AP Deleg Count-GOP States, 3rd Add,400

Maxwell +- Merrill +- Murphy +- Payne +-

WHO experts to visit China as part of COVID-19 investigation

BEIJING (AP) — Two World Health Organization experts will spend the next two days in the Chinese capital to lay the groundwork for a larger mission to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.

AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 2nd Add,400

Bennet +- Bloxham +- Booker +- Boyd +-

Tropical Storm Fay moves toward mid-Atlantic, New England

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Fay slightly picked up speed and strength as it moved closer to land Friday, and forecasters decreased projections for rain totals and flooding.

PP-GOP-Pres-All,100

Lives Lost: Young Venezuelan dreamed of better life in Peru

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Yurancy Castillo did not want to leave her family.

German gov't press office employee probed over Egypt spying

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities are investigating suspicions that an employee of the government's press office worked for years for an Egyptian intelligence service, according to Germany's domestic intelligence ag…

Seoul mayor left note saying 'sorry' as South Korea mourns

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Seoul's mayor left a note saying he felt “sorry to all people” before he was found dead early Friday, officials in the South Korean capital said as people began mourning the liberal legal …

Singaporeans vote in polls expected to return ruling party

SINGAPORE (AP) — Wearing masks to protect against the coronavirus, Singaporeans voted Friday in a general election that is expected to return Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s long-governing party to power.

Son says dad was killed asking for directions in California

DANVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A San Francisco Bay Area doctor who was on an off-roading trip with his 15-year-old son was shot and killed after he stopped to ask a man for directions, his son and other relatives said.

PP-GOP-Delg-All,100

Indian police kill top crime suspect in deaths of 8 officers

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — The top suspect in the ambush killings of eight police officers last week and dozens of other crimes was fatally shot in police custody Friday while allegedly trying to flee, officials said.

AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 1st Add,400

Buttigieg +- Klobuchar +- Gabbard +- Uncommitted +-

AP: After lobbying, Catholic Church won $1.4B in virus aid

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed coronavirus aid, with many millions going to dioceses t…

2 deputies shot, suspect dead in California shooting

KNIGHTSEN, Calif. (AP) — Two sheriff's deputies were shot late Thursday night and a suspect is dead in a shooting that followed an hourslong standoff in California, according to reports.