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The family of an unarmed 26-year-old San Francisco Bay Area man is struggling to understand how a minor confrontation with police officers led to his death. Mario Gonzalez died on the same day a jury in Minneapolis began considering similar circumstances in the George Floyd case. Officers in Alameda, California, responded to a park on April 19th to check out neighbors’ reports that Gonzalez was acting strangely. Body camera video made public this week shows he died after three officers and a civilian parking enforcement employee pinned him face down on the ground for more than five minutes. Three separate investigations are underway.

Indian Point north of New York City will permanently stop producing nuclear power Friday. The closure caps a decades-long battle over a key source of electricity in the heart of New York City’s suburbs that opponents call a threat to millions living in the densely packed region.The retirement of the Indian Point Energy Center along the Hudson River could increase New York’s short-term reliance on natural gas plants, despite the state’s goal of reducing carbon emissions. But critics who fought for its shutdown argue any benefits from the plant are eclipsed by the prospect of a major nuclear accident or a terror strike 25 miles north of the city.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The bodies of 24 sub-Saharan migrants, among them two minors, who are believed to have died of thirst and hunger as they tried to cross from the west coast of Africa to the Canary Islands, were…

As India faces a devastating surge of new coronavirus infections overwhelming its health care system, people are turning to desperate measures to try to keep loved ones alive. In some cases they are resorting to unproven medical treatments or to black markets for life-saving medications that are in short supply. Drugs such as hydroxychloroquine, which the World Health Organization says should not be used for the coronavirus, are being taken by desperate patients. The mounting desperation and rampant experimentation with unproven drugs come as India set another global record for new virus cases with more than 379,000 infections on Thursday. That is putting even more pressure on the country’s overwhelmed hospitals.

The husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, Doug Emhoff, is settling in and defining his groundbreaking new role as second gentleman of the United States. It's a sharp pivot from his past work as a California-based entertainment lawyer. Emhoff has been spending a lot of time traveling around the country urging people to help end the coronavirus pandemic by getting vaccinated. Emhoff's role represents a historic shift in politics and for political unions. He's the first man to take on the more traditional role of supporter and confidant of the vice president.

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's top court ruled Thursday that the government has to set clear goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions after 2030, arguing that current legislation doesn't go far enough in ensuring climate change is limited to acceptable levels.…

India has set another global record in new virus cases, as millions of people in one state cast votes despite rising infections. With 379,257 new infections, India now has reported more than 18.3 million cases, second only to the United States. Daily deaths have nearly tripled in the past three weeks, reflecting the intensity of the latest surge. And the country’s already teetering health system is under immense strain, prompting allies to send help. Amid the crisis, voting for the eighth and final phase of the West Bengal state elections began Thursday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has faced criticism over the last few weeks for holding huge rallies in the state, which experts suggest might have driven the surge there too. 

National Women's Hockey League commissioner Tyler Tumminia is holding the door open should members of the Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association ever want to reach out. The two sides have been at odds for two years. The PWHPA includes many of the world's top players who want a different league with reliable salaries and benefits. The NWHL is doubling its salary cap to $300,000 for each of its six teams. Tumminia says that suggests stability. PWHPA executive Jayna Hefford calls the increase a positive step. Former Canadian national team goalie Shannon Szabados remains skeptical.

The worlds of two horse racing families will collide in the Kentucky Derby this weekend. Steve Asmussen trains Super Stock, owned by his 79-year-old father. Doug O'Neill trains Hot Rod Charlie, co-owned by his nephew Patrick O'Neill and bought at auction by his brother Dennis. The Asmussens are lifers in  the sport, with Steve's parents running a training center in Laredo, Texas, for decades. His brother, Cash, was a star jockey in Europe. The O'Neills came up the hard way, too, honing a love of the sport through racetrack visits as kids. 

The postgame routine between San Antonio’s Gregg Popovich and Miami’s Erik Spoelstra is almost always the same. A handshake or embrace near midcourt at the final buzzer. They exchange a few words. They laugh. And then the coaches head off in opposite directions. It has been this way for a while now, and was again Wednesday when they met for the 37th time. There is clear mutual admiration between the two coaches who have been in their jobs longer than any other current coaches in the NBA. 

Phillies star Bryce Harper says he’s feeling fine after being hit in the face by a 96.9 mph fastball Wednesday. Harper was drilled in the left cheek by Cardinals left-hander Génesis Cabrera’s first pitch in the sixth inning of a 5-3 victory. The All-Star slugger picked himself up and walked off the field, blood dripping from a cut on the side of his nose. He said in a video on Instagram that “everything feels good.” He appeared to have only minor swelling and bruising. Elsewhere, the Dodgers and Brewers begin a four-game set between NL division leaders in Milwaukee.

Ethiopia has swept up thousands of ethnic Tigrayans into detention centers across the country on accusations that they are traitors, often holding them for months and without charges, The Associated Press has found. The detentions of both military personnel and civilians are an apparent attempt to purge state institutions of the Tigrayans who once dominated them, as the government enters its sixth month of fighting in the Tigray region. The detentions in at least nine locations are far more sweeping in scope and more arbitrary than Ethiopia has acknowledged, sometimes with ethnic profiling as the sole reason.

Chris Paul scored 28 points, Devin Booker added 21 and the Phoenix Suns beat the Los Angeles Clippers 109-101 in a matchup of two of the Western Conference’s top teams. Phoenix clinched a playoff berth for the first time in 11 years and once again looked like a team that might play deep into the summer. The Suns finally figured out a way to beat the Clippers, who won the first two games of the season series. Phoenix didn’t trail the entire game but needed a fourth-quarter push to turn back a Los Angeles rally. Paul George led the Clippers with 25 points.