The Latest: Detroit students test positive at summer school

DETROIT — At least two Detroit students attending summer school have tested positive for the coronavirus after a judge ordered tests as a condition for attendance in the voluntary classes.

Well-preserved mammoth skeleton found in Siberian lake

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian scientists are working to retrieve the well-preserved skeleton of a woolly mammoth, which has some ligaments still attached to it, from a lake in northern Siberia.

Correction: Virus Outbreak-Prison Releases story

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — In a story July 16, 2020, about prisoners released during the COVID-19 pandemic, The Associated Press, relying on numbers provided by the Rhode Island’s Department of Corrections, incorrectly r…

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Coast Guard makes two rescues from boat before it goes under

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a commercial fisherman who was clinging to a cooler in the Gulf of Mexico after his boat capsized, the day after evacuating a boy and his father from the sam…

South African police disperse protesters over lockdown pain

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police officers used water cannon to disperse protesters marching Friday outside Parliament over the plight of the hospitality industry during the coronavirus pandemic.

Oklahoma man charged in students' death appears for hearing

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma man appeared in court Friday for a preliminary hearing on murder charges for allegedly driving his pickup truck into a high school cross-country team in suburban Oklahoma City, kill…

Wall Street dips after worldwide slide; gold nears record

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is slipping on Friday after tensions ramped higher between the world’s two largest economies, though the market pared its losses as the morning progressed.

AP Photos: Covering face masks from every angle

Associated Press photographers have captured an element of life that has quickly become almost universal amid the pandemic: the face mask.

Zimbabwe denies bail for journalist known for exposing graft

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A Zimbabwean magistrate on Friday denied bail to a journalist known for exposing alleged government corruption and now accused of conspiring with an opposition politician to mobilize anti-go…

Hearing underway for Oklahoma man charged in students deaths

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma man arrived in court Friday for a preliminary hearing on murder charges for allegedly driving his pickup truck into a high school cross-country team in suburban Oklahoma City, killi…

Pakistan wraps up anti-polio drive amid surge in cases

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan on Friday wrapped up a five-day vaccination campaign against polio in the former Taliban stronghold of South Waziristan and elsewhere in the country amid a surge in cases, officia…

Teen gunman to be sentenced in Colorado school shooting

The younger of two students charged in a school shooting in suburban Denver last spring is scheduled to be sentenced Friday during a hearing in which those affected by the shooting, including the parents of a stude…

Turkey agrees to free 2 Czechs jailed on terror charges

PRAGUE (AP) — Two Czech nationals jailed in Turkey for belonging to a Kurdish militant group have been granted early release three years after being convicted on terror charges, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis sa…

The Latest: Dr. Birx: Stem virus surge so it doesn't travel

WASHINGTON — White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx says recent surges in cases in the southern U.S. could make their way north.