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Puerto Rico questions Spain’s legacy as statues tumble across U.S.

by DÁNICA COTO Associated Press July 11, 2020July 11, 2020

Activists demand that monuments to Columbus and Ponce de León be removed as symbols of oppression.

by JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press July 11, 2020July 11, 2020

The president makes unfounded accusations against his political foes, while the reaction from Democrats is swift and furious.

by Associated Press July 11, 2020July 21, 2020

Blake Neff used a pseudonym to write bigoted comments about Black and Asian people, as well as women, on the online forum AutoAdmit.

by Tom Maloney Bloomberg July 11, 2020July 11, 2020

The 49-year-old owns about a fifth of Tesla’s outstanding stock, which comprises the bulk of his $70.5 billion fortune.

by BILL BARROW and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press July 11, 2020September 14, 2020

The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee promises to address a pandemic-induced recession and centuries of racism and systemic inequalities.

by RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press July 11, 2020July 11, 2020

In nearly all states, they have to prove they got the virus on the job to qualify for benefits.

by SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press July 11, 2020July 11, 2020

Health experts have warned of a looming mental health crisis – but doctors and researchers say the issues reverberate deeper among Black people.

by MIKE STOBBE and NICKY FORSTER Associated Press July 11, 2020July 11, 2020

Researchers expect deaths to rise for at least some weeks, but some say the count probably will not go up as dramatically as it did in the spring.

by Associated Press July 11, 2020July 11, 2020

The wife of a French bus driver calls for ‘exemplary punishment’ for the perpetrators of the July 5 attack.

by JOVANA GEC and DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press July 11, 2020July 11, 2020

Many accuse the government of letting the crisis spin out of control in order to hold a June 21 vote that tightened the ruling party’s grip on power.