-thru. Video showed Brooks snatching a police Taser and firing it at Brooks while running away. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool)
Crowds mourn Rayshard Brooks at storied Atlanta church

By Kate Brumback Jun. 23, 2020 02:14 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 23, 2019, file photo, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison speaks at a news conference at the state Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. Taking over as lead prosecutor in George Floyd's death is giving Ellison a national platform to talk about race in America. And while Ellison is careful not to talk about details of the criminal cases against four Minneapolis police officers, he's grabbing the opportunity to raise issues about police reform that he's worked on in the past. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski File)
For Ellison, Floyd case brings pressure -- and opportunity

By Kathleen Hennessey Jun. 11, 2020 11:38 PM EDT

Esther Newman, of Washington, holds a sign as she joins protesters Sunday, June 7, 2020, near the White House in Washington over the death of George Floyd, who died May 25 after being restrained by police in Minneapolis(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
The Latest: George Floyd to be buried Tuesday in Houston

By The Associated Press Jun. 08, 2020 05:34 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press Jun. 01, 2020 04:27 PM EDT
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Ohio newspapers: Fixing our broken country will require all of us ...

Members of the Shiloh Christian Center pray, sing and speak in tounges on the "With God All Things Are Possible" seal on the west lawn of the Ohio Statehouse as protesters gather at the Ohio Statehouse for a peaceful Sunday, May 31, 2020 protest over the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25. (Doral Chenoweth/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)
Officials see extremist groups, disinformation in protests

By Colleen Long, Zeke Miller And Michael Balsamo Jun. 01, 2020 01:29 AM EDT

Protesters hold signs during a demonstration against the Israeli police after border police officers shot and killed Iyad al-Halak, an unarmed autistic Palestinian man, in the mixed Arab Jewish city of Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, Israel, after saying they suspected he was carrying a weapon, Sunday, May 31, 2020. Protesters gathered to protest the killing of al-Halak in Jerusalem and the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Officials see extremist groups, disinformation in protests

By Colleen Long, Zeke Miller And Michael Balsamo May. 31, 2020 05:18 PM EDT

Protestors demonstrate outside of a burning Minneapolis 3rd Police Precinct, Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Minneapolis. Protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody Monday, broke out in Minneapolis for a third straight night. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Before Floyd death, activists saw progress on police reforms

By Aaron Morrison, Noreen Nasir And Steve Karnowski May. 30, 2020 06:04 AM EDT