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Portland shooting amplifies tensions in presidential race as Donald Trump ramps up attacks, Democrats fire back

The US president posted or reposted a barrage of tweets about the clashes in Portland, many of them assailing the city’s Democratic mayor

NBA halts playoffs after Milwaukee Bucks lead unprecedented boycott in protest against shooting of Jacob Blake

The Women's NBA also postponed its scheduled fixtures for Wednesday while at least two Major League Soccer fixtures were also reportedly scrapped.

Jacob Blake shooting: Teenager arrested and charged during violent unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin

The Jacob Blake shooting was the latest flashpoint in a summer of unrest that began with the killing of George Floyd and set off soul searching across the country as well as protests, some of which have turned violent

'It would take a miracle': Black man shot multiple times by police unlikely to walk again, says lawyer

The shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha came just three months after the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis policeman touched off a wider reckoning on race

Protests in Wisconsin after video shows police shooting black man in back seven times; victim in 'serious condition'

Following the shooting, social media posts showed neighbours gathering in the surrounding streets and hurling comments at police