The Latest: Trump champions stock market in RNC speech

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Marco collapses, sets stage for Laura to hit US as hurricane

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As Tropical Storm Marco fell apart, the Gulf Coast turned its attention Monday to Laura, another system following just behind that could grow into a supercharged Category 3 hurricane with winds t…

Former veterans affairs chief to lead Canada's Conservatives

VANCOUVER, Canada (AP) — Former Veterans Affairs Minister Erin O’Toole has been elected leader of Canada's opposition Conservative Party in a vote whose results were delayed by technical problems.

Ex-California congressman's wife sentenced for corruption

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The wife of former California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter was sentenced Monday in federal court to eight months of home confinement in the corruption case that ended her husband’s career.

Death toll in Turkish Black Sea floods increases to 8

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish rescue workers recovered two more bodies Monday after severe weekend floods swept along Turkey’s Black Sea coast, raising the death toll to eight, officials said. At least eight other …

The Latest: Pence says law and order on the ballot in 2020

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The Latest: Mexico struggles to teach children remotely

MEXICO CITY — Millions of Mexican school children returned to classes, but not schools, on Monday as the government attempted to start a new school year despite the challenges of the pandemic.

UN Syria talks paused after 3 envoys test positive for virus

GENEVA (AP) — U.N.-mediated talks involving Syrian government, opposition and civil society envoys were put “on hold” after three participants turned up positive for COVID-19, just hours after the meetings started …

AP PHOTOS: llegal gold miners ravage Brazil's rainforest

ITAITUBA, Brazil (AP) — The wiry figure of an illegal gold miner wields his machete to cut a path through virgin rainforest, opening the way for his partners heading to a gold mine deep in the Itaituba region of th…

Evangelicals ask Ivanka Trump to help protect migrant kids

More than a dozen prominent evangelicals are appealing to first daughter and presidential adviser Ivanka Trump to help ensure the Trump administration adheres to federal anti-trafficking law in its treatment of una…

TikTok to fight Trump over his pending order to ban its app

NEW YORK (AP) — Video app TikTok said it will

Mexican students start new school year from home

VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) — Millions of Mexican school children returned to classes, but not schools, on Monday as the government attempted to start a new school year despite the challenges of the pandemic.

Zoom suffers outage as students start classes online

NEW YORK (AP) — Zoom is experiencing partial outages during the first day of school for thousands of students who are relying on the video conferencing technology to connect with educators.

U.N. envoy's office says talks on Syria's constitution are on hold after three participants test positive for COVID-19

GENEVA (AP) — U.N. envoy's office says talks on Syria's constitution are on hold after three participants test positive for COVID-19.