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PUBLIC HEALTH-CARES ACT — Table. This digital embed lists state, county and local jurisdictions receiving Coronavirus Relief Fund money, and the percentage they have spent as of June 30. This table is current as of…

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PUBLIC HEALTH-CARES ACT — Chart. This digital embed shows the results of a Missouri survey of health departments on whether they had requested or received federal CARES Act money. This chart is current as of Aug. 1…

Detroit priest denies abuse, gets $125K in lawsuit deal

DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit priest who said he was defamed by a police officer in an investigation of alleged sexual abuse has settled a lawsuit against her for $125,000.

Judge: Outside experts can visit immigrant detention center

FARMVILLE, Va. (AP) — Two outside experts will be allowed to inspect an immigration detention center in Virginia that has seen the worst coronavirus outbreak at any such facility in the nation, a federal judge said…

FBI arrests Puerto Rico lawmaker, family in corruption probe

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — FBI agents on Monday arrested Puerto Rico Rep. María Milagros Charbonier after the legislator who once presided over the island's House Ethics Committee was charged in a public corrupti…

Somali police suspend prison warden after deadly riot

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The warden of the central prison in Somalia’s capital has been suspended following a recent riot at the facility in which 19 people were killed, an official said Monday.

French nursing home sees 9 deaths in 1 week as virus returns

PARIS (AP) — Nine people with the virus died over the past week in a single nursing home in eastern France, and other French care homes are shutting their doors as the country battles a new rise in COVID-19 infecti…

After UAE-Israel deal, Kushner slams Palestinian leaders

JERUSALEM (AP) — Top White House adviser Jared Kushner said Monday that the Palestinian leadership's credibility has fallen to an “all time low” and that the Trump administration wouldn't “chase” the Palestinians o…

Review cites 'operational failures' in Smollett prosecution

CHICAGO (AP) — A special prosecutor in Chicago accused Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and her office on Monday of repeatedly abusing their discretion and making false public statements in the case against ac…

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Indigenous protesters in Brazil demand COVID-19 protection

NOVO PROGRESSO, Brazil (AP) — Dozens of Indigenous people, many daubed in black paint representing their grief and fighting spirit, blocked a major highway in Brazil's Amazon on Monday to pressure the government fo…

Afghans halt prisoner release, delaying talks with Taliban

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan government said Monday it would not release the last 320 Taliban prisoners it is holding until the insurgents free more captured soldiers, defying a traditional council held las…

The Latest: Several Republicans to speak at Biden convention

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Democratic National Convention (all times local):

Special prosecutor finds Cook County State’s Attorney’s office abused discretion with Smollett, but nothing criminal

CHICAGO (AP) — Special prosecutor finds Cook County State’s Attorney’s office abused discretion with Smollett, but nothing criminal.

3 Mississippi police officers indicted in death of Black man

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Three Mississippi police officers have been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a Black man last year, according to a recently unsealed indictment.