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1 of 2 protesters hit by car on closed Seattle highway dies

By MARTHA BELLISLE
Jul 5, 2020 7:00 AM - Authorities say a 24-year-old woman died Saturday of her injuries after she and another woman were hit by a car on a closed highway in Seattle while protesting against police brutality
Millikin's new president at home for career's final chapters

By VALERIE WELLS
Jul 5, 2020 7:00 AM - DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - Millikin University's new president, James Reynolds, did not grow up planning a career in academia. His original career plans was to be a scientific researcher.
Today in History

By The Associated Press
Jul 5, 2020 7:00 AM - Today in History Today is Sunday, July 5, the 187th day of 2020. There are 179 days left in the year.
Cairo march highlights past heartland civil rights activism

By MOLLY PARKER
Jul 5, 2020 7:00 AM - CAIRO, Ill. (AP) - About 50 people marched the streets of Cairo the evening of June 19 calling for an end to racism and discrimination in a city where Black people, in the face of decades of crushing oppression, led one of the nation's most courageous and prolonged battles for equality during the Civil Rights Movement in the Midwest. The Heartland Unity March and Juneteenth commemoration started off with prayer and a stirring speech and poetry reading before participants from Cairo and beyond marched down Washington Street.
Tokyo governor favored to win reelection for handling virus

By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Jul 5, 2020 7:00 AM - Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike is poised to be reelected in Sunday's polls, buoyed by public support for her coronavirus handling despite a recent rise in infections that has raised concerns of a resurgence of the disease
Japan floods leave some 20 dead, many in nursing homes

By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Jul 4, 2020 10:59 PM - Deep floodwaters and the risk of more mudslides that left about 20 people confirmed or presumed dead are hampering search and rescue operations in southern Japan, including at elderly home facilities where more than a dozen perished and scores are still stranded
Columbus statue toppled by Baltimore protesters

The Associated Press
Jul 4, 2020 10:48 PM - Baltimore protesters have pulled down a statue of Christopher Columbus and thrown it into the city's Inner Harbor
Police: 2 women hit by car on Seattle highway amid protest

By MARTHA BELLISLE
Jul 4, 2020 9:53 PM - Authorities say a 27-year-old man drove a car onto a closed freeway in Seattle and barreled through a panicked crowd of protesters, critically injuring two women
Earl Cameron, pioneering British film actor, dies at 102

The Associated Press
Jul 4, 2020 7:23 PM - Earl Cameron, who was one of the first Black actors to perform in mainstream British films and played supporting roles to enduring entertainment icons such as James Bond and the title character in 'œDoctor Who' before appearing in the U.N. thriller 'œThe Interpreter' in his 80s, has died
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's empty assurance on controlling virus

By HOPE YEN and CALVIN WOODWARD
Jul 4, 2020 7:04 PM - An AP Fact Check finds that President Donald Trump has a monthslong history of declaring the coronavirus under control, when it isn't

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