QUICK HITS

Calif. to consider reparations:

California lawmakers are setting up a task force to study and make recommendations for reparations to African Americans, particularly the descendants of slaves, as the nation struggles again

with civil rights and unrest following the latest shooting of a Black man by police. The state Senate supported creating the nine-member commission on a bipartisan 33-3 vote Saturday.

Connecticut’s minimum wage rises:

Thousands of low-wage workers in Connecticut, from home health care aides and child care providers to cashiers and fast-food employees, will see their hourly wages rise to $12 beginning Tuesday.

Phoenix settles with family:

Phoenix has reached a settlement with a Black family for more than $470,000 after a widely viewed video last year showed police officers drawing their weapons and shouting

expletives at the family while responding to a shoplifting complaint. No charges were filed in connection with the episode, and at least one officer was fired. Members of the City Council voted 6-2 on Wednesday to approve the settlement,

Italy acts to reduce overcrowding:

Officials

in Italy hastily chartered more ferries Sunday and put other measures into place to fight severe overcrowding at migrant centers on the tiny island of Lampedusa, where the arrival of 450 migrants on a rickety fishing boat triggered protests by the island’s residents.