News of the day from around the nation, April 24
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Police shooting: Lawyers for the family of an unarmed black man killed by Barstow police in a busy Southern California parking lot said this week that an autopsy found he was shot 10 times and died from choking on his own blood as police delayed getting him medical help. The autopsy concluded that 26-year-old Diante Yarber died of asphyxiation and that, had he been given medical treatment, he would have had a chance at surviving his wounds, attorney S. Lee Merritt said at a news conference. The autopsy was conducted by a private medical examiner at Merritt’s request. An autopsy by San Bernardino County authorities has not been released.