Turkey: Russia to hold live-fire exercises in Mediterranean

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey announced that Russia plans to conduct live-fire naval exercises this month in the eastern Mediterranean, where there are escalating tensions between Turkey and regional neighbors Greec…

Jamaica's ruling party has strong poll lead as nation votes

ST. CATHERINE, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaica's ruling party faced voters Thursday with a lead in the polls despite rising numbers of coronavirus cases and a years-long run of solid economic performance under threat.

Loners no more: Male elephants stick together, study finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — A line of elephants trundles across a dusty landscape in northern Botswana, ears flapping and trunks occasionally brushing the ground. As they pass a motion-activated camera hidden in low shrubber…

Trump faces pushback for urging people to vote twice as test

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is facing a backlash for urging voters in North Carolina to vote by mail and then try to vote again in person to test the mail-in ballot system in the Nov. 3 election.

Bodies of 5 children found at apartment in Germany

BERLIN (AP) — Five children were found dead at an apartment in a western German city Thursday, and their mother is suspected of killing them, authorities said.

Girl killed when car fleeing Chicago police crashes into car

CHICAGO (AP) — A car fleeing a police traffic stop crashed into a vehicle on Chicago's South Side, killing a 10-year-old girl and critically injuring her younger brother, police said.

South African healthcare workers protest, threaten strike

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — South African healthcare workers have protested against poor working conditions and urged the government to end corruption in the purchase of COVID-19 personal protective equipment.

The Latest: Arkansas reports largest single-day deaths

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas reported its largest single-day increase in deaths from the coronavirus, while the number of cases at the University of Arkansas’ Fayetteville campus increased to nearly 400.

Still too soon to try altering human embryo DNA, panel says

It’s still too soon to try to make genetically edited babies because the science isn’t advanced enough to ensure safety, says an international panel of experts who also mapped a pathway for any countries that want …

Services sector slows in August to reading of 56.9, down from July, indicating virus problems remain

WASHINGTON (AP) — Services sector slows in August to reading of 56.9, down from July, indicating virus problems remain.

Ex-Kosovo rebel army chief summoned as a war crimes suspect

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s rebel army commander during the 1998-1999 war with Serbia said Thursday he has been summoned by prosecutors of the international court looking into suspicions of war crimes.

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS-INITIAL CLAIMS — Chart. This digital embed shows the national weekly initial jobless claims of U.S. workers over time, which has been at abnormally high levels since the coronav…

Members named to panel probing WHO's pandemic response

LONDON (AP) — An independent panel appointed by the World Health Organization to review its coordination of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic will have full access to any internal U.N. agency documents, materia…

4 family members killed by gas fumes after surviving Laura

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Four members of a Louisiana family were killed and a fifth was critically injured when a generator leaked carbon monoxide into their home, hours after they survived Hurricane Laura's deadly…