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US carries out the first federal execution in nearly two decades
The US government has carried out the first federal execution in almost two decades, putting to death a man who killed an Arkansas family in the 1990s. The execution came over the objection of the victims' family. Daniel Lewis Lee, 47, of
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George Floyd was asphyxiated by sustained pressure, family post-mortem finds
A post-mortem examination commissioned for George Floyd's family found that he died of asphyxiation due to neck and back compression when a Minneapolis police officer held his knee on Mr Floyd's neck for several minutes and ignored his
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Donald Trump says state governors are ‘weak’ in face of protests
President Donald Trump has derided the nation's governors as "weak" and demanded tougher crackdowns on protesters in the aftermath of another night of violent protests in dozens of US cities. Mr Trump spoke to governors on a video
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Four Minneapolis officers fired after death of black man
Four Minneapolis police officers who were involved in the arrest of a black man who died in police custody have been fired hours after a bystander's video showed the man pleading that he could not breathe as a white officer knelt on his
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Off-duty police officers on date night foil chicken shop robbery
Two off-duty police officers out on a date sprang into action when they realised the chicken shop they were eating in was being robbed. Detective Chase McKeown and Officer Nicole McKeown were eating at Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers in
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Kansas police officer faked story of ‘pig’ being written on his coffee cup
A Kansas police officer has resigned after he admitted making up a story that a McDonald's employee wrote an expletive and the word "pig" on a coffee cup. Herington Police Chief Brian Hornaday said at a news conference that the
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Dog locks owner out of car and rides in reverse circles for an hour
A dog who got locked inside his owner's car stuck it in reverse and rode in circles for an hour. Police in Port St Lucie, Florida, said the owner stepped out of the car after making a wrong turn on to Edith Court. Max, a black labrador, then
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