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June 19, 2020 1:03 p.m.

AP Source: Jets agree to terms with 2nd-round pick WR Mims

The New York Jets have agreed to terms with Baylor wide receiver Denzel Mims, their second-round draft pick in April, a person with knowledge of the deal tells The Associated Press.

June 19, 2020 12:03 p.m.

AP Interview: Ethiopia to fill disputed dam, deal or no deal

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — It’s a clash over water usage that Egypt calls an existential threat and Ethiopia calls a lifeline for millions out of poverty. Just weeks remain before the filling of Africa’s most powerful hydroelectric dam might begin, and tense talks between the countries on its operation have yet to reach a deal.

June 19, 2020 11:27 a.m.

Senate, House races among decisions in Kentucky primary

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Presidential primaries may top the ballot June 23, but there are several others races to be decided in Kentucky including party nominations for a U.S. Senate seat. Other contested races on the ballot include five U.S. House seats, 11 contested legislative primaries and a Kentucky Supreme Court seat. Here’s a summary of the state offices and candidates on the ballot:

June 19, 2020 11:27 a.m.

AP News Digest 2:15 p.m.

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June 19, 2020 9:27 a.m.

Officer involved in Breonna Taylor shooting to be fired

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville's mayor said Friday that one of three police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor will be fired.

June 19, 2020 9:27 a.m.

Canada's loss of UN Security Council seat a blow to Trudeau

TORONTO (AP) — Justin Trudeau arrived on the world stage with rock star popularity in 2015. He declared “Canada is back” and made winning a seat on the powerful U.N. Security Council a top foreign policy priority.

June 19, 2020 9:27 a.m.

Modi denies any Indian territory was lost in China clash

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s prime minister said Friday that the entire country is "hurt and angry” at the killing of 20 soldiers by Chinese forces in a disputed Himalayan border region, while denying assertions that any Indian territory had been lost.

June 19, 2020 8:30 a.m.

India's opposition leaders question Modi over China clash

NEW DELHI (AP) — India's prime minister met Friday with top opposition leaders who questioned whether intelligence failures allowed China to build up its forces in disputed Himalayan territory ahead of a clash that killed 20 Indian soldiers.

June 19, 2020 8:30 a.m.

Hiring rose in 46 states in May yet jobless rates still high

WASHINGTON (AP) — Employers added jobs in 46 states last month, evidence that the U.S. economy's surprise hiring gain in May was spread broadly across the country — in both states that began reopening their economies early and those that did so only later.

June 19, 2020 7:03 a.m.

AP Interview: Martin Lee sees end of the Hong Kong he knows

HONG KONG (AP) — The man nicknamed Hong Kong’s “Father of Democracy” said that Beijing is trying to take control of the semi-autonomous city with an impending national security law, but that violent protest is not the answer.

June 19, 2020 6:27 a.m.

AP Entertainment Digest for Friday, June 19

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June 19, 2020 4:03 a.m.

Germany, France, UK press Iran to provide atomic site access

BERLIN (AP) — The board of the United Nations' atomic watchdog agency on Friday adopted a resolution calling for Iran to provide inspectors access to sites where the country is thought to have stored or used undeclared nuclear material, the Russian representative said.

June 19, 2020 3:03 a.m.

World stocks turn higher despite worries over virus rebound

BEIJING (AP) — World stock markets turned higher on Friday despite concerns that a global economic recovery may be derailed by coronavirus infections.

June 19, 2020 3:03 a.m.

India's prime minister to meet with opposition on China row

NEW DELHI (AP) — India's prime minister is meeting top opposition leaders Friday as the government tries to lower tensions with China after 20 Indian soldiers were killed in a clash in a Himalayan border region.

June 19, 2020 2:03 a.m.

Serbs to vote amid virus concerns, political divisions

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia is holding a parliamentary vote this weekend that takes place amid concerns over the continuing spread of the new coronavirus and political divisions in the Balkan country.

June 19, 2020 12:03 a.m.

China's top lawmakers take up draft Hong Kong security law

BEIJING (AP) — China's top legislative body has taken up a draft national security law for Hong Kong that has been strongly criticized as undermining the semi-autonomous territory's legal and political institutions.

June 19, 2020 12:03 a.m.

The Latest: Coronavirus still spreading in 2nd S Korea wave

SEOUL, South Korea — The coronavirus continues to spread in South Korea, particularly in the densely populated Seoul metropolitan region, which is home to half the country’s 51 million people.

June 19, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Former Oregon chancellor to lead Nevada university system

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Former Oregon University System Chancellor Dr. Melody Rose will take over as chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education in September after the state Board of Regents voted unanimously to approve her four-year contract on Thursday.

June 19, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Lives Lost: South African activist targeted apartheid, HIV

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Clarence Mini's life was marked by battles against formidable foes. The South African doctor fought apartheid — receiving his medical training in exile — the government's denial of HIV/AIDS and rampant corruption.

June 19, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Trump troop cut in Germany fits a pattern of hitting allies

WASHINGTON (AP) — In vowing to