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August 18, 2020 12:06 a.m.

COVID-19, not championships, hot topic at SEC practices

Southeastern Conference teams opened preseason camp Monday with the precarious status of the season largely overshadowing even the annual ambitions of Alabama and Georgia.

August 18, 2020 12:06 a.m.

Strong earthquake jolts central Philippines, homes damaged

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A powerful earthquake struck a central Philippine region Tuesday, trapping a family in a collapsed house, damaging other houses, low-slung buildings and a seaport and prompting people to dash outdoors for safety.

August 18, 2020 12:06 a.m.

Lottery State-by-State

The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Tuesday:

August 18, 2020 12:06 a.m.

AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT

Democrats make it official, nominate Biden to take on Trump

August 18, 2020 12:06 a.m.

Collisions ... or COVID-19? Pitt relieved after scare

PITTSBURGH (AP) — In a different time, the way a number of Pittsburgh coach Pat Narduzzi's players felt when they woke up last Thursday morning would not have been overly alarming.

August 18, 2020 12:06 a.m.

TV's unconventional night capped by raves for Michelle Obama

NEW YORK (AP) — After a night in which television struggled to keep up with the Democrats' virtual convention, networks were rewarded with the most traditional of political events — a powerful speech.

August 18, 2020 12:06 a.m.

Sanders calls for party unity to prevent 'authoritarianism'

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Sen. Bernie Sanders is imploring his supporters to vote for Joe Biden, suggesting that without a unified Democratic Party, years of gains by the progressive movement could be lost and that the country may not even survive four more years of President Donald Trump.

August 18, 2020 12:06 a.m.

Heat wave still threatens California power grid with outages

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s power grid operators were keeping an eye on the thermometer Tuesday after avoiding highly anticipated rolling blackouts a day earlier as an ongoing heat wave stresses the electrical system.

August 18, 2020 12:06 a.m.

India ruling party denies preferential treatment by Facebook

NEW DELHI (AP) — Members of India's governing party on Monday rejected allegations that Facebook had chosen to turn a blind eye to partisan hate speech on its platform to protect its growing business interests in India.

August 18, 2020 12:06 a.m.

States says opioid crisis has cost them $630B since 2007

U.S. state and territorial governments say the opioid epidemic has cost them $630 billion since 2007 and that the cost could balloon to more than $2 trillion over the next 20 years.

August 18, 2020 12:06 a.m.

Kansas governor imposes new ban on evictions, foreclosures

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday imposed a new ban on evictions and foreclosures on home mortgages in Kansas because one federal program to aid unemployed workers has expired and she isn't sure that the state will participate in an alternative offered by President Donald Trump.

August 18, 2020 12:06 a.m.

Florida opens practice short-handed, Mullen expects opt-outs

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida coach Dan Mullen had several players miss the team’s opening training camp practice Monday.

August 18, 2020 12:06 a.m.

FDA flags accuracy issue with widely used coronavirus test

WASHINGTON (AP) — Potential accuracy issues with a widely used coronavirus test could lead to false results for patients, U.S. health officials warned.

August 18, 2020 12:06 a.m.

In 'The 24th,' police brutality and unrest, 103 years ago

NEW YORK (AP) — The sole photograph related to

August 18, 2020 12:06 a.m.

California power grid operator cancels rolling blackouts

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Widespread blackouts to reduce pressure on the electric grid were averted Monday night after regulators warned earlier in the day that they would not have enough power to meet demand in the midst of a heat wave.

August 18, 2020 12:06 a.m.

Review cites 'operational failures' in Smollett prosecution

CHICAGO (AP) — A special prosecutor in Chicago accused Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and her office on Monday of repeatedly abusing their discretion and making false public statements in the case against actor Jussie Smollett last year, but he concluded they did nothing criminal.

August 18, 2020 12:06 a.m.

Lottery State-by-State-All

The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Tuesday:

August 18, 2020 12:06 a.m.

The Latest: South Korea says 457 cases linked to church

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean health officials said Tuesday that they have found 457 coronavirus cases linked to a huge Seoul church led by a bitter critic of the country’s president, driving an alarming surge of infections in the greater capital area.

August 18, 2020 12:06 a.m.

Heeding mom, Tennessee lawmaker helped women gain the vote

One hundred years ago this month, women in the United States were guaranteed the right to vote with ratification of the 19th Amendment — secured by a 24-year-old Tennessee legislator's decisive vote, cast at the bidding of his mother.

August 18, 2020 12:06 a.m.

WHAT TO WATCH: Democrats adapt roll call, keynote to virus

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The pageantry often associated with presidential conventions will be remade again as Democrats gather virtually for a second day.