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Kansas State quarterback Skylar Thompson (10) is sacked by Iowa State linebacker Will McDonald, left, during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Manhattan, Kan., Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner) ** FILE **

Kansas State football players announce boycott after student’s Floyd tweet

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This Dec. 3, 2015, file photo shows the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in Princeton, N.J. Princeton University on Saturday, June 27, 2020, has announced plans to remove the name of former President Woodrow Wilson from its public policy school because of his segregationist views, reversing a decision the Ivy League school made four years ago to retain the name. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

Princeton to remove Wilson name from public policy school

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., wears a face mask as she arrives to speak at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, June 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

George Kirby? Floyd Taylor? Democrat leaders Pelosi, Schumer botch George Floyd’s name

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Protesters plaster signs and artwork on a subway entrance as they gather at an encampment outside City Hall, Friday, June 26, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

‘Occupy City Hall’ protest urges budget cuts for NYC police

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In this Sunday, May 31, 2020, photo, Liz Magnuson and Mariyom Deng demonstrate in solidarity for George Floyd, a Black man, who died after he was restrained on May 25 by Minneapolis police, in Sioux Falls, S.D. Deng and Magnuson grew up together. If you asked them how they knew each other, they would say they’re sisters. (Abigail Dollins/The Argus Leader via AP)

Lifelong friends march in solidarity in Sioux Falls

By ABIGAIL DOLLINS - Associated Press

Kansas State athletes, officials decry student’s Floyd tweet

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New Jersey seeks to oust officer in Floyd reenactment video

By DAVID PORTER and MIKE CATALINI - Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, standing next to Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., left, speaks during an event on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 18, 2020. They unveiled the Moving Forward Act, which aims to rebuild America's infrastructure. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Nancy Pelosi: ‘Absolutely’ will not apologize for saying Republicans trying to get away with murder

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Nevada men alleged to have ‘boogaloo’ ties plead not guilty

By MICHELLE L. PRICE - Associated Press

In this Friday, June 5, 2020, photo, protesters fill the streets around Jackson Square in the French Quarter in New Orleans, to demonstrate against the death of George Floyd who died after he was restrained by Minneapolis police on May 25 and broader issues of police brutality. (Scott Clause/The Daily Advertiser via AP)

Tensions erupt in Louisiana House in debate about policing

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

In this June 17, 2020, photo, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., accompanied by Republican senators speaks at a news conference to announce a Republican police reform bill on Capitol Hill in Washington. Initially reluctant to speak on race, Scott is now among the Republican Party’s most prominent voices teaching his colleagues what it’s like to be a Black man in America. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Police overhaul dims as GOP Senate bill blocked by Democrats

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 5, 2020 file photo, people raise their fists during a rally, in Las Vegas, against police brutality sparked by the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. A flood of donations during the surge of global protests following the death of Floyd have left racial equality and social justice groups in a position they might never have expected to be in: figuring out what to do with a surplus of cash. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Racial equality groups grapple with surge in donations

By MAE ANDERSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 30, 2018 file photo, Minneapolis Police Union President Lt. Bob Kroll speaks during a news conference in Minneapolis. Talk of changing the Minneapolis Police Department is everywhere in the wake of George Floyd's death in an encounter with four officers. But real change may depend on confronting a powerful union that has resisted similar attempts for years. Local politicians and police leaders have long blamed an entrenched culture in the department and the union. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)

Minneapolis police chief says Floyd’s death was ‘murder’

By AMY FORLITI - Associated Press

Diplomats and senior Foreign Office officials may soon receive a different image of St. Michael crushing Satan on a royal honor if British activists have their way. They're calling for a redesign of The Order of St Michael because the iconic image reminds them of a police officer kneeling on George Floyd in Minneapolis. (Image: Twitter, U.K. Guardian)

St. Michael image on royal honor roils pro-BLM Brits; petition says angel crushing Satan must change

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

In this image taken from video, Doria Chouviat, wife of Cedric Chouviat, talks to the Associated Press in Paris, Tuesday, June 23, 2020. The family of a French delivery driver who died in the wake of a police arrest in January has urged President Emmanuel Macron to ban the use of chokeholds. In an appeal Tuesday, the family of Cedric Chouviat is urging authorities to also suspend the four police officers involved in the arrest. (AP Photo/Alexander Turnbull)

Family of dead Paris delivery man urges chokehold ban

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

Teen wanted for shooting at police arrested in Kansas

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Bubba Wallace stands for the national anthem before a NASCAR Cup Series auto race Sunday, June 14, 2020, in Homestead, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) ** FILE **

FBI investigating noose left in Bubba Wallace NASCAR stall

By Jenna Fryer - Associated Press

Workers from the Recreation and Parks Department paint over graffiti after a statue of Francis Scott Key was toppled from its pedestal in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Saturday, June 20, 2020. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group via AP)

The Latest: NYC officer suspended for ‘apparent chokehold’

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This May 31, 2020, photo provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff shows former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was arrested Friday, May 29, in the Memorial Day death of George Floyd. Prosecutors are charging Chauvin, accused of pressing his knee against Floyd’s neck, with second-degree murder, and for the first time will level charges against three other officers at the scene, a newspaper reported Wednesday, June 3, 2020. (Hennepin County Sheriff via AP, File)

Minority corrections officers barred from guarding Derek Chauvin, complaint alleges

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