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July 31, 2020 4:06 p.m.

Bears QB Trubisky out to prove doubters wrong, beat Foles

Mitchell Trubisky insists he is one motivated quarterback.

July 31, 2020 4:06 p.m.

AP News Digest 6:20 p.m.

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July 31, 2020 3:27 p.m.

AP News in Brief at 6:09 p.m. EDT

Fauci confident virus vaccine will get to Americans in 2021

July 31, 2020 3:03 p.m.

Manfred, Clark talk as baseball struggles with coronavirus

MIAMI (AP) — With six teams idled Friday by the COVID-19 pandemic, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred spoke to union leader Tony Clark about the importance of players following the sport's coronavirus protocols.

July 31, 2020 2:27 p.m.

How major US stock indexes fared Friday

Big Tech continues to steamroll through the pandemic, and strong gains for some of the market’s most influential companies on Friday helped Wall Street close out its fourth straight winning month.

July 31, 2020 2:27 p.m.

2 Cardinals test positive; 6 teams idle because of virus

MIAMI (AP) — Six major league teams were idle Friday because of the coronavirus, with a Cardinals-Brewers game the latest to be postponed as a spread of infection threatened to overtake efforts to play ball.

July 31, 2020 2:27 p.m.

Hurricane Isaias churns through Bahamas as Florida prepares

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Forecasters declared a hurricane warning for parts of the Florida coast Friday as Hurricane Isaias drenched the Bahamas on a track for the U.S. East Coast.

July 31, 2020 2:06 p.m.

Judge orders partial release of video in man's jail death

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Two videos showing a jailed North Carolina man restrained in what reports described as a “hog-tie" position before his death last year should be released publicly, a judge ruled Friday.

July 31, 2020 2:06 p.m.

Tech giants lead gains as S&P 500 closes 4th winning month

NEW YORK (AP) — Big Tech continues to steamroll through the pandemic, and strong gains for some of the market’s most influential companies on Friday helped Wall Street close out its fourth straight winning month.

July 31, 2020 2:06 p.m.

Joe Biden's search for a running mate enters final stretch

WASHINGTON (AP) — As Joe Biden nears the announcement of his vice presidential choice, the

July 31, 2020 1:03 p.m.

Court overturns Boston Marathon bomber's death sentence

A federal appeals court Friday threw out Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, saying the judge who oversaw the case did not adequately screen jurors for potential biases.

July 31, 2020 12:03 p.m.

US Soccer hires NASCAR's Leetzow as chief legal officer

CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. Soccer Federation has hired Karen Leetzow as Chief Legal Officer.

July 31, 2020 12:03 p.m.

Trump visiting Florida during a pandemic, hurricane threat

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump took a Friday swing through Florida, a state critical to his reelection prospects and bracketed by two storms — one now bringing daily records on COVID-19 deaths and the other swirling just to the south in the form of Hurricane Isaias.

July 31, 2020 12:03 p.m.

Trump, GOP soften on opposition to $600 jobless benefit

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and its GOP allies appear to be retreating from their opposition to a $600-per-week supplemental unemployment benefit that has propped up the economy and family budgets but is expiring Friday.

July 31, 2020 12:03 p.m.

No new trial for Mississippi man convicted of killing 8

BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man convicted this year in the 2017 killings of eight people appeared in court this week and asked for a new trial. A judge denied the request, saying he will issue a written ruling later.

July 31, 2020 11:03 a.m.

AP News Digest 2 p.m.

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July 31, 2020 11:03 a.m.

Democrats' primary focus: 6th Congressional District

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona voters go to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots in primary races for nine seats in the U.S. House, but much of the attention will be on the Democratic primary in 6th Congressional District.

July 31, 2020 9:03 a.m.

Marine sea tank sinks with 16 aboard; 1 dead and 8 missing

SAN DIEGO (AP) — An amphibious assault vehicle carrying 15 Marines and a Navy sailor sank near a military-owned island off the coast of Southern California, leaving one of the Marines dead and eight missing, authorities said Friday.

July 31, 2020 9:03 a.m.

White House signals support for $600 jobless benefit

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House appears keen to endorse a temporary extension of a $600 per week supplemental unemployment benefit as the popular boost to both the economy and family budgets is about to expire. The idea is a prominent feature of top-level Washington talks on a major election-season COVID-19 response measure.

July 31, 2020 6:27 a.m.

Thai court allows Cambodian class action against Thai firm

BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court ruled Friday that several hundred families in Cambodia who were displaced from their homes may file a class action suit against the Thai company they believe was responsible, a decision hailed as trailblazing by land rights activists.