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BLACKSTONE, Va. (AP) — Civil War history casts a long shadow in Virginia, the birthplace of Confederate generals, scene of their surrender and now a crossroad of controversy over renaming military bases that honor rebel leaders. In and around Blackstone, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of Richmond, that shadow can stir passions when talk turns to […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The order came before he arrived. French fries and a glass of milk. Jonathan Majors shortly after slides into a table in the back of the bar at the Chelsea Hotel in Manhattan. On the table he places a small cup off to the side. In his backpack he has pens, […]

Following the state’s removal of the Robert E. Lee statue on Wednesday, the statue pieces will be temporarily headed for a neighboring county.

MINNEAPOLIS, Min. (WLAX/WEUX) – So far, nine jurors have been seated in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who is charged with the death in George Floyd. This is the second week of jury selection gets underway, but questions are now being raised as to whether or not a $27 million dollar […]

The jury continues deliberations Tuesday in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis officer charged in the death of George Floyd.

Attorney General Merrick Garland is expected to announce that the Justice Department is opening a sweeping investigation into policing practices in Minneapolis after the verdict in George Floyd’s death, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

The teenager who recorded the last moments of George Floyd’s life in a video that helped launch a global protest movement against racial injustice said her uncle has died in a crash involving a Minneapolis police car.

MINNEAPOLIS, Min. (WLAX/WEUX) -Nearly one year ago, George Floyd died while in police custody, setting off a nationwide reckoning with racism. Now, the man seen kneeling on Floyd’s neck is about to go on trial, with jury selection beginning as soon as this week. FOX News Correspondent Christina Coleman has more on how the city […]

The Justice Department is giving $139 million to police departments across the U.S. as part of a grant program that would bring on more than 1,000 new officers.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton and an attorney who represented George Floyd’s family are speaking at the memorial Tuesday for a white Arkansas teenager shot dead by a deputy, a case that has drawn the attention of civil rights activists nationally. Sharpton planned to deliver the eulogy at the memorial for Hunter […]

Correspondent Brian Entin went to the outskirts of George Floyd Square, where he was confronted and threatened by two people inside the zone. It’s a video that has since gone viral.