Hundreds of mourners are lining up outside a church in George Floyd’s native Houston for a final public viewing. The service is beginning Monday as his death continues whipping protesters, leaders and cities around the world into action two weeks after his death at the hands of police. Mourners stood at 6 feet distance, pausing briefly to view his casket. Floyd’s funeral will be Tuesday, followed by burial at the Houston Memorial Gardens cemetery in suburban Pearland, where he will be laid to rest next to his mother, Larcenia Floyd.

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AMERICA PROTESTS: Hundreds of mourners lined up outside a church in George Floyd’s native Houston for a final public viewing Monday as his death two weeks ago at the hands of police continued spurring protesters, leaders and cities around the world into action over demands to address racial injustice and police brutality. SENT; developing. With AMERICA PROTESTS-THE LATEST.

AMERICA PROTESTS-ECONOMICS OF RACE: The U.S. has been here before, staring into the abyss that divides white and black Americans. It happened after cities burned in the 1960s, after Los Angeles erupted over the police beating of Rodney King, after a police shooting set off racial clashes in Ferguson, Missouri. After those upheavals came talk of expanding economic opportunity to black Americans disproportionately left behind in one of the world’s richest countries. Yet progress has come slowly if at all for Black America. SENT: 1430 words, photos. An 890-word abridged has moved.

AMERICA PROTESTS-MURDERAPOLIS: The deaths of George Floyd and other black men at the hands of Minneapolis police have exacerbated the corrosive relationship between people of color and a criminal justice system they feel is stacked against them. It’s a story that dates back to the 1970s, when crime rates soared in the black community. SENT: 1680 words, photos. A 980-word abridged has moved.

GEORGE FLOYD MEMORIALS: Mourners in George Floyd’s hometown of Houston will be able to view his casket as the series of memorials in his honor reach their final stop. A six-hour public viewing will be held Monday at a Houston church. SENT; developing from 1 p.m. public viewing.

GEORGE FLOYD-DEATH INVESTIGATION: A judge has set $1 million bail for a Minneapolis police officer charged with second-degree murder in George Floyd’s death. SENT; developing.

AMERICA PROTESTS-CONGRESS: Democrats in Congress are proposing a far-reaching overhaul of America’s police procedures and accountability. Proposed Monday, it is a sweeping legislative response to the mass protests denouncing the deaths of black Americans in the hands of law enforcement. SENT; developing.

ELECTION 2020-TRUMP: President Donald Trump and his aides have grown increasingly concerned about his reelection chances. They’ve watched Trump’s standing take a pummeling over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and during a wave of protests against racial injustice. SENT: 1050 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020-BIDEN POLICE: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden says an overhaul of policing in America can be accomplished within existing law enforcement agencies. That puts him at odds with activists pushing to “defund the police” in the United States. SENT: 600 words, photos.

AMERICA PROTESTS-MINNEAPOLIS-DISBAND POLICE: Several advocacy groups presented their own recommendations Monday to reform law enforcement practices in Minneapolis, a day after the majority of the City Council voiced support for abolishing the police department entirely in the wake of George Floyd’s death. SENT: 620 words, photos.

AMERICA PROTESTS-DEFUND POLICE: Protesters are making the demand, “defund the police,” as they show their anger at the police custody death of George Floyd and other black Americans killed by police officers. But what does that mean? SENT: 940 words, photos.

POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY-NEW YORK: New York lawmakers are poised to overhaul a decades-old law protecting police disciplinary records that has long been among the nation’s most secretive. SENT; developing.

AMERICA PROTESTS-CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS: A state work crew in Virginia spent Monday morning trying to figure out exactly how to remove the huge statue of Robert E. Lee from Richmond’s Monument Avenue. Authorities have removed monuments elsewhere in the U.S. since protests erupted two weeks ago. SENT: 760 words, photos.

AMERICA PROTESTS-TEAR GAS-VIRUS: Medical professionals are raising the alarm that the tear gas and pepper sprays used during recent protests could increase the spread of the coronavirus. There’s no research yet on riot control agents and COVID-19. SENT: 440 words, photos.

AMERICA PROTESTS-MISSOURI-POLICE CAPTAIN KILLED: Charges have been filed against a 24-year-old St. Louis man who police say shot and killed a retired police captain during a night of violent protests as the former officer tried to protect his friend’s pawn shop. SENT; developing.

AMERICA PROTESTS-KENTUCKY: The mother of the owner and chef of a popular Kentucky barbecue venue who was killed by law enforcement last week says she wants justice for her son. SENT: 580 words, photos.

AMERICA PROTESTS-WASHINGTON STATE: Just days after Seattle’s mayor and police chief promised a month-long moratorium on using a type of tear gas to disperse protesters, the department used it again during an overnight protest. SENT: 740 words, photos.

AMERICA PROTESTS-CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles prosecutors say they won’t charge thousands of protesters who were arrested after violating curfew and other police orders. The city has made the most arrests during U.S. demonstrations over racial injustice. SENT; developing.

AMERICA PROTESTS-PENNSYLVANIA-BLACK DEMOCRATS: Black Democrats in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives commandeered the podium at the start of a voting session, disrupting the day’s business to argue for action on police reform bills. SENT: 680 words, photos.

COAST GUARD ACADEMY-RACIAL HARASSMENT: The Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general says the U.S. Coast Guard Academy has failed to properly investigate and handle allegations of racial harassment, including the use of racial slurs by cadets. SENT: 580 words, photos.

AMERICA PROTESTS-CYCLIST ASSAULTED: A retired police officer who was falsely accused by many Twitter users of accosting three young adults on a Maryland bicycle trail says he was saddened and scared by the barrage of hate directed against him. SENT: 685 words, photos.

AMERICA PROTESTS-GLOBAL PHOTO GALLERY: Just like coronavirus, racism pays no attention to borders. Across the world, people representing a broad spectrum of society have marched as one to protest racial injustice and police brutality at home and abroad. SENT: 600 words, photos.

NYPD-MISCONDUCT COMPLAINTS: A new watchdog report says the vast majority of complaints about New York City police officers’ mistreatment of youths stemmed from encounters with black children. The report highlights several instances of racial profiling at a time when thousands of New Yorkers are calling for police accountability in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police. SENT: 410 words, photos.

PROTESTS-BRITAIN-SLAVERY: In Bristol, an English port city that once launched slave ships, an empty plinth has become the epicenter of a debate about racism, history and memory. SENT: 990 words, photos.

PROTESTS-AFRICA: Protests against police brutality have been held in South Africa and Kenya, with demonstrators who came out to denounce George Floyd’s killing in the U.S. charging that they are also suffering abuses by their own authorities. SENT: 600 words, photos.

AMERICA PROTESTS-FRANCE: French police will no longer be allowed to use chokeholds during arrests, the interior minister said Monday, banning the immobilization technique after it came under renewed criticism following George Floyd’s death in the United States. SENT: 640 words, photos.

AMERICA PROTESTS-NEW SONGS: In response to the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, dozens of artists have voiced their heavy thoughts and feelings in song form, including Trey Songz, Meek Mill, LL Cool J, T.I., Kane Brown, Ty Dolla $ign, Mickey Guyton and Leon Bridges. SENT: 960 words, photos.

BTS PROTESTS: American protesters who have taken to the streets over the death of George Floyd in Minnesota have found an unexpected ally. K-pop fans are showing support by raising funds for Black Lives Matter and flooding racist hashtags with fun-spirited memes. SENT: 600 words, photos.

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AMERICA PROTESTS-OREGON: Not yet six months into her job as chief, Jami Resch is stepping down from leading the Portland, Oregon, Police Bureau as protests over the death of George Floyd roil the city. SENT: 270 words, photos.

OFFICER INVESTIGATED-MISSOURI: About 200 protesters gathered in a St. Louis suburb in the wake of a video that appears to show a police SUV knocking a man to the ground before an officer jumps on top of the screaming man, hits him several times and handcuffs him. SENT: 370 words.

F1-HAMILTON-PROTESTS: Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has been campaigning passionately against racial injustice in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd. SENT: 420 words, photos.

BREES WIFE APOLOGY: The wife of New Orleans Saints Quarterback Drew Brees has now apologized for comments her husband made regarding his opposition to Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling during the national anthem. Her Instagram post says “we are the problem.” SENT: 340 words, photos.

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