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Editorial Roundup: New England

Recent editorials of regional and national interest from New England’s newspapers:

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AP Sportlight

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This Date in Baseball-Aug 15

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AP Entertainment Digest for Friday, Aug. 14, 2020

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August 14, 2020 6:06 a.m.

Thai student rallies continue despite activist's arrest

BANGKOK (AP) — Student activists at Thailand’s most prestigious university defied a ban by college administrators and staged an anti-government rally on Friday, as a prominent protest leader was arrested elsewhere for his involvement in a previous demonstration.

August 14, 2020 6:06 a.m.

Iran FM claims West using Beirut blast to dictate policies

BEIRUT (AP) — Iran said Friday that Western countries should not take advantage of the massive explosion in Beirut last week that killed scores and wounded thousands of people to dictate their own policies on the tiny Arab country.

August 14, 2020 6:06 a.m.

Angolan court sentences ex-leader's son to 5 years in prison

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A court in Angola has sentenced the son of former President Jose Eduardo dos Santos to five years in prison for fraud and other crimes.

August 14, 2020 5:27 a.m.

Families of Lebanese blast victims plead for outside inquiry

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s judicial investigation of the Beirut port explosion started with political wrangling over the naming of a lead investigator, military threats to jail leakers and doubts over whether a panel appointed along sectarian lines could be fully impartial.

August 14, 2020 4:27 a.m.

Pompeo to meet head of UN nuclear watchdog as council votes

VIENNA (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in Austria, where he will see the head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog as

August 14, 2020 4:03 a.m.

AP News Digest 7 a.m.

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AP News in Brief at 6:04 a.m. EDT

Iran, Turkey lash out at UAE over agreement with Israel

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5 Things to Know for Today

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

August 14, 2020 2:27 a.m.

Hague police arrest more than 20 amid overnight rioting

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Rioters on rooftops and streets threw stones, eggs and fireworks at police overnight during a second night of unrest in a low-income neighborhood of The Hague, Dutch police said Friday.

August 14, 2020 2:03 a.m.

South Asia counts losses from devastating monsoon floods

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — When the Dharala River burst its banks in early July, Kamal Hossain left his home with five members of his family to take shelter in a school in northern Bangladesh, carrying their most prized belongings: cattle, a few sacks of rice and clothes.

August 14, 2020 2:03 a.m.

Tropical Storm Josephine weakens slightly in Atlantic Ocean

MIAMI (AP) — Josephine just barely held on to its tropical storm status early Friday as it moved over the Atlantic Ocean as the earliest “J-named” storm in a record-setting hurricane season.

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Lottery State-by-State

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

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Belarus authorities free detainees amid protesters' pressure

MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Belarusian authorities have released about 1,000 people detained amid demonstrations contesting the results of the presidential election, in an attempt to assuage public anger against a brutal crackdown on peaceful protests and avoid Western sanctions.

August 14, 2020 1:03 a.m.

Lottery State-by-State-All

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

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Tiny Lithuania has outsized role as EU faces Belarus crisis

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Lithuania is relatively small by European Union measures, but it is playing an outsized role as protesters in neighboring Belarus face a brutal law enforcement crackdown following a presidential election they say was rigged.

August 14, 2020 12:27 a.m.

UN: 178 killed in Beirut explosion, 30 still missing

BEIRUT (AP) — The death toll from last week's massive explosion in Lebanon's capital has risen to nearly 180, with an estimated 6,000 people injured and at least 30 missing, the United Nations said Friday.