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A California liquor store owner stood in front of his business in Santa Monica armed with an AR-15 to discourage looters, he said.The looting in Santa Monica came amid nationwide unrest sparked by the death of George Floyd, a black Minneapolis man who was died last week after a white police officer held his knee on Floyd’s…

Joe Biden said Monday that police -- if facing a threat from a person with "a knife or something" -- should be trained to “shoot ‘em in the leg instead of the heart,” amid five straight days of protest following the death of George Floyd.“Instead of standing there and teaching a cop when there’s an unarmed person…

Black Lives Matter protesters | John Moore/Getty Images NEW YORK — Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio will impose a curfew on New York City Monday that will last from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. as protests over the killing of George Floyd bring increased destruction throughout the five boroughs. The shutdown is…

Cities witnessed another night of protests despite widespread curfews as sporadic unrest continued across the US one week after George Floyd’s death, which autopsies on Monday ruled was a homicide. From New York to Washington DC and from Philadelphia to Los Angeles, many communities enacted curfews on Monday, in some cases giving residents just hours’…

Salt Lake City’s police chief and public officials elsewhere have suggested that the activists turning peaceful protests into destructive demonstrations have been “outsiders” taking advantage of the rallies. In Utah’s capital, at least, there’s little evidence so far to support that. Only two of those arrested in Saturday’s protests at Washington Square, which surrounds City…