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  • Officer's trial could reopen intersection where Floyd died

    March 06, 2021 - 7:05 AM

    MINNEAPOLIS - During a group's recent meeting at the now-vacant Speedway gas station near where George Floyd died, children roasted marshmallows on a fire pit while adults discussed topics ranging from activism to snow removal.

  • Bye, Bismarck: 144 cities could lose status as metro areas

    March 06, 2021 - 6:53 AM

    Bye-bye, Bismarck. So long, Sheboygan.

  • The Latest: Iraqi PM declares National Day of Coexistence

    March 06, 2021 - 6:30 AM

    PLAINS OF UR, Iraq - The Latest on Pope Francis' historic visit to Iraq, aimed at rallying the country's dwindling Christian community after decades of war and unrest (all times local):

  • Open spaces, no pharmacies: rural US confronts vaccine void

    March 06, 2021 - 6:25 AM

    SURRY, Va. - When Charlome Pierce searched where her 96-year-old father could get a COVID-19 vaccine in January, she found zero options anywhere near their home in Virginia. The lone medical clinic in Surry County had none, and the last pharmacy in an area with roughly 6,500 residents and more land mass than Chicago closed years ago.

  • Italian prosecutor seeks life for US men charged with murder

    March 06, 2021 - 6:21 AM

    ROME - An Italian prosecutor on Saturday requested life in prison for two young American men charged with slaying an Italian police officer in central Rome.

  • Protests, tear gas in Myanmar after UN envoy urges action

    March 06, 2021 - 6:13 AM

    YANGON, Myanmar - Security forces in Myanmar again used force Saturday to disperse anti-coup protesters, a day after a U.N. special envoy urged the Security Council to take action to quell junta violence that this past week left more than 50 peaceful demonstrators dead and scores injured.

  • Running crew celebrates Black culture on foot

    March 06, 2021 - 6:02 AM

    BALTIMORE - A little past 8 a.m. on a recent Sunday, a group of Baltimore runners stopped partway through their route, near the intersection of Pennsylvania and North avenues, at the Black Arts District. They posed for a picture at the Arch Social Club, where a mural honours Charm City artists like Billie Holiday and Ta-Nehisi Coates. One of the leaders talked about Baltimore’s famous entertainers and the city’s authors while pointing out Everyone’s Place, a Black-owned mom and pop bookstore.

  • The Latest: Europe records 1M coronavirus cases last week

    March 06, 2021 - 5:53 AM

    MILAN — Europe recorded 1 million new coronavirus cases last week, an increase of 9% from the previous week and a reversal that ended a six-week decline, according to the World Health Organization.

  • Tennessee panel deemed vaccinating inmates a 'PR nightmare'

    March 06, 2021 - 5:50 AM

    NASHVILLE - A Tennessee advisory panel tasked with deciding in what order residents should receive the COVID-19 vaccine acknowledged that prison inmates in the state were high-risk, but concluded that prioritizing them for inoculation could be a “public relations nightmare.”

  • Pope, top Iraq Shiite cleric hold historic, symbolic meeting

    March 06, 2021 - 5:43 AM

    PLAINS OF UR, Iraq - Pope Francis and Iraq's top Shiite cleric delivered a powerful message of peaceful coexistence Saturday, urging Muslims in the war-weary Arab nation to embrace Iraq’s long-beleaguered Christian minority during a historic meeting in the holy city of Najaf.
  • JONESIE: TNRD spending isn't the real issue
      OPINION Nice to see shock and a swift reaction in Kamloops when residents learned how their hard-earned money was being spent by staff at the Thompson-Nicola Regional District. If you tuned it out because those
  • Golden brown and crispy is what you are aiming for when cooking schnitzel at home. Weekend Recipe: Make it a schnitzel night
    Schnitzel is a serious crowd favourite and bound to light up the faces of your eaters this weekend. It's even fun to say: shhhhh-nit-zzzel. Anyone raised in a German household is very familiar with this delicious dish. Basically it is a

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