Victims of shooting during Kenosha protest engaged gunman

CHICAGO (AP) — A man known for his love of skateboarding, a Texas transplant to the state and a college student acting as a volunteer medic were killed or wounded this week by a 17-year-old gunman amid chaos on the…

Warsaw zoo testing effect of hemp oil on elephants' stress

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Scientists at Warsaw's zoo have been taking blood, saliva and other samples from the zoo's three elephants in recent days to prepare to test whether giving them hemp oil can reduce their stres…

Lawyers: Plea deal possible for slain Illinois boy's father

WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois man charged in the beating death of his 5-year-old son might agree to a plea deal in the next few weeks, a prosecutor told the judge on Friday.

The Latest: Health depts to CDC: Reverse testing guidance

NEW YORK — Local health departments in the U.S. are pushing for reversal of a recent change to coronavirus testing guidance, saying it is undermining their work to stop outbreaks.

Men killed, wounded joined Kenosha protests, engaged gunman

CHICAGO (AP) — A man known for his love of skateboarding, a Texas transplant to the state and a college student acting as a volunteer medic were killed or wounded this week by a 17-year-old gunman amid chaos on the…

2 dead, 1 hurt after helicopter crashes in Lagos, Nigeria

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Two people have died and a third is critically injured after a helicopter crashed into a residential area in Nigeria’s most populous city, Lagos, authorities said Friday.

UN warns Nicaraguan refugees in Costa Rica going hungry

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — More than 60,000 of the Nicaraguan refugees and asylum seekers in Costa Rica are going hungry during the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.N. Refugee Agency said Friday, and it worries some could t…

College towns growing alarmed over outbreaks among students

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — As waves of schools and businesses around the country are cleared to reopen, college towns are moving toward renewed shutdowns because of too many parties and too many COVID-19 infections among…

Biden camp to expand faith outreach as election heats up

With the conventions over, Joe Biden's team is rolling out an array of new religious outreach efforts targeting a diverse set of communities as his campaign vies with President Donald Trump's for faith-motivated vo…

More than 750,000 still without power in Laura's aftermath

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people across Louisiana were still without power or water Friday, a day after Laura sawed a devastating path through the state, and officials warned that basic serv…

Prosecutors: Self-help guru calls sex slave scheme 'noble'

NEW YORK (AP) — Communications from jail show the leader of a cult-like self-improvement group in upstate New York has no remorse over his conviction last year on charges he turned some of his followers into sex sl…

Health agencies' credibility at risk after week of blunders

WASHINGTON (AP) — The credibility of two of the nation’s leading public health agencies was under fire this week after controversial decisions that outside experts said smacked of political pressure from President …

Man pleads to 39 manslaughter counts in container case

LONDON (AP) — A truck driver from Northern Ireland on Friday pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the deaths of 39 people found in the back of a container truck last year in southeastern England.

West Africa leaders want Mali junta to leave power in a year

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — West African leaders on Friday urged Mali's junta to take no more than one year to hand over power to a civilian government, as regional heads of state held another virtual summit after initial …

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