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Biden Warns No Justification For Violent Protest After Police Shooting

There is absolutely no justification, none, for looting, Joe Biden said. (File) Washington: US President Joe Biden on Monday called the shooting of a Black motorist by police “tragic” but warned that violent protests were unjustifiable. The incident in a Minneapolis suburb was a “really tragic thing that happened but I think we have to […]

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Some local reporters were barred from a news conference after Daunte Wright’s death.

Reporters from multiple local organizations were denied entry to a news conference on Monday about the shooting of Daunte Wright, whose death at the hands of a police officer in Minnesota has set off protests. Mr. Wright, 20-year-old Black man, was killed by the officer on Sunday during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minn., […]

Sports

Julian Edelman’s evolution: From training camp boos to Patriots’ icon – New England Patriots Blog

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — In one of Julian Edelman‘s first training camp practices with the New England Patriots in 2009, he was struggling so badly to field punts that fans serenaded him with boos. Welcome to New England, kid. No one could have predicted that day how stunningly successful Edelman’s transition from college quarterback at Kent […]

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UK Eases Its Coronavirus Lockdown, and Britons Rejoice

LONDON — In China it was fengcheng. In Spain it was el confinamiento. In France it was le confinement. In Britain it was known as lockdown, plain and simple — but it had the distinction of being one of the longest and most stringent in the world. On Monday, that finally began drawing to an […]

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Syrian Air Force May Have Dropped Chlorine Bomb on Town in Rebel Area in 2018: Chemical Arms Watchdog

The global chemical weapons watchdog has “reasonable grounds to believe” that Syria’s air force dropped a chlorine bomb on a residential neighbourhood in the rebel-controlled Idlib region in February 2018, a report released on Monday said. There was no immediate comment from the Syrian government. Syria and its military ally Russia have consistently denied using […]

Technology

Samsung Galaxy F12 to Go On Sale Today: All Prices, Offers and Specifications

The Samsung Galaxy F12 comes in two configurations in India – a 4GB RAM + 64GB storage variant and a 4GB RAM + 128GB RAM variant. The 64GB storage variant is priced at Rs 10,999 in India, while the Rs 128GB storage is priced at Rs 11,999. Source link

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Sources: D.C. United hires Lucy Rushton as GM

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Shirley Williams, co-founder of UK’s Social Democratic Party, dies aged 90

LONDON: British politician Shirley Williams, who changed the country’s political landscape in 1981 by quitting the Labour Party to co-found the Social Democratic Party, died on Monday aged 90. Williams, who told the Guardian newspaper in 2015 her happiest memories were of living at her mother’s countryside cottage during World War Two, left the Labour […]

Business

It is a good idea to double-check your tax deadlines this year.

The deadline to file a 2020 individual federal return and pay any tax owed has been extended to May 17. But some deadlines remain April 15, Ann Carrns reports for The New York Times. So it’s a good idea to double-check deadlines. Most, but not all, states are following the extended federal deadlines, and a […]

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New York Yankees’ Aaron Hicks to miss Monday’s game in wake of police shooting

6:08 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. DUNEDIN, Fla. — New York Yankees centerfielder Aaron Hicks took himself out of the lineup for Monday’s series opener between the New York Yankees and the Toronto Blue Jays at TD Ballpark in the wake of the unrest in […]