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July 23, 2020 12:03 a.m.

US sales of existing homes jump 20% after a 3-month slump

BALTIMORE (AP) — Americans stepped up their home purchases in June by a robust 20.7% after the pandemic had caused sales to crater in the prior three months. But the housing market could struggle to rebound further in the face of the resurgent viral outbreak and a shrinking supply of homes for sale.

July 23, 2020 12:03 a.m.

US Forecast

US Forecast for Friday, July 24, 2020

July 23, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Review: Don't watch 'The Rental' from an Airbnb, just saying

To the list of established movie genres, we must now add another: the Airbnb horror film. Wait! A sub-genre: The pandemic-era Airbnb horror film.

July 23, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Fox's Chris Wallace gets praise for his interview with Trump

NEW YORK (AP) — As veteran journalists who now teach the craft to college students, Tom Bettag and Frank Sesno both said they will use Chris Wallace's interview with President Donald Trump to show how it's done well.

July 23, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Powerful quake shakes Alaska towns, creates small tsunami

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A powerful earthquake off Alaska’s southern coast shook sparsely populated coastal communities late Tuesday and prompted some residents to briefly flee to higher ground because of tsunami fears.

July 23, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Hurricane Douglas may bring strong winds, rain to Hawaii

HONOLULU (AP) — Hurricane Douglas gathered strength as it barreled west toward the Hawaiian Islands on a track to potentially bring strong winds and flash flooding to the island chain over the weekend, weather forecasters said.

July 23, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Boise St, San Diego St favorites to win Mountain West

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Boise State and San Diego State have been picked to win their divisions in the Mountain West preseason poll.

July 23, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Pandemic Basketball begins, with some comforts of home

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Michael Baiamonte was not at Walt Disney World on Wednesday. The public address announcer for the Miami Heat wasn't in the building for the team's season-restart scrimmage debut.

July 23, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Editorial Roundup: New York

Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from New York’s newspapers:

July 23, 2020 12:03 a.m.

The Latest: SWAC postpones fall sports, eyes spring football

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on sports around the world:

July 23, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Tesla makes $104M profit in 2Q despite factory shutdown

DETROIT (AP) — Tesla overcame a seven-week pandemic-related shutdown at its California assembly plant to post a surprising $104 million net profit for the second quarter.

July 23, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Dior unveils 2021 Cruise in Lecce, Italy's Baroque capital

MILAN (AP) — Dior creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri lured the French fashion house to her childhood haunt of Lecce, in southern Italy, to preview the 2021 cruise collection with a live destination show Wednesday that has become a fashion world rarity in the coronavirus era.

July 23, 2020 12:03 a.m.

House votes to remove Confederate statues from Capitol

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has approved a bill to remove statues of Gen. Robert E. Lee and other Confederate leaders from the U.S. Capitol, as a reckoning over racial injustice continues following the police killing of George Floyd, a Black man, in Minneapolis.

July 23, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Kim K asks public to show compassion, empathy to Kanye West

NEW YORK (AP) — Kim Kardashian West is asking the public to show compassion and empathy to husband Kanye West, who caused a stir this week after fulminating in a series of social media posts. She says he is bipolar.

July 23, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Emigrants send dollars home to Mexico -- and virus warnings

NEW YORK (AP) — In the weeks he spent flat on his back in his Brooklyn bunk, wracked with pain and struggling to breathe, Axayacatl Figueroa could think of nothing but the small town and the family he had left behind in Mexico.

July 23, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Daimler lost $2.2 billion in Q2, sees signs of recovery

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Daimler, the maker of Mercedes-Benz luxury cars and Freightliner trucks, lost 1.91 billion euros ($2.21 billion) in the second quarter as the coronavirus outbreak slashed sales of the company's cars, vans, buses and trucks by about a third.

July 23, 2020 12:03 a.m.

The Latest: Masks compulsory in Australia's 2nd biggest city

MELBOURNE, Australia — Wearing masks became compulsory in Australia’s second-largest city of Melbourne on Thursday as coronavirus hot spot Victoria state reported 403 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and five deaths.

July 23, 2020 12:03 a.m.

The Latest: South Africa reports new high in virus deaths

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s confirmed coronavirus cases have nearly reached 400,000 as the country reports a new daily high of 572 deaths.

July 23, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Twitter says it's cracking down on QAnon conspiracy theory

HONG KONG (AP) — Twitter says it is cracking down on accounts and content related to QAnon, the far-right U.S. conspiracy theory popular among supporters of President Donald Trump.

July 22, 2020 11:27 p.m.

The Latest: South Africa reports new high in virus deaths

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s confirmed coronavirus cases have nearly reached 400,000 as the country reports a new daily high of 572 deaths.