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Injured target of police shooting is now stable but still in the intensive care unit.

Police said they were investigating the fatal shooting of two people and the wounding of another after a third night of protests over a shooting by police that brought armed citizens into the streets.

A Native American man convicted of murder is set to be executed by the federal government over the opposition of the Navajo Nation, which says the Justice Department is infringing on its tribal sovereignty.

U.S. businesses in China are pushing back against a looming Trump administration ban on Tencent’s WeChat app, with a report shedding light on just how vital the tool is to companies doing business in the world’s second-largest economy.

A cyberattack brought New Zealand’s stock market to a standstill for a second time in two days. NZX, the operator of the exchange, said it was carried out from overseas but didn’t provide any information to back up the claim.

After video emerged of police shooting a Black man multiple times in the back, this small city on Lake Michigan has become an epicenter of racial tension over police violence.

Protesters angry over the shooting of a Black man by police clashed with law enforcement in Kenosha for a third night, and groups of armed citizens came out saying they were there to protect local businesses from looting.

McDonald’s said its investigation into former CEO Steve Easterbrook’s conduct is examining whether he covered up improprieties by other employees alongside allegations of potential misconduct within the human-resources department.

Corrections & Amplifications for the edition of Aug. 26, 2020

The Justice Department’s antitrust division brought the case in a Pennsylvania federal court, alleging Teva Pharmaceuticals USA engaged in anticompetitive conduct that resulted in at least $350 million in overcharges to consumers.

The judge set a trial date of Oct. 19 for a lawsuit seeking to block the removal of a statue honoring Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond, in a setback for officials’ efforts to take down the monument.

The lawsuit to block the Trump administration from disrupting postal operations joined other efforts by Democrats in press the agency to maintain services in the election during the coronavirus pandemic.

A California federal judge granted the maker of “Fortnite” a partial reprieve in its battle against Apple.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s bid to persuade Sudan to recognize Israel appeared to be rebuffed, in a setback to the administration’s efforts to expand the United Arab Emirates-Israel peace deal to other Arab nations.

The U.S. closed the Chinese consulate in Houston and ordered China to remove the researchers after finding what officials say was an intelligence-gathering operation aided by diplomats to collect cutting-edge scientific research from American universities.

The Kremlin said it had no involvement in the sudden illness of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny and questioned the assertion this week by German doctors that he was poisoned, pushing back against demands from Western leaders for an inquiry.

A group of Black former NFL players has filed a lawsuit alleging that the league’s concussion settlement with players blocked some Black claimants from securing payouts by using an evaluation process that assumed they had lower cognitive functioning when healthy than white players.

The trial over whether Carlos Ghosn illegally hid millions of dollars in compensation starts in Tokyo next month—but Mr. Ghosn won’t be there. Instead, the man in the dock will be an American accused of helping him.

Demonstrations in Kenosha, Wis., became violent as hundreds of protesters clashed with law enforcement, marking a second night of unrest after a Black man was shot multiple times in the back by police.