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July 23, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Violence, protests, arrival of agents put Chicago on edge

CHICAGO (AP) — Amid a surge in gun violence and protests sparked by the death of George Floyd, the nation's third-largest city is on edge, awaiting possible greater tension in the form of a plan by President Donald Trump to dispatch dozens of federal agents to Chicago.

July 23, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Civil rights trailblazer C.T. Vivian to be laid to rest

ATLANTA (AP) — The nation will pay its final respects Thursday to the Rev. C.T. Vivian, a pioneer of the civil rights movement who helped end segregation across the South and left an abiding imprint on U.S. history.

July 22, 2020 10:27 p.m.

Civil rights trailblazer C.T. Vivian to be laid to rest

ATLANTA (AP) — The nation will pay its final respects Thursday to the Rev. C.T. Vivian, a pioneer of the civil rights movement who helped end segregation across the South and left an abiding imprint on U.S. history.

July 22, 2020 10:03 p.m.

'Just got to suck it up:' Masks mandatory in Australian city

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — There were few bare faces among rush-hour commuters in Australia’s second-largest city on Thursday morning as Melbourne residents were largely complying with a new law making face coverings compulsory.

July 22, 2020 3:27 p.m.

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

US labs buckle amid testing surge; world virus cases top 15M

July 22, 2020 2:03 p.m.

Virus slams Bolivia as hospitals say: 'There is no space'

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Police in Bolivia's major cities have recovered the bodies of hundreds of suspected victims of the coronavirus from homes, vehicles and, in some instances, the streets. Hospitals are full of COVID-19 patients and short of staff, keeping their gates closed and hanging out signs that say: “There is no space."

July 22, 2020 2:03 p.m.

Violence, protests, arrival of agents put Chicago on edge

CHICAGO (AP) — Amid a surge in gun violence and protests sparked by the death of George Floyd, the nation's third-largest city is on edge, awaiting possible greater tension in the form of a plan by President Donald Trump to dispatch dozens of federal agents to Chicago.

July 22, 2020 12:27 p.m.

Mississippi politico, civil rights figure Charles Evers dies

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Charles Evers, who led an eclectic life as a civil rights leader, onetime purveyor of illegal liquor in Chicago, history-making Black mayor in deeply segregated Mississippi and contrarian with connections to prominent national Democrats and Republicans, died Wednesday. He was 97.

July 22, 2020 11:27 a.m.

AP News Digest 2 p.m.

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July 22, 2020 10:30 a.m.

C.T. Vivian remembered at Georgia Capitol ahead of funeral

ATLANTA (AP) — On the eve of his funeral, a horse-drawn carriage took the Rev. C.T. Vivian’s casket from the Georgia Capitol to Martin Luther King Jr.’s tomb in Atlanta on Wednesday.

July 22, 2020 10:03 a.m.

Court experts: US youth "sorry" in police slaying trial

ROME (AP) — Court-appointed psychiatrists testified Wednesday that a 20-year-old California man accused of murdering an Italian police officer has suffered from anxiety and depression and lives with “a sense of chronic anger” but is competent to stand trial.

July 22, 2020 9:03 a.m.

Cops: Shooting outside Chicago funeral home was gang-related

CHICAGO (AP) — The eruption of gunfire outside a funeral home on Chicago's South Side that left 15 people wounded was part of an ongoing conflict involving the gang of a young man being mourned and a rival gang, police said Wednesday as the federal government

July 22, 2020 7:27 a.m.

C.T. Vivian to lie in state at Georgia Capitol before burial

ATLANTA (AP) — On the eve of his funeral, a horse-drawn carriage will take The Rev. C.T. Vivian’s casket to Martin Luther King Jr.’s tomb in Atlanta on Wednesday.

July 22, 2020 6:03 a.m.

Cops: 15 shot as gunfire erupts outside Chicago funeral home

CHICAGO (AP) — Fifteen people were shot, one person was being questioned and multiple suspects were being sought after gunfire erupted outside a funeral home on Chicago’s South Side as the federal government moved forward on plans to deploy more agents to the city where violence is spiking.

July 22, 2020 4:27 a.m.

AP News Digest 7 a.m.

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July 22, 2020 4:03 a.m.

Cops: 15 injured after shooting outside Chicago funeral home

CHICAGO (AP) — Fifteen people were injured, one person was being questioned and multiple suspects were being sought after gunfire erupted outside a funeral home on Chicago’s South Side where at least one squad car was present, police said.

July 22, 2020 3:27 a.m.

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

Trump says virus in US will get worse before it gets better

July 22, 2020 1:03 a.m.

AP News Digest 3:30 a.m.

Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EDT. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan at

July 22, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Cops: 14 injured after shooting outside Chicago funeral home

CHICAGO (AP) — Fourteen people were injured, one person was being questioned and multiple suspects were being sought after gunfire erupted outside a funeral home on Chicago’s South Side where at least one squad car was present, police officials said Tuesday.

July 22, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Police: 14 victims being treated at hospitals after gunfire erupts outside Chicago funeral, 1 person in custody

CHICAGO (AP) — Police: 14 victims being treated at hospitals after gunfire erupts outside Chicago funeral, 1 person in custody.