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This Sunday, June 7, 2020 file photo shows visitors, left, and members of the U.S. Park Police, right, at the Lincoln Memorial as sunrise nears in Washington, the morning after massive protests over the death of George Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

By ARIJETA LAJKA, ALI SWENSON and AMANDA SEITZ and BEATRICE DUPUY - Associated Press

Vice President Mike Pence, center, and Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., left, place an order for lunch, at David's Diner in Springdale, Pa., as they arrive on a lunch stop Friday, June 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Pence: George Floyd’s death exposed decades of failed liberal policies

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

NC man charged with arson related to protests

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., accompanied by his wife Jane O'Meara Sanders, arrives for a primary night election rally as the crowd cheers in Essex Junction, Vt., Tuesday, March 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Minnesota Senate GOP to block most policing overhaul plans

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press

In this May 30, 2020 photo, a protestor holds up a photo of George Floyd in front of the Clayton, Jackson, McGhie Memorial as part of a large protest in Duluth, Minn. The state’s Board of Pardons, consisting of Gov. Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison and the chief justice of the state’s Supreme Court Lorie Skjerven Gildea, will vote Friday, June 12, to clear Max Mason of a rape case that led to the only known lynching of Black people in the state’s history 100 years ago next week. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP)

Minnesota pardons black man in century-old lynching case

By MOHAMED IBRAHIM - Associated Press

In this June 1, 2020, photo, people gather near the Cup Foods grocery store where George Floyd died in Minneapolis. Floyd was accused of using a fake $20 bill to buy cigarettes from the grocery store. His story is similar to that of other African Americans who died at the hands of police over minor offenses. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Floyd’s death spurs question: What is a black life worth?

By AARON MORRISON - Associated Press

The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is seen in this general view. Monday, March 11, 2019, in Washington D.C. (AP Photo/Mark Tenally) ** FILE **

Ignoring American history is dangerous

By Tim Constantine

15-year-old boy charged with damaging cruiser after protests

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Arrest made in fatal shooting during Detroit protest

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Atlanta Catholics take a knee for 8 minutes, 46 seconds after a march for justice from the Catholic Shrine of the Immaculate Conception to Centennial Olympic Park, Thursday, June 11, 2020, in Atlanta, to show solidarity against police brutality. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

The Latest: 10 resign from SWAT team amid safety concerns

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FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, June 10, 2020, a damaged Christopher Columbus statue stands in a waterfront park near the city's traditionally Italian North End neighborhood, in Boston, USA., after the statue was found beheaded Wednesday morning. Statues of the 15th-century explorer and the Spanish conquistadors who followed him and colonized much of the Americas have not become targets for demonstrators in Spain and USA. The death of George Floyd at the hands of police and Minneapolis, USA, has sparked a re-examination of injustices and inequalities in the fabric of many societies, often symbolized in statues of historical figures have become the focus of protest around the world. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, FILE)

Columbus statue removed as city monuments debate renewed

By PHILIP MARCELO and RODRIQUE NGOWI - Associated Press

In this photo taken Friday, June 5, 2020, Minnesota Vikings NFL football player Kyle Rudolph helps a woman carry items to her car at the &quot;Change Starts with Me&quot; food and household supply giveaway outside a Cub Foods store in Minneapolis. George Floyd was killed less than three miles from the stadium where the Minnesota Vikings play, so this global unrest over racial relations and justice hit awfully close to home for the team. (Brian Peterson/Star Tribune via AP)

Floyd death spurs action in Minn. sports for societal change

By DAVE CAMPBELL - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, May 31, 2020 file photo Achraf Hakimi Mouh of Borussia Dortmund celebrates scoring his teams fourth goal of the game with 'Justice for George Floyd' written on his under shirt during the German Bundesliga soccer match between SC Paderborn 07 and Borussia Dortmund at Benteler Arena in Paderborn, Germany. Since George Floyd's death in the U.S. state of Minnesota last week, his face has been painted on walls from Nairobi, Kenya to Idlib, Syria. Floyd's name has been inked on the shirts of soccer players and chanted by crowds from London and Cape Town to Tel Aviv and Sydney. (Lars Baron/Pool via AP, File)

Premier League teams could have ‘Black Lives Matter’ on kits

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Washington state resident faces charges in Delaware unrest

By RANDALL CHASE - Associated Press

President Donald Trump walks in the rain on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 11, 2020, before boarding Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and then on to Dallas. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump says he’ll pursue police use-of-force standard

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and AAMER MADHANI - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 1, 2020, file photo, a protester, who appears to have a bruise from a rubber bullet, raises his arm shortly before being arrested for violating a curfew n the Hollywood area of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating 56 allegations of misconduct during protests against police brutality in the wake of George Floyd's death. Of the 56 investigations, 28 involve alleged uses of force, the LAPD said Wednesday, June 10, 2020 in a statement. Seven officers have been taken out of the field. While most protests have been peaceful, there were violent clashes with police and businesses were vandalized. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

The Latest: Columbus statue taken down in Camden, New Jersey

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Phil Mickelson, right, Kevin Na, center, and their caddie observe a moment of silence not the 13th tee during the first round of the Charles Schwab Challenge golf tournament at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday, June 11, 2020. Players at the 8:46 a.m. tee time paused to pay their respects to the memory of George Floyd for a moment of silence, prayer and reflection. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Tour recognizes racial injustice with moment of silence

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

Reno university wants to bring Kaepernick back to campus

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Madison mayor apologizes for private message to police

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FILE - In this May 31, 2020, file photo, Los Angeles police officers arrest a demonstrator in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating 56 allegations of misconduct during protests against police brutality in the wake of George Floyd's death. Of the 56 investigations, 28 involve alleged uses of force, the LAPD said Wednesday, June 10, 2020 in a statement. Seven officers have been taken out of the field. While most protests have been peaceful, there were violent clashes with police and businesses were vandalized. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

LA police investigating 56 misconduct cases during protests

By STEFANIE DAZIO - Associated Press