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Updated: 39 minutes ago
|By AADMER MANHANI
While public health officials are urging Americans to hold more muted Independence Day celebrations amid a spike of coronavirus cases, President Donald Trump is going big for what he is promising will be a “special evening” in the nation’s capital.
Updated: 1 hour ago
|By CARA ANNA
More than 11 million people around the world are known to have been infected since the pandemic began, 2.7 million of those in the U.S., according to the Johns Hopkins data. With shortages of testing materials, the real number of cases is unknown.
Updated: 1 hour ago
The legislation extends the June 30 deadline for applying for the program to Aug. 8.
Updated: 3 hours ago
|By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press
Elevating a message of personal responsibility over statewide crackdowns on businesses and requirements for people in public spaces has been a consistent approach among certain governors during the coronavirus crisis.
Updated: 6 hours ago
|By KIM TONG-HYUNG
North Korea is reiterating it has no immediate plans to resume nuclear negotiations with the United States unless Washington discards what it describes as “hostile” polices toward Pyongyang.
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By STEVE GROVES
President Donald Trump will begin his Independence Day weekend on Friday with a patriotic display of fireworks at Mount Rushmore before a crowd of thousands. But even in a part of the country where many remain supportive of the president, the event has drawn controversy and protests.
Updated: 12 hours ago
An 8-year-old boy was killed Friday in a shooting at an Alabama's shopping mall that left three other people injured, police said.
Updated: 12 hours ago
Kimberly Guilfoyle, the girlfriend of President Donald Trump’s oldest son, has contracted the coronavirus.
Updated: 16 hours ago
Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson has tested positive for the coronavirus and will miss this weekend's race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Updated: 17 hours ago
|By Staff
A woman who’s accused of helping her boyfriend dismember and bury the body of a 20-year-old Fort Hood soldier was transferred Friday from Bell County to McLennan County to face federal charges.
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Updated: 17 hours ago
|By MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer
Representatives for both singers confirmed the news Friday to The Associated Press.
Updated: 18 hours ago
|By PATTY NIEBERG AND COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press
Elijah McClain’s death got new attention following nationwide protests over police brutality and racial injustice.
Updated: 18 hours ago
|By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer
“Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” is traditionally known as the Black anthem.
Updated: 19 hours ago
|By Ed Payne
Jodi Damrow was just doing what comes naturally for a veteran emergency room nurse.
Updated: 20 hours ago
With confirmed cases climbing in 40 states, governors have ordered the wearing of masks in public, and families were urged to celebrate their independence at home.
Updated: 21 hours ago
|By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer
The All-Star Game scheduled for July 14 was canceled Friday because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Updated: 21 hours ago
|By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press
At the end of June, the total number of coronavirus cases among prisoners had reached at least 52,649, an increase of 8% from the week before.
Updated: 22 hours ago
|By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press
Cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco have received more complaints of illegal fireworks this summer than in previous years.
Updated: 23 hours ago
Glenn and Gertrude Richardson’s 72nd anniversary is Friday. Glenn passed away on June 1, and Gertrude passed on June 2.
Updated: Jul. 3, 2020 at 10:55 AM CDT
The recent national debate over racism renewed calls for the franchise to change the name, and sponsors this week started mounting their own pressure.
Updated: Jul. 3, 2020 at 10:35 AM CDT
Some beachgoers got to see an amazing sight over Myrtle Beach.
Updated: Jul. 3, 2020 at 9:50 AM CDT
The film stars the original cast, including creator Lin-Manuel Miranda in the title role.
Updated: Jul. 3, 2020 at 8:55 AM CDT
The program was initially suspended in mid-March when the theme parks and hotels closed down due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Updated: Jul. 3, 2020 at 8:12 AM CDT
The man was arrested on arson charges.
Updated: Jul. 3, 2020 at 1:54 AM CDT
|By JAY REEVES
Residents in the landmark civil rights city of Selma, Alabama, are among the critics of a bid to rename the historic bridge where voting rights marchers were beaten in 1965.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 11:13 PM CDT
Home Depot is modifying rope sales after nooses were found in stores across the country.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 7:48 PM CDT
|By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press
Heading into Memorial Day weekend, California's mood was celebratory. The state had avoided dire predictions of a coronavirus surge, hospitalizations were starting to decline and restaurants and most other businesses had reopened.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 6:34 PM CDT
Memphis-based FedEx is joining a growing list of organizations to ask the Washington Redskins to change its name.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 5:07 PM CDT
|By Ed Payne
A deputy found dozens of Confederate flags scattered on the ground. Some of them spelled out “stop racism.”
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 3:43 PM CDT
|By JIM VERTUNO
The 1990s rapper with the hit single "Ice Ice Baby" had been scheduled to play a lakeside concert just outside Austin on Friday, but on Thursday he announced it was being postponed.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 3:31 PM CDT
|By JAKE COYLE, TERRY SPENCER and DAVID RISING
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. climbed to an all-time high of more than 50,000 per day on Thursday, with the infection curve rising in 40 out of 50 states in a reversal that has largely spared only the Northeast.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 2:48 PM CDT
The world's mountain of discarded flat-screen TVs, cellphones and other electronic goods grew to a record high last year, according to an annual report released Thursday.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 2:31 PM CDT
|By Christopher Rugaber
Unemployment falls to 11.1% as the U.S. added a record 4.8 million jobs in June, but the pandemic dims the outlook for further gains.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 2:29 PM CDT
Many people might be tempted to create smaller firework shows of their own and experts are worried.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 2:21 PM CDT
Longtime television personality and newscaster Hugh Downs passed away Wednesday at the age of 99.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 1:22 PM CDT
|By Ed Payne
The 74-year-old found out Monday that he had coronavirus and by Wednesday “had developed symptoms serious enough that he required hospitalization.”
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 1:01 PM CDT
|By JIM MUSTIAN and LARRY NEUMEISTER
British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested Thursday on charges she helped recruit three girls — one as young as 14 — to have sex with financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was accused of sexually assaulting dozens of girls and women over many years.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 12:54 PM CDT
|By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MATTHEW DALY
The U.S. intelligence chiefs conducted classified briefings Thursday for congressional leaders who have demanded more answers about intelligence assessments that Russia offered bounties for killing U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 12:26 PM CDT
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police tweeted that they arrested an armed man who entered the grounds where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lives.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 12:07 PM CDT
|By ARNIE STAPLETON
The NFL will cut its preseason in half and push back the start of exhibition play so teams have more time to train following a virtual offseason made necessary by the coronavirus pandemic, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 11:46 AM CDT
|By KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press
Fort Lauderdale police posted a video on its official YouTube channel Wednesday that shows Florida police officers laughing and celebrating after shooting rubber bullets at a protest last month in which a Black woman was shot in the face and seriously injured.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 10:58 AM CDT
An 8-foot tall whipping post was removed from a Delaware county courthouse square Wednesday after activists said the post was a reminder of racial discrimination.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 10:53 AM CDT
|By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press
The justices said in a written order that they would not hear cases from Chicago and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 10:36 AM CDT
Walmart is transforming 160 of its store parking lots into drive-in movie theaters starting in August.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 10:26 AM CDT
|By Ed Payne
After the fireworks fly for Independence Day, the buck moon makes its debut early Sunday morning at 12:44 a.m. Eastern.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 10:10 AM CDT
A political action committee working to help President Donald Trump get re-elected is sponsoring a NASCAR driver’s vehicle starting this weekend.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 9:49 AM CDT
The Larsens say that from the moment you arrive at the park, there are signs everywhere saying don’t approach the wildlife.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 9:05 AM CDT
|By MARK SHERMAN
The justices agreed on Thursday to hear the Trump administration's appeal of a lower court order for the material to be turned over to the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 7:40 AM CDT
In areas where COVID-19 is spreading, health experts agree that wearing masks or other face coverings in public helps reduce the risk of spreading the virus when people can't socially distance by staying 6 feet apart.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 6:36 AM CDT
A Missouri man was freed from prison Wednesday after a county prosecutor declined to retry his case, punctuating years of work by WNBA star Maya Moore and other supporters who argued he was falsely convicted of burglary and assault charges.