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Mikel Merino stars again as Spain edges Belgium 2-1 in the World Cup quarterfinals
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Mikel Merino scored in the 88th minute on a rebound yielded by backup Belgium goalkeeper …
Ex-Mexico army chief arrested in LA on drugs, money charges
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Former Mexican defense secretary Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos, who led the country’s army for six years under ex-President Enrique Peña Nieto, has been arrested on drug trafficking and money launderi…
Power still out to thousands in California to prevent fires
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thousands of people in Northern California remained without power Friday after a utility cut off service to prevent powerful winds from damaging equipment and sparking wildfires amid a fall hea…
Lottery State-by-State-All
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Officials fired: Problems with 2nd birth at Florida jail
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Two officials at a county jail in South Florida have been fired following problems surrounding a second birth at the facility in just over a year, authorities said Thursday.
US Forecast
US Forecast for Saturday, October 17, 2020
Lives Lost: A woman of uncommon kindness, succumbs to virus
She was the little girl whose vocabulary burgeoned as she devoured book after book, and the student who earned a degree and went back for one more. She was the woman who children flocked to and teens turned to for …
Today in History
Today in History
Court hearing resumes in plot to kidnap Michigan governor
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Five of the men accused in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will return to federal court Friday as a hearing on whether there is enough evidence to charge them continues.
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ELECTION 2020-EARLY VOTE-STATES — Chart. This AP digital embed shows the total number of ballots cast in each state in 2016 as well as the ballots cast in 2020 though Oct. 15. This chart is current as of Oct. 15, 2…
Illinois defends plan to send teen to Wisconsin in 2 deaths
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — Any claims about what happened in Wisconsin have no role in whether to
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT
Virus surges in key battleground states as election nears
Smog returns to Indian capital as agriculture fires start
NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian capital’s air quality levels plunged to “very poor” on Friday and a smoggy haze settled over the city, days after the state government initiated stricter measures to fight chronic air po…
The Latest: China says Qingdao outbreak linked to hospital
BEIJING — Authorities say they have completed coronavirus tests on more than 10 million people in the northern Chinese port city of Qingdao after a hospital outbreak there blamed on “inappropriate disinfection.”
Malaysia's Anwar faces police probe over bid to become PM
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim arrived at police headquarters on Friday to be questioned over the dissemination of a purported list of lawmakers supporting his bid to oust t…
AP Week in Pictures: Asia
OCT. 9-15, 2020