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The mother of the former Minneapolis police officer being sentenced Friday in George Floyd's death told the judge that her son is a quiet, thoughtful, honorable and selfless man who should not receive a lengthy sentence.

An unknown number of residents are feared to have been asleep in the 12-story building when one of its wings collapsed.

A California man who claims he provided the tortillas that San Diegoarea high school students threw at the basketball team of a mostly Latino high school last weekend has said that his intentions were not racist.

A Palestinian activist who died in the custody of President Mahmoud Abbas's security forces on Thursday took blows to the head, a Palestinian rights group said after conducting an autopsy, adding the wounds indicated "an unnatural death".

A company whose northern Illinois chemical plant was heavily damaged in a fire last week defended its use of firefighting foam containing toxic chemicals Wednesday, saying crews had taken steps to contain the material.

An invasive species known as the yellow crazy ant has been eradicated from a remote U.S. atoll in the Pacific.

South Dakota's attorney general wants to keep cameras and audio recording devices out of the courtroom when he goes on trial in connection with the death of a man along a highway.

A federal judge on Wednesday tossed out all charges against six defendants accused of cheating the government by supplying unqualified linguists to serve in Afghanistan, ruling that the government waited too long to bring the case to trial.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) made the statement on Wednesday.

A meal delivery service owned by Swiss food giant Nestle is opening a second distribution center in suburban Atlanta, investing another $52 million and hiring another 665 workers.

An Iowa judge blocked a state law that would have imposed a 24-hour waiting period before women could get abortions, likely setting up a legal battle before the state Supreme Court.

The probe will "assess whether Google has violated EU competition rules by favouring its own online display advertising technology services

Russia manager Stanislav Cherchesov suggested his team had lacked big tournament experience after they crashed out of Euro 2020 with a 41 defeat by Denmark on Monday.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday removed the head of the powerful government auditor, promoting a career public servant to replace a member of his inner circle in the latest Cabinet reshuffle following midterm elections.

More than 8,500 children were used as soldiers last year in various conflicts across the world and nearly 2,700 others were killed, the United Nations said on Monday.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives promised to cap the corporate tax rate and not raise wealth and inheritance taxes in an election programme intended to see off the fading challenge of their main Greens rivals, a draft reviewed by Reuters sh...