Megachurch pastor apologizes for 'white blessing' comments

ATLANTA (AP) — A white pastor for an Atlanta megachurch has tearfully apologized for referring to the “blessing of slavery” and for suggesting that the phrase “white privilege” could be better understood as a “whit…

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South Sudan takes key step forward in peace agreement

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan’s government said Wednesday the president and his former rival have reached agreement on a key next step in the country’s peace deal that ended five years of civil war.

Watchdog: DEA lacks oversight of money laundering operations

MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration failed to effectively oversee and manage undercover money laundering operations that move tens of millions of dollars of illegal drug proceeds each year through…

New video offers closer view of police SUV hitting black man

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A second video has emerged that appears to show a police SUV driven by a white suburban St. Louis police officer striking a black suspect and knocking the man to the ground as he screams out in…

Report: DEA lacks oversight of money laundering operations

MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration failed to effectively oversee and manage undercover money laundering operations that move tens of millions of dollars of illegal drug proceeds each year through…

UN holds elections with COVID-19 social distancing

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly president banged his gavel to open elections Wednesday under dramatically different voting procedures because of the COVID-19 pandemic, including for two hotly contes…

Atlanta awaits decision on charges in black man's killing

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta awaited a decision from prosecutors Wednesday on whether to bring charges against two white police officers in the killing of Rayshard Brooks, who was shot in the back in a case that has unfo…

The Latest: Virus pandemic changes shape of UN elections

UNITED NATIONS — The president of the United Nations General Assembly has banged his gavel to open U.N. elections under dramatically different voting procedures because of the coronavirus pandemic.

AP Entertainment Digest for Wednesday, June 17

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UN says bodies of 2 migrants, baby washed up on Libyan coast

CAIRO (AP) — The bodies of two African migrants and a 5-month-old boy who drowned in a shipwreck over the weekend were found on the coast of Libya, a U.N. official said Wednesday. Separately, the Libyan coast guard…

Germany: 400 virus cases at slaughterhouse in new outbreak

BERLIN (AP) — More than 400 new cases of COVID-19 have been recorded among workers at a large meatpacking plant in western Germany, authorities said Wednesday, in an outbreak that may have been linked to the easing…

China, India disavow clash but pledge to end border standoff

BEIJING (AP) — China and India accused each other Wednesday of instigating deadly border clashes between their forces along the disputed Himalayan frontier, pledging to safeguard their territory but also to try to …

As protests rage, changes for Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben's brand

NEW YORK (AP) — THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.

Joe Biden again hits Pennsylvania as he sticks close to home

DARBY, Penn. (AP) — Joe Biden returned to the battleground state of Pennsylvania on Wednesday as