Police vehicles are parked following a protest against the death of teenager Guilherme Silva Guedes, 15, who disappeared in Vila Clara, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

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Atlanta INtown reports, “A drive around Zone 6 indicated there was not the usual APD presence. A Georgia State Patrol unit was handling a two-car accident at Boulevard and Edgewood Avenue around 9 p.m. The APD’s precinct at Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center appeared empty. Down in Grant Park, the Zone 3 precinct was populated by Fulton County Sheriff units.” Social media chatter has been at a fever pitch all evening about walkouts in Zones 3 and 6. Police radio traffic in Zone 6 – which covers Inman Park, Old Fourth Ward, Virginia-Highland, and Reynoldstowns, among others – has gone quiet. Sgt. John Chaffee with APD’s public affairs unit denied the walkouts in a statement, but said there had been a higher than usual number of call outs.

Meanwhile, in Kiev, Ukraine.

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Authorities are investigating after deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department fatally shot a man and injured a woman in Rosamond Wednesday afternoon. The shooting happened at about 4:39 p.m. in 3400 block 15th Street West in the Kern County community of Rosamond, just north of Lancaster, the department said. Detectives with the Major Crimes Unit were tracking a man suspected of kidnapping, spousal assault and assault with a deadly weapon. When deputies attempted to make a traffic stop, the man allegedly opened the door and started shooting. Deputies returned fire, killing the man and shooting a woman, who was also in the vehicle, in the chest. The woman, who authorities said was not the spouse involved in the alleged assault, was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. #LASD also said a 7-year-old girl was in the car, but was uninjured in the shooting.

Los Angeles is latest city to consider plan to replace uniform police officers with 'response team'. Is this the right way our cities should be policing? Rania Mankarious, CEO of Crime Stoppers of Houston, responds.

Arizona bushfire becomes one of largest fires in state history. Jun. 18, 2020 - The state's seventh largest wildfire has torched more than 100,000 acres northeast of Phoenix.

WARNING! GRAPHIC CONTENT! Footage from several Fullerton Police Department officers’ body cameras released Wednesday provides new information on a May 3 police shooting that left a man dead after he disregarded officers’ orders to drop his knife. Fullerton police said in the “critical incident” briefing that an officer stopped on the 2200 block of Commonwealth Avenue after he saw two men struggling near a truck at around 9:30 p.m. One of the men was carrying a stick and another was carrying a knife, police said. Body camera footage showed the officer yelling at Leon to get out of the truck and put the knife down. He did this while pointing his gun at Leon. The man who had dropped the stick got down onto his knees after other officers arrived. #shooting

The Russian president offers a comprehensive assessment of the legacy of World War II, arguing that "Today, European politicians, and Polish leaders in particular, wish to sweep the Munich Betrayal under the carpet. The Munich Betrayal showed to the Soviet Union that the Western countries would deal with security issues without taking its interests into account." Seventy-five years have passed since the end of the Great Patriotic War. Several generations have grown up over the years. The political map of the planet has changed. The Soviet Union that claimed an epic, crushing victory over Nazism and saved the entire world is gone. Besides, the events of that war have long become a distant memory, even for its participants. So why does Russia celebrate the 9th of May as the biggest holiday? Why does life almost come to a halt on June 22? And why does one feel a lump rise in their throat?

California Sheriff's Deputy Saves 11-Month-Old Baby Who Stopped Breathing. A quick thinking deputy's actions saved the life of an 11-month-old boy who had stopped breathing and lost consciousness in Palmdale.

For the first time, the Minneapolis police chief is addressing the number of employees who have left the department since George Floyd died on Memorial Day.

Meanwhile, in Portland. Police dismantle the barricades.

A statue from the Richmond Howitzers Monument, erected in 1892 to commemorate a Confederate artillery unit, lies after being toppled by protesters against racial inequality overnight in Richmond, Virginia. REUTERS/Jay Paul