MIKE COFFMAN

A video showing a police officer pistol-whipping and choking a Black man during an arrest in a Denver suburb has reignited anger over policing in the community.

The obstacles to relieving homelessness in America seem stubbornly difficult to solve. So, the mayor of Aurora, Colo., sought to learn about the issue by living among the homeless for a week.

A 19-year-old Asian man was fatally shot while shielding his girlfriend from a group of carjackers in San Mateo, Calif., on Friday night. What happened: The victim, identified as Ashly Tianson of Daly City, according to the Mercury News, was shot in the parking lot of San Mateo Adult School at 789 East Poplar Avenue when the officers were dispatched around 9 p.m. Tianson was sitting in his car with his girlfriend when three people approached them and tried to take the vehicle, according to a GoFundMe started by the victim's brother.

— Italy’s leader has imposed at least a month of new restrictions across the country to fight rising coronavirus infections. ___Follow all of AP’s coronavirus pandemic coverage at http://apnews.com/VirusOutbreak and https://apnews.com/UnderstandingtheOutbreak___HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:DENVER — Colorado Gov. Before that, the most cases reported in the United States on a single day had been 77,362 on July 16. On Sunday, the institute reported 11,176 new daily infections, almost double the number reported a week ago Sunday. —-NEW DELHI — India’s daily coronavirus cases have dropped to nearly 50,000, maintaining a downturn over the last few weeks.

McClain, a 23-year-old Black man in the Denver suburb of Aurora, died in August after police officers confronted him as he was walking to a store. McClain was a massage therapist who planned to go to college, his younger sister, Samara McClain, told The Denver Post. According to a report by District Attorney Dave Young, Aurora officers responding to the report said McClain was uncooperative when they confronted him. Federal authorities also said they were considering an investigation into photos of Aurora police released last week. WHAT IS THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE PHOTOS TAKEN AT MCCLAIN'S MEMORIAL?

VA secretary to GOP lawmaker who served in Iraq: "What have you done?" VA secretary Robert McDonald was tussling with Colorado Rep. Mike Coffman about VA hospital construction delays and cost increases.