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Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
N. Carolina court: Middle finger didn't warrant traffic stop

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A state trooper's decision to stop a driver who flashed an obscene hand gesture wasn't justified, the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled Friday, overturning lower court decisions.

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
Ex-Green Beret led failed attempt to oust Venezuela's Maduro

MIAMI (AP) — The plan was simple, but perilous. Some 300 heavily armed volunteers would sneak into Venezuela from the northern tip of South America. Along the way, they would raid military bases in the socialist co…

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
US allows emergency use of drug shown to help virus recovery

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators on Friday allowed emergency use of an experimental drug that appears to help some coronavirus patients recover faster.

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
The Latest: South Carolina stay-at-home order to end Monday

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`Like I just got out of jail!': States ease their lockdowns

GRETNA, La. (AP) — More than a dozen states let restaurants, stores or other businesses reopen Friday in the biggest one-day push yet to get their economies up and running again, acting at their own speed and with …

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
Whitmer: Stay-home order still in place; some return to work

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Friday that Michigan's stay-at-home order remains in effect through May 15 despite Republicans' refusal to extend her underlying coronavirus emergency declaration, a…

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
NASCAR will be watched closely when it returns to racing

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR is preparing

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
Some meat plants reopen, but Trump order may not be cure-all

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Signs Friday that several big meatpacking plants will soon reopen might appear to support President Donald Trump's assertion that he had “solved their problems" in keeping grocery stores' c…

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
Anheuser-Busch wins latest round of beer wars against Molson

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday struck down a lower court's ruling in favor of brewing giant Molson Coors, determining that Anheuser-Busch can advertise and use packaging implying that its ri…

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
AP Sync 1 Friday Coverage UPDATE FDA drug approved

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Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
Shore towns cite virus to keep outsiders off their beaches

POINT PLEASANT BEACH, N.J. (AP) — American taxpayers helped pay for the sand on the Maryland Avenue beach, a popular spot on the New Jersey shore that was devastated by Superstorm Sandy and that has since been rebu…

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
FDA allows emergency use of drug for coronavirus

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators on Friday allowed emergency use of an experimental drug that appears to help some coronavirus patients recover faster.

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
US prosecutors signal Honduras leader is target in drug case

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — References to the Honduran president appear throughout U.S. prosecutors’ statements announcing drug trafficking charges against the former chief of Honduras’ national police this week.

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
The Latest: Texas begins reopening as new virus deaths drop

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Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
The Latest: N.M. governor seals off roads in hard-hit city

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