Rayshard Brooks was remembered at the Atlanta church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once preached. The private funeral for the man who was shot by a police officer was held Tuesday at Ebenezer Baptist Church. The Rev. Raphael Warnock delivered the eulogy. Officer Garrett Rolfe shot Brooks in the back after Brooks fired a Taser in his direction while running away after a struggle with officers outside a Wendy's restaurant on June 12. Rolfe is white. Brooks was Black. King's daughter, the Rev. Bernice King, also delivered remarks at the funeral.

Novak Djokovic tested positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday after taking part in a tennis exhibition series he organized in Serbia and Croatia. The top-ranked Serb is the fourth player to test positive for the virus after first playing in Belgrade and then again last weekend in Zadar, Croatia. His wife also tested positive. “The moment we arrived in Belgrade we went to be tested. My result is positive, just as Jelena’s, while the results of our children are negative," Djokovic said in a statement. Djokovic has been criticized for organizing the tournament and bringing in players from ot

The World Health Organization says the record levels of new daily COVID-19 cases are due to the pandemic peaking in a number of large countries all at once. Emergencies chief Doctor Michael Ryan says that the numbers are increasing because the epidemic is developing in a number of populous countries at the same time. Some countries have attributed their increased caseload to more testing, including India and the US, but Ryan dismisses that explanation. More than 100,000 COVID-19 cases in FloridaHealth officials are reporting more than 100,000 people in Florida have been diagnosed with COVID-1

Thousands of people, many not wearing masks, attended U.S. President Donald Trump's first campaign rally since the COVID-19 pandemic began. But the B.O.K. Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was far from its 19-thousand seat capacity. Trump campaign officials said protesters prevented the president's supporters from entering the stadium, but journalists in Tulsa reported there was no blocked entry to the area where the rally was held. Trump supporters faced off with protesters throughout the evening, but while there were shouting matches, things remained largely peaceful.

China has charged two detained Canadians with spying today, further escalating tensions between the two countries. Chinese prosecutors say Michael Kovrig was charged on suspicion of spying for state secrets. They say Michael Spavor was charged on suspicion of spying for a foreign entity and illegally providing state secrets. The charges were announced by China's highest prosecutor's office in brief social media posts. Both men have been held since December 2018 in a move seen as an apparent attempt to pressure Canada to release Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. They have been in Chinese prisons

Reaction is pouring in from Washington as more details of the book by President Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton come out. Speaker Nancy Pelosi says John Bolton's book is, quote ``interesting'' because he was so arrogant during the House impeachment inquiry. She said Bolton quote chose loyalty over patriotism, and called his book a substitute for testifying before Congress. In the book Bolton accuses Trump of begging the leader of China to help him get re-elected. Trump calls Bolton a ``sick puppy'' who is taking revenge for being fired.

The Atlanta officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in the back after the fleeing man pointed a stun gun in his direction is going to be charged with felony murder and 10 other crimes. Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard made the announcement about Garrett Rolfe during a news conference Wednesday. Howard said Rolfe kicked Brooks while he lay on the ground and that the officer with him, Devin Brosnan, stood on Brooks' shoulder as he struggled for life Friday night. Howard says Brosnan is co-operating and has given testimony, the first time in 40 cases he remembers such co-operation. R

The family of a black man killed in a scuffle with Atlanta police outside a fast food drive-thru is pleading for nonviolent protests and policy changes to end future deaths in police custody. About 20 relatives of 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks said at a news conference Monday that he was a loving father with a big heart. Brooks was shot late Friday as police tried to arrest for being intoxicated behind the wheel. His niece, Chassidy Evans, said the family isn't just pleading for justice, but also for change. Meanwhile, more than 1,000 people joined a protest outside the Georgia Capitol, where D

There are 96,653 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. Quebec: 53,185 confirmed (including 5,029 deaths, 19,361 resolved) Ontario: 31,090 confirmed (including 2,464 deaths, 24,829 resolved) Alberta: 7,229 confirmed (including 151 deaths, 6,722 resolved) British Columbia: 2,669 confirmed (including 167 deaths, 2,319 resolved) Nova Scotia: 1,060 confirmed (including 62 deaths, 999 resolved) Saskatchewan: 656 confirmed (including 13 deaths, 624 resolved) Manitoba: 289 confirmed (including 7 deaths, 285 resolved), 11 presumptive Newfoundland and Labrador: 261 confirmed (including 3