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Minneapolis officials outline new police disciplinary plan

Minneapolis officials outline new police disciplinary plan

Minneapolis' mayor and police chief on Tuesday announced changes in the city's disciplinary processes for police officers in an effort to make it easier to hold them accountable for bad behaviour .
Diddy providing some COVID-19 relief for Miami neighbourhood

Diddy providing some COVID-19 relief for Miami neighbourhood

MIAMI — Rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs provided some coronavirus relief in a Miami neighbourhood on Tuesday, handing out $50 bills amid a crowd of hundreds.
Inmate who survived execution attempt dies; COVID suspected

Inmate who survived execution attempt dies; COVID suspected

COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio death row inmate who survived an attempt to execute him by lethal injection in 2009 died Monday of possible complications of COVID-19, the state prisons system said.
Trump lashes out at GOP after override vote on defence bill

Trump lashes out at GOP after override vote on defence bill

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump lashed out at congressional Republicans on Tuesday after the House easily voted to override his veto of a defence policy bill. A total of 109 Republicans, including Wyoming Rep.
6.3 earthquake kills 7 in Croatia, leaves others missing

6.3 earthquake kills 7 in Croatia, leaves others missing

PETRINJA, Croatia — A strong earthquake in Croatia destroyed buildings and killed at least seven people Tuesday southwest of the capital, displacing scores of area residents or making them afraid to sleep indoors as emergency teams searched for those
Federal judge in Iowa ridicules Trump's pardons

Federal judge in Iowa ridicules Trump's pardons

IOWA CITY, Iowa — A federal judge in Iowa who has warned against political corruption is ridiculing President Donald Trump’s pardons, including those issued to convicted Republican campaign operatives and former members of Congress.
Statue of slave kneeling before Lincoln is removed in Boston

Statue of slave kneeling before Lincoln is removed in Boston

A statue of Abraham Lincoln with a freed slave appearing to kneel at his feet — optics that drew objections amid a national reckoning with racial injustice — has been removed from its perch in downtown Boston.
French designer Pierre Cardin, licensing pioneer, dies at 98

French designer Pierre Cardin, licensing pioneer, dies at 98

PARIS — French fashion designer Pierre Cardin possessed a wildly inventive artistic sensibility tempered by a stiff dose of business sense.
Asia Today: US begins vaccinating its troops in South Korea

Asia Today: US begins vaccinating its troops in South Korea

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — The United States has started vaccinating its troops based in South Korea, as its Asian ally reported its highest daily COVID-19 fatalities amid surging cases in the country.
Shanghai police say suspect detained in games tycoon's death

Shanghai police say suspect detained in games tycoon's death

BEIJING — Police in Shanghai say they have detained a suspect in the death by possible poisoning of the billionaire founder of a Chinese video game company that makes films based on the popular science fiction novel “The Three-Body Problem.