The Latest: SDakota reports all-time high virus death toll

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota health officials have reported all-time highs for the toll of the coronavirus with 13 deaths and 747 more people who tested positive.

Much of U.S. Southwest left parched after monsoon season

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Cities across the U.S. Southwest recorded their driest monsoon season on record this year, some with only a trace or no rain.

Lawyer: Unruly crowd warrants venue change in Floyd case

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An attorney for one of four former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd on Thursday reiterated his request for the trial to be moved, saying the defendants and lawyers…

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'Lady Ninja' pummels assailant who attacked elderly friend

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Her martial arts skills may not be quite what they once were, but still, you don't mess with Lady Ninja.

In big states, tiny counties, Trump attacking voting rules

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — When Donald Trump's campaign took issue with a new rule on processing some votes in North Carolina, it didn't just complain to the Board of Elections and file a lawsuit. It wrote to some of the…

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Official: Mexican prison was controlled by Jalisco cartel

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Mexico Supreme Court okays vote on prosecuting ex-presidents

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday the president can go ahead with a proposed referendum on prosecuting ex-presidents.

Paternity ruling nudges Delphine Boel to Belgian royalty

Artist and sculptor Delphine Boel is on the cusp of officially becoming a Belgian princess after a Brussels court ruled in her favor Thursday in a decades-old royal paternity scandal pitting her against former King…

The Latest: US: Remdesivir supply outstripping demand

WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials say hospitals bought only about a third of the doses of remdesivir that they were offered over the last few months to treat COVID-19, as the government stops overseeing the drug's…

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AP: Trooper's mic records talk of beating, choking Black man

In graphic, matter-of-fact chatter picked up on his body-camera mic, a Louisiana State trooper implicated in the death of a Black man can be heard talking of beating and choking him before “all of a sudden he just …

Minnesota journalist attacked by Trump supporter at rally

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota photojournalist was attacked by a supporter of President Donald Trump who punched a cellphone out of the reporter's hands near the president's rally in Duluth.