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July 27, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Twitter and Facebook become targets in Trump and Biden ads

CHICAGO (AP) — Social media has become the target of a dueling attack ad campaign being waged online by the sitting president and his election rival. They're shooting the messenger while giving it lots of money.

July 27, 2020 12:03 a.m.

South Texas drenched by cyclone amid surge in virus cases

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A day after roaring ashore as a hurricane, Hanna lashed the Texas Gulf Coast on Sunday with high winds and drenching rains that destroyed boats, flooded streets and knocked out power across a region already reeling from a surge in coronavirus cases.

July 27, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Body of civil rights icon John Lewis crosses Selma bridge

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, for the final time Sunday as

July 27, 2020 12:03 a.m.

The Latest: Ga. Democratic Senate candidate's wife has virus

ATLANTA -- Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff says he's in isolation with his wife, who contracted COVID-19.

July 27, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Hurricane Douglas swirls 'uncomfortably close' to Hawaii

HONOLULU (AP) — Heavy rain and wind gusts battered Maui on Sunday as Hurricane Douglas swirled off the coast of Hawaii and officials urged residents to take shelter.

July 27, 2020 12:03 a.m.

AP News Digest 3 a.m.

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July 27, 2020 12:03 a.m.

KU adds Southern Illinois to open football season -- for now

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas added Southern Illinois to open its football season in just over a month. The game, however, might not be played.

July 27, 2020 12:03 a.m.

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

Experimental COVID-19 vaccine is put to its biggest test

July 27, 2020 12:03 a.m.

3 Missouri players withdraw from NBA draft

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri basketball players Xavier Pinson, Mitchell Smith and Jeremiah Tilmon Jr. withdrew from the NBA draft Friday and will return to the Tigers for the upcoming season.

July 27, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Flooding threat continues as Hanna drops rain on borderland

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A downgraded Hanna continued charging across the borderland of South Texas and northeastern Mexico, where flooding remained the biggest threat Monday in a region that was already reeling from a surge in cases of the coronavirus.

July 27, 2020 12:03 a.m.

US Supreme Court denies Nevada church's appeal of virus rule

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court denied a rural Nevada church’s request late Friday to strike down as unconstitutional a 50-person cap on worship services as part of the state’s ongoing response to the coronavirus.

July 27, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Malaysia to expel Bangladeshi in critical Al-Jazeera report

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian authorities said Saturday they detained a Bangladeshi man and will deport him for criticizing the government over its treatment of undocumented immigrants in a documentary by news broadcaster Al-Jazeera.

July 27, 2020 12:03 a.m.

NCAA heeds Division I's pleas for patience on fall sports

Heeding pleas for patience from college sports leaders, the NCAA Board of Governors held off on making any decisions about whether to hold championship events in fall sports during the coronavirus pandemic.

July 27, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Workers praise Disney virus safety, but will visitors come?

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Every week, it seems, Kaila Barker, her husband and their five children change their minds about whether to travel from their home in Connecticut to Florida's Walt Disney World as planned in September.

July 27, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Fleetwood Mac blues guitarist Peter Green dies at 73

LONDON (AP) — Peter Green, the dexterous blues guitarist who led the first incarnation of Fleetwood Mac in a career shortened by psychedelic drugs and mental illness, has died at 73.

July 27, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Coronavirus crisis sparks a young Israeli protest movement

JERUSALEM (AP) — In attending his first-ever public protest, 34-year-old Nimrod Gross arrived with the only prop he felt reflected him — the blue-and-white Israeli flag.

July 27, 2020 12:03 a.m.

AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT

Experimental COVID-19 vaccine is put to its biggest test

July 27, 2020 12:03 a.m.

The global march of face masks: A mirror on humanity

SAINT-GERMAIN-EN-LAYE, France (AP) — House keys, wallet or purse, mobile phone and .... oh, yes: face mask.

July 27, 2020 12:03 a.m.

'Whitening' creams undergo a makeover but colorism persists

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The world's biggest cosmetics companies have been selling a fairy tale that often goes something like this: If your husband's lost interest in you, if your colleagues dismiss you at work, if your talents are ignored, whiten your skin to turn your love life around, boost your career and command center stage.

July 27, 2020 12:03 a.m.

California, Florida, Texas lose House seats with Trump order

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — If President Donald Trump succeeds in getting immigrants in the country illegally excluded from being counted in the redrawing of U.S. House districts, California, Florida and Texas would end up with one less congressional seat each than if every resident were counted, according to an analysis by a think tank.