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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The Latest: 4 at RNC in Charlotte test positive for virus

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Four people at the Republican National Convention in Charlotte have tested positive for the coronavirus, health officials in North Carolina’s Mecklenburg County say.

Flooding in Niger kills 45, displaces more than 226,000

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Flooding from heavy rains in Niger has killed at least 45 people this week and forced more than 226,000 from their homes, officials in the West African nation said Friday.

County: 4 people tied to RNC in Charlotte have coronavirus

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Four people who were at the Republican National Convention in Charlotte have tested positive for the coronavirus, health officials in North Carolina’s Mecklenburg County said.

Thousands gather at March on Washington commemorations

WASHINGTON (AP) — Capping a week of protests and outrage over the police shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin, civil rights advocates on Friday denounced police and vigilante violence against Black Americans at a c…

Teen mother pleads not guilty to murder in death of toddler

BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee teenager has pleaded not guilty to felony murder and other charges in the death of her 15-month-old daughter, whose disappearance prompted a search across three states.

Beirut residents determined to save heritage lost to blast

BEIRUT (AP) — For the past decade, art collector Nabil Debs has been working on turning his 19th century ancestral home in a historic neighborhood of Beirut to a hotel and art gallery. He planned to open it to the …