Behind production of a top-selling bourbon, push to go green
The process of making fine whiskey involves aging spirits to a golden brown, but a bourbon producing giant is going green along the way …
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AP PHOTOS: Looking back at fiery George Floyd protests
The protests raged night after night, starting in Minneapolis and swiftly spreading across the U.S. and around the world in the days after George Floyd’s death. Nearly a year later, the police officer who pressed…
Faith leaders hope Chauvin verdict lifts racial justice work
Faith leaders in Minnesota and across the U.S. hope their advocacy work for racial justice will gain momentum from the guilty verdict rendered against Derek Chauvin the former police officer convicted of killing George Floyd …
Relief after verdict in Floyd killing, but what comes next?
A sense of relief is palpable across the United States after a jury found former Minnesota Police Officer Derek Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in killing George Floyd …
Police kill Ma’Khia Bryant, 16, who attacked 2 with knife
Body camera video shows a Columbus officer fatally shoot a Black teenage girl who swung at two other people with a knife …
Florida school superintendent charged with perjury
The superintendent of the Florida school district where 17 students and staff died in a 2018 high school massacre has been arrested on a perjury charge …
The Latest: Elation and wariness after verdict in Floyd case
Crowds nationwide are reacting with jubilation but also with deep awareness of the progress left to be made after a jury convicted former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin of murder in the killing of George Floyd…
EXPLAINER: What next after Chauvin’s conviction on 3 counts?
The 12 jurors who convicted Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd had three counts to consider and returned guilty verdicts on all three …
AP PHOTOS: Joy, tears, calls for change after Floyd verdict
Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, which set off worldwide protests, violence and a reexamination of racism and policing in America. The…
Silence, then cheers: Relief washes over George Floyd Square
Hundreds of people gathered at the scene of George Floyd’s death to hear the verdict in the trial of the former police officer charged in his death …
Archaeologists: Site of Harriet Tubman’s father’s home found
Archaeologists in Maryland say they believe they’ve found the homesite of famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman’s father …
Floyd’s hometown exalts in verdict but tempers expectations
The streets of Houston’s Third Ward echoed with screams filled with the word “justice” in the moments after former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder …