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No charges in fatal shooting during George Floyd unrest

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FILE - In this June 7, 2020, file photo, Alondra Cano, a City Council member, speaks during &quot;The Path Forward&quot; meeting at Powderhorn Park on Sunday, June 7, 2020, in Minneapolis. On Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2020, the Minneapolis City Council will decide whether to shrink the city's police department while violent crime is already soaring and redirect funding toward alternatives for reducing violence. (Jerry Holt/Star Tribune via AP, File)

Minneapolis approves cuts to police budget, not staffing

By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press

Clear Channel cancels billboard art depicting Floyd’s death

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FILE - In this June 7, 2020, file photo, Alondra Cano, a City Council member, speaks during &quot;The Path Forward&quot; meeting at Powderhorn Park on Sunday, June 7, 2020, in Minneapolis. On Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2020, the Minneapolis City Council will decide whether to shrink the city's police department while violent crime is already soaring and redirect funding toward alternatives for reducing violence. (Jerry Holt/Star Tribune via AP, File)

Minneapolis approves cuts to police budget, not staffing

By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press

Migrants flee from the second fire in two days at the overcrowded Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece, on Sept. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

In 2020, AP photographers captured a world in distress

By JERRY SCHWARTZ - Associated Press

Pope Francis leaves after celebrating Mass on the occasion of the Christ the King festivity, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020. At the end of the mass a delegation of youths from Panama will hand over the World Youth Day cross to youths from Portugal, where the next World Youth Day will be held in 2023. (Vincenzo Pinto/Pool via AP)

Pope book backs George Floyd protests, blasts virus skeptic

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

School: Teacher cited Floyd’s death in chemistry exercise

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Prosecutors want 2017 arrest of teen in Floyd death trial

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Musician Ted Nugent plays the national anthem before a President Donald Trump campaign event, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Ted Nugent rails against ‘thug’ George Floyd more than five months after death sparked protests

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Protesters gather outside the gated Hall of Justice to protest Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey in downtown Los Angeles, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. Former San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon led two-term incumbent Lacey with 54% of more than 2.7 million votes counted by Wednesday. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Criminal justice reformer wins LA district attorney’s race

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

FILE - This combination of file photos provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office in Minnesota on June 3, 2020, shows, top row from left, Derek Chauvin, and J. Alexander Kueng, bottom row from left, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao. A judge on Thursday, Nov. 5 declined defense requests to move the trial of the four Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's death, and also ruled that all four would be tried in a single proceeding. (Hennepin County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Judge rejects moving trial of ex-officers in Floyd’s death

By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI - Associated Press

Defendants in North Carolina arson case plead guilty

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Police arrest 2 men suspected of arson in bank burning

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Terrence Floyd, brother of George Floyd, waits to speak at a Get Out the Vote Rally outside the Brooklyn Museum, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

George Floyd’s brother rallies voters on Election Day

By AARON MORRISON - Associated Press

Omari Barksdale is shown in Detroit, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. As millions of Americans cast their ballots in the final days before the election, a convergence of three unprecedented, simultaneous national crises has led many to believe this presidential election is a referendum on race relations in America. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Election emerges as referendum on race relations in America

By KAT STAFFORD - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 25, 2020, file photo, police arrest a person, during a Black Lives Matter march and protest near Seattle Central College in Seattle. The Office of Police Accountability, an independent agency tasked with investigating police misconduct, said on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, that in other incidents than the one pictured here, a Seattle police officer who slammed a protester's head to the ground, another who punched a demonstrator in the head a half dozen times and a third officer who put his knee on the necks of two looting suspects violated policies against using excessive force. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Report: Seattle officers used excessive force at protests

By MARTHA BELLISLE - Associated Press

FILE - This combination of June 3, 2020, file photos, provided by the Hennepin County, Minn.m, Sheriff's Office, shows, from left, Derek Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao. A Minnesota judge on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, has dismissed a third-degree murder charge filed against Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee against George Floyd's neck, but the more serious second-degree murder charge remains. The judge also denied defense requests to dismiss the aiding and abetting counts against the three other former officers, Lane, Kueng and Thao. (Hennepin County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Judge dismisses 1 charge against former cop in Floyd’s death

By AMY FORLITI - Associated Press

In this Monday, May 25, 2020 frame from video provided by Darnella Frazier, Minneapolis police officer Dereck Chauvin kneels on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed man who was pleading that he could not breathe. (Darnella Frazier via AP) **FILE**

Derek Chauvin third-degree murder charge dismissed in George Floyd death

By Amy Forliti - The Washington Times

A Minneapolis police officer lies on the ground after being struck by an object Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, in Minneapolis. (Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune via AP) ** FILE **

DOJ announces center to help cops, offers aid to Minneapolis

By Steve Karnowski and Amy Forliti - Associated Press

FILE - This combination of photos provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office in Minnesota on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, shows from left, former Minneapolis police officers Derek Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao. Prosecutors have offered additional explanation about why they believe longer sentences should be given if the four former Minneapolis police officers are convicted in the death of George Floyd. In a court filing Monday, Oct. 12 in Hennepin County, prosecutors said the position of trust the officers held and Floyd's vulnerability are two reasons why the men, if convicted, should receive longer sentences than guidelines recommend. (Hennepin County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Judge rejects request to delay access to Floyd case filings

By MOHAMED IBRAHIM - Associated Press