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AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

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APRIL 30 – MAY 7, 2021 From a drive-in fashion show in a car park in Prague, to the reopening of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, and supporters celebrating after Ajax clinched the Dutch Premier League soccer title, this photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by The Associated Press from…

AP Week in Pictures: North America

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APRIL 30 – MAY 6, 2021 This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by The Associated Press from North America. The selection was curated by AP photo editor Patrick Sison in New York. Follow AP visual journalism: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apnews AP Images on Twitter: http://twitter.com/AP_Images AP Images blog: http://apimagesblog.com Categories: AP…

The Latest: LA, San Fran opening business despite infections

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LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles and San Francisco are reopening for more business under California’s least restrictive coronavirus safety rules, even though these counties have more infections than many others. State data shows nearby Orange and San Bernardino counties have similarly low coronavirus case and positivity rates to Los Angeles but can’t reopen further because they aren’t conducting as much…

Colorado GOP lawmaker who used racist term is reprimanded

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A Republican lawmaker in Colorado has been reprimanded after calling a colleague “Buckwheat,” a racist term that provoked outcry from Democrats. It wasn’t clear who state Rep. Richard Holtorf was directing the remarks to Wednesday during debate on a stimulus measure. Holtorf, who is white, quickly said he was using the word as a “term of endearment,” furthering angering Democrats. He then apologized. On Thursday, a chastened Holtorf apologized again to a silent House chamber. House Speaker Alec Garnett told lawmakers that he’d had a long conversation with Holtorf and vowed that “discriminatory remarks, whether intentionally launched or carelessly said, have absolutely no place in this House.”