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DEAR ABBY: I have been divorced for 18 years. The main reason for my divorce was that I married too young and wasn't ready to be a wife and mother. My daughter has just announced her engagement to a truly wonderful man, but she's only 19. I want to support her, but I'm afraid she's making the same mistake I did. I have tried talking to her about it, but she is sure she is making the right decision.

Indie music artists are joining the chorus of voices decrying police brutality on the black community.

The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments Friday related to the national and global response, the work place and the spread of the virus.

TOP OF THE HOUR:

— European Union lawmakers concerned about US racism, leadership.

— Paris police ban protests because of coronavirus concerns.

— Twitter blocks Trump campaign video featuring George Floyd.

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BRUSSELS — European Union lawmakers are expressing concern about U.S. police action linked to the death of George Floyd.

The incidents were debated by the EU parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights as the protest movement since Floyd’s death gathered pace in Europe and around the world. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 13.3% in May from 14.7%, and 2.5 million jobs were added — a surprisingly positive reading in the midst of a recession that has paralyzed the economy in the wake of the viral pandemic.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California cities and counties cautiously lifted curfews after days of sporadic mayhem were replaced by peaceful protests and pledges by lawmakers to fight inequality.

Xu Zhiyong, a prominent Chinese activist and legal scholar detained by the government since earlier this year, is being honored by PEN America.

Buffalo

Buffalo Bills rookie quarterback Jake Fromm apologized for using the phrase "elite white people" in a text conversation from more than a year ago, and posted on social media early Thursday.

The former Georgia starter posted his apology on his Twitter account, in which he wrote: "I'm truly sorry for my words and actions and humbly ask for forgiveness."

In saying he never meant to imply he was an elite white male, which he noted during the text conversation, Fromm added... Читать дальше...

New Orleans

Drew Brees now realizes he'd fallen out of touch.

His contemporaries drove that home when they pilloried him this week for repeating a long-held conviction he'd always felt comfortable expressing.

In the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, Brees repeated his opposition to kneeling during the national anthem. And the biting backlash that followed prompted the Saints' star quarterback to issue a public apology Thursday in which he acknowledged he totally... Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After days of raucous protests accompanied by sporadic violence and scattered looting that led to deployment of the National Guard, Los Angeles, San Francisco and most other cities in California anxiously lifted curfews Thursday amid more peaceful demonstrations.

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A state investigator testified Thursday that a white man was heard saying a racist slur as he stood over Ahmaud Arbery's body, moments after fatally shooting the black man with a pump-action shotgun.

The Latest on the May 25 death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer pressed a knee on his neck:

BOSTON (AP) — Google said state-based hackers have targeted the campaigns of both President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, although it saw no evidence that the phishing attempts were successful.

It was pretty challenging for me to write an outdoors column this week — my heart just wasn’t in it.

The NBA took a major step toward getting back on the court Thursday, with the league's Board of Governors approving a 22-team format for restarting the league season next month at the Disney campus near Orlando, Fla. The vote was 29-1, with Portland casting the dissenting vote. The National Basketball Players Association has scheduled a meeting for Friday to vote on the plan.

Thoroughbred racing returned to Belmont Park on Wednesday.

Thursday, the horses came back to Saratoga with the opening of the Oklahoma Training Track.

Riley, 29, was hired last week, the latest stop on a journey that included three years as head coach at Albany Academy.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union sued the Trump administration Thursday, alleging officials violated the civil rights of protesters who were forcefully removed from a park near the White House by police using chemical agents before President Donald Trump walked to a nearby church to take a photo.

Wedding Cake Championship: "Puppet Love"

Cooking Channel, 7 p.m.

Six of America's best baking duos begin their quest for wedding cake domination and the $25,000 prize as hosts Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir hit them with their first challenge: creating a cake topper that showcases a city of love. In the cake round, the bakers must create a dream wedding cake for Andrea and Jered, a couple of professional puppeteers who want a blend of a traditional wedding design for her and a puppet theme for him. Читать дальше...

There's a great moment in the documentary " We Are Freestyle Love Supreme " when Lin-Manuel Miranda and "Hamilton" director Thomas Kail talk about how people are often disappointed when they see them exiting the theater. The onlookers are hoping to spot someone famous and Miranda and Kail did not, in 2007, fit the bill.

DEAR ABBY: My wife and I lost our son to suicide a few years ago. We have never gotten over it. I have recovered somewhat and would like to resume having intimate relations, but she's not that far along.