NEW YORK (AP) — EBay is banning the sale of Confederate flags and similarly themed merchandise on its site because it has become a symbol of “divisiveness and racism.”

The e-commerce company is the latest to prohibit the sale Confederate merchandise following Wal-Mart Inc. and Sears Holding Corp. The shooting deaths of nine black church members last week in South Carolina has reignited debate on what the flag symbolizes. Gov. Nikki Haley said this week that the Confederate flag should be removed from the Statehouse grounds

EBay Inc. says it will begin notifying sellers of its decision and begin removing items that contain the Confederate flag on Tuesday. A search for “Confederate flag” brought up 1,400 listings, including pins, watches, ties, hats and sunglasses with an image of the flag on it.

McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — The chief of police in McKinney, Texas, says the actions of an officer at a pool party in the Dallas suburb were “indefensible.”

McKinney Police Chief Greg Conley made the comments during a news conference today after Officer David Eric Casebolt resigned.

A viral video showed Casebolt pushing a bikini-clad girl to the ground on Friday and brandishing his gun at other black teens after he and other officers responded to complaints about the pool party at a community-owned McKinney swimming pool.

Conley had placed the 41-year-old former Texas state trooper on administrative leave after the incident. Conley said Casebolt resigned while under investigation.

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco officials are deciding whether to impose a warning on ads for a favorite drink of children and a bane of public health advocates: sugary soda pop.

The “Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Warning Ordinance” would require health warnings on advertising within city limits — on billboards, walls, the sides of cabs and buses. Supporters and opponents say San Francisco would be the first place in the country to require warnings on ads for soda, which is linked to rotting teeth and obesity.

It’s one of three anti-soda proposals on today’s Board of Supervisors agenda.

A spokesman for CalBev, the state beverage association, says the ordinance is a scare tactic that would do little to educate consumers on diabetes and obesity.

DANNEMORA, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities are searching for two convicted murderers who used power tools to escape from a maximum-security New York prison in a “Shawshank Redemption”-style breakout.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo says Richard Matt and David Sweat broke out of the Clinton Correctional Facility in an “elaborate, sophisticated operation” that involved shimmying through a steam pipe.

The men were reported missing from their beds at about 5:30 a.m. Saturday.

Roadblocks were set up in the area of the prison, about 20 miles from the Canadian border. Bloodhounds and helicopters were being used to track down the men.

A $100,000 reward has been posted for information leading to their capture.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Police have arrested an 89-year-old California man on a murder charge in connection with the death of his elderly wife.

The Sacramento Sheriff’s Department says Masaharu Ono was booked Friday into the Sacramento County Jail on a single count of murder after sheriff’s deputies were called to the couple’s apartment and found his 83-year-old wife’s body.

The Sacramento Bee reports (http://bit.ly/1FFvvkl) Ono reported finding his wife dead inside the Sacramento home. Authorities say that after an investigation it was determined the 83-year-old woman had injuries that contributed to her death and were suspicious in nature.

The department says investigators determined that Ono was responsible for the killing.

The Sacramento coroner’s office identified the victim as Hiroko Ono.

NEW YORK (AP) — Google will release monthly reports on the performance of its self-driving cars, and it disclosed summaries of the 12 accidents that involved the vehicles.

Google described all of the accidents as minor, saying no injuries were reported. The company said Friday, as it has in the past, that its cars were not to blame for any of the accidents.

The advocacy group Consumer Watchdog has pushed Google to release the accident reports, and The Associated Press has asked Google and the California Department of Motor Vehicles for the reports. Both have refused, citing privacy concerns.

The Mountain View, California-based company says the cars have driven about 1 million miles in autonomous mode since 2009, and Google’s drivers have been in control for 800,000 additional miles.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Petco has accepted responsibility for the death of a 2-year-old dog that was being groomed at a suburban Richmond store.

The pet supply chain said in a written statement Thursday that it takes “full responsibility” and has fired the employees directly involved in the incident for not following proper procedures. The company also said it will remove the kind of dryers used on the golden retriever, Colby, and will reinforce its training with groomers in all of its stores next week.

Allison Marks of Powhatan County dropped Colby off for a regular grooming Saturday. She told media outlets that when she called to check on her dog, she was summoned to a nearby animal clinic where a veterinarian told her he believed Colby had died of a heat stroke.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida oncologist has been charged with giving cancer patients medications from other countries that were not approved by the federal government.

Federal health officials said patients at East Lake Oncology in Palm Harbor were unaware that for the past six years Dr. Diana Anda Norbergs, and her staff were giving them cheaper, misbranded drugs, including chemotherapy drugs, that weren’t approved for use in the United States.

According to the indictment, she billed the taxpayer-funded Medicare program and private insurance companies for the illegal prescriptions, claiming that she was actually using the Food and Drug Administration-approved versions.

Norbergs was arrested Thursday and is charged with 12 counts of health care fraud and nine counts of receiving misbranded drugs in interstate commerce. She is expected to appear in court later Thursday.