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July 18, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Netflix, Norwegian Cruise fall; LendingTree, J.B. Hunt rise

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Friday:

July 17, 2020 11:27 p.m.

Blazers' Lillard turns to recording music inside NBA bubble

When Damian Lillard finishes his daily hoop duties for the Portland Trailblazers, he will spend most of his downtime inside the NBA bubble working on his other passion: music.

July 17, 2020 10:03 p.m.

Surging Democrats expand Senate targets to GOP states

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's come to this for Republicans straining to defend their Senate majority in November's elections: They're air-dropping millions of dollars into races in Alabama, Kentucky and other red states where Donald Trump coasted during his 2016 presidential election triumph.

July 17, 2020 10:03 p.m.

John Lewis' legacy shaped in 1965 on 'Bloody Sunday'

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — John Lewis saw the line of Alabama state troopers a few hundred yards away as he led hundreds of marchers to the apex of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on March 7, 1965. Armed with gas canisters and nightsticks, the troopers were flanked by horse-riding members of the sheriff’s posse. A crowd of whites milled around nearby.

July 17, 2020 7:03 p.m.

Daniel Bard makes Rockies roster after seven-year absence

DENVER (AP) — Daniel Bard never ran from the mental hiccups that derailed a promising pitching career with the Boston Red Sox.

July 17, 2020 3:27 p.m.

AP News Digest 6:25 p.m.

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July 17, 2020 3:03 p.m.

West Ham looks safe in Premier League after beating Watford

LONDON (AP) — Michail Antonio scored his seventh goal in five games as West Ham all but secured another season in the English Premier League with a 3-1 win that kept Watford in relegation trouble on Friday.

July 17, 2020 2:03 p.m.

Tuberville says maybe to debate; Jones: Voters deserve one

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Republican Tommy Tuberville on Friday declined to commit to debating incumbent Sen. Doug Jones in Alabama’s U.S. Senate race, while Jones suggested that Tuberville is scared to do so.

July 17, 2020 2:03 p.m.

Republicans eye sweeping shield from coronavirus liability

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new plan from Senate Republicans to award businesses, schools, and universities sweeping exemptions from lawsuits arising from inadequate coronavirus safeguards is putting Republicans and Democrats at loggerheads as Congress reconvenes next week to negotiate another relief package.

July 17, 2020 2:03 p.m.

State and local officials tussle over virus restrictions

Across the U.S., state and local officials are trying to balance the competing priorities of protecting their citizens from the coronavirus while keeping the economy running. Add into the mix strong feelings about individual freedom, weak and sometimes contradictory guidance from the federal government, and a highly partisan political atmosphere, and that balancing act suddenly becomes a wrestling match.

July 17, 2020 1:27 p.m.

Netflix, Norwegian Cruise fall; LendingTree, J.B. Hunt rise

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Friday:

July 17, 2020 1:06 p.m.

Restaurants to fight back; sports teams want fans in stands

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — As Pennsylvania approached 100,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus on Friday, restaurant and bar owners say they will fight back against Gov. Tom Wolf’s orders to further limit the number of patrons they're allowed to serve at a time.

July 17, 2020 12:03 p.m.

Armenia-Azerbaijan border fighting escalates; 16 killed

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia and Azerbaijan forces fought Tuesday with heavy artillery and drones, leaving at least 16 people killed on both sides, including an Azerbaijani general, in the worst outbreak of hostilities in years.

July 17, 2020 11:27 a.m.

Pritzker: Illinois speaker 'must resign' if allegations true

CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Friday that Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan “must resign” if allegations of corruption are true against the fellow Democrat long considered the state’s most powerful lawmaker.

July 17, 2020 11:27 a.m.

AP News Digest 2 p.m.

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July 17, 2020 11:03 a.m.

In Bolivian city, people buy fake - and toxic - virus cure

COCHABAMBA, Bolivia (AP) — Long lines form every morning in one of the Bolivian cities hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic as desperate people wait to buy small bottles of chlorine dioxide, a toxic bleaching agent that has been falsely touted as a cure for COVID-19 and myriad other diseases.

July 17, 2020 11:03 a.m.

New studies clarify what drugs help, hurt for COVID-19

Fresh studies give more information about what treatments do or don’t work for COVID-19, with high-quality methods that give reliable results.

July 17, 2020 9:30 a.m.

Chicago plan would have kids in classrooms 2 days per week

CHICAGO (AP) — Most Chicago children would return to the classroom two days a week and spend the other three days learning remotely once the school year begins under a tentative plan city officials presented Friday despite opposition to any in-person instruction by the teachers union because of the coronavirus threat.

July 17, 2020 7:03 a.m.

June home construction jumps 17.3% when states reopened

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Construction of U.S. homes jumped 17.3% in June as some states reopened, but the pace still lags last year after this spring's massive slowdown in building activity due to the coronavirus outbreak.

July 17, 2020 6:30 a.m.

AP Entertainment Digest for Friday, July 16, 2020

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