Man convicted of killing retired city police captain at pawn shop during protests
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man was convicted Wednesday of killing a retired St. Louis police captain in 2020 during a night…
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High court won’t hear appeal over McCloskeys’ law licenses
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear an appeal from Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis husband-and-wife…
Jury selection is first battleground at trial in Floyd’s death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The fate of a former Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee into George Floyd’s neck as…
Black Lives Matter opens up about its finances
NEW YORK (AP) — The foundation widely seen as a steward of the Black Lives Matter movement says it took…
Killings surged in 2020 with pandemic, protests
(AP) — Killings rose dramatically across the U.S. last year, and a study released Monday suggests the coronavirus pandemic and…
Criminal justice reformers cheer multiple election victories
NEW YORK (AP) — Almost six months after the death of George Floyd, criminal justice reform advocates are cheering the…
Rallies exhort women to vote for change
ST. LOUIS – Women gathered Saturday morning in front of City Hall to encourage fellow voters to exercise their rights…
Virus America, six months in: Disarray, dismay, disconnect
For years, Erin Whitehead has been a committed fan of the crisis-fueled medical drama “Grey’s Anatomy.” She has watched its doctors handle…
Trump, at NH rally, sows fears about ‘thugs,’ ‘anarchists’
LONDONDERRY, N.H. (AP) — Fresh off accepting the Republican Party’s nomination, President Donald Trump said Friday he was the only…
Lincoln Memorial rally marks 1963 protest, 2020 need for change
WASHINGTON (AP) — Capping a week of protests and outrage over the police shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin,…
St. Louis couple, in RNC speech, defend show of weapons
(AP) — A white St. Louis couple criminally charged for waving guns during a Black Lives Matter protest outside their…
Black Portland reflects on role of white allies
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — More than two months of intense protests in Portland, Ore. — one of America’s whitest major cities…
2020 uprisings join long river of struggle in America
A river was the metaphor that best captured “the long, continuous movement” of the black freedom struggle for theologian, historian…
Gardner rebuts criticism, cites need for police evidence to prosecute riot suspects
ST. LOUIS – Missouri’s attorney general and the St. Louis Police Officers Association went on the offensive in recent days…
Cleanup at shopping center stirs varied views on vandalism
COVENANT BLU-GRAND CENTER – On any other day, Henry Watson would be reporting to work at a Foot Locker and…
More than 10,000 people have been arrested in US protests
PHOENIX (AP) — More than 10,000 people have been arrested in protests decrying racism and police brutality in the wake…