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July 26, 2020 12:03 a.m.

2020's 1st Atlantic hurricane lashes Texas; floods expected

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Hurricane Hanna roared ashore onto the Texas Gulf Coast on Saturday, bringing winds that lashed the shoreline with rain and storm surge, and even threatening to bring possible tornadoes to a part of the country trying to cope with a spike in coronavirus cases.

July 26, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Hanna's rain remains biggest threat to virus hot spot Texas

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — South Texas braced for flooding Sunday after Hanna roared ashore as a hurricane the day before, bringing winds that lashed the Gulf Coast with rain and storm surge to a part of the country trying to cope with a spike in cases of the coronavirus.

August 21, 2020 7:27 a.m.

German doctors gain access in Siberia to dissident in coma

MOSCOW (AP) — The family and allies of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has been in a coma for more than a day, were fighting Friday to get him flown to a top German medical facility from a Siberian hospital, but local doctors refused to authorize the transfer. After much wrangling, German physicians were allowed to see him, an associate said.

August 28, 2020 12:03 a.m.

5th federal execution of 2020 on again after drug ruling

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — The scheduled federal execution of a 10-year-old Kansas girl's killer was back on track Friday after an appellate panel tossed a lower court's ruling that would have required the government to get a drug prescription before it could use pentobarbital to kill the inmate.

January 12, 2021 3:27 p.m.

Fury at the shaken Capitol over the attack, security, virus

WASHINGTON (AP) — This time the fury enveloping the Capitol comes not from an insurgent mob but from within.

June 4, 2020 4:27 p.m.

Experts: Floyd’s health issues don’t affect homicide ruling

George Floyd had drugs in his system and severe heart disease when a Minneapolis police officer put a knee to his neck, but independent experts said the medical problems revealed in the full autopsy report don’t change the conclusion that the handcuffed man’s death was a homicide.

March 19, 2020 2:03 p.m.

Trump focuses attention on possible coronavirus treatments

President Donald Trump focused attention on possible treatments for the new coronavirus on Thursday, citing potential use of a drug long used to treat malaria and some other approaches still in testing.

January 24, 2020 11:35 a.m.

AP Entertainment Digest, 1st Ld-Writethru

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September 15, 2020 9:03 a.m.

Experts: Rainy season to further threaten Beirut heritage

BEIRUT (AP) — Restoring Beirut's damaged architectural heritage following the devastating August explosion will take hundreds of millions of dollars and costs will quickly rise if no action is taken ahead of the onset of the rainy season in less than two months, international experts warned Tuesday.

December 31, 2020 4:27 a.m.

New laws: Tougher rules for Louisiana car accident lawsuits

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana motorists filing car accident lawsuits will encounter tougher rules to win damage awards, under a new law championed by the state's business lobby that takes effect Friday and that backers hope will lower the state's hefty insurance premiums.

January 1, 2021 12:06 a.m.

New laws: Tougher rules for Louisiana car accident lawsuits

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana motorists filing car accident lawsuits will encounter tougher rules to win damage awards, under a new law championed by the state's business lobby that takes effect Friday and that backers hope will lower the state's hefty insurance premiums.

August 14, 2020 12:27 a.m.

UN: 178 killed in Beirut explosion, 30 still missing

BEIRUT (AP) — The death toll from last week's massive explosion in Lebanon's capital has risen to nearly 180, with an estimated 6,000 people injured and at least 30 missing, the United Nations said Friday.

February 24, 2020 12:05 p.m.

High Court sympathetic to embassy bombing victims in case

Washington (AP) — The Supreme Court suggested Monday that it's inclined to allow a bigger award of money to victims of the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. No matter what the justices decide, however, it's unlikely the victims will ever collect the full amount.

November 17, 2020 1 a.m.

Soap Lake water main repaired after shut-off

Residents of Soap Lake found themselves without water for about an hour Saturday after contractors damaged a water main, requiring city officials to shut the water off in order to repair the pipe.

Lind fire injures one
May 2, 2023 4:34 p.m.

Lind fire injures one

LIND — A Lind man was transported to East Adams Rural Healthcare and treated for smoke inhalation after a fire damaged a residence in Lind early last Wednesday morning.

September 3, 2020 5:27 a.m.

Washington AG sues Juul, saying it targets minors

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson has filed a consumer protection lawsuit against vaping giant Juul Labs, saying the country’s largest e-cigarette company targets underage consumers.

September 4, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Washington AG sues Juul, saying it targets minors

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson has filed a consumer protection lawsuit against vaping giant Juul Labs, saying the country’s largest e-cigarette company targets underage consumers.

September 6, 2020 5:03 a.m.

Berlusconi responding to virus drugs but in "delicate" phase

ROME (AP) — Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi is responding “optimally” to COVID-19 treatment but is the most vulnerable type of patient and is in “the most delicate phase” of the virus, his personal doctor said Sunday.

September 4, 2020 9:03 p.m.

Judge bans Detroit police tactics against protesters

DETROIT (AP) — A federal judge late Friday temporarily barred Detroit police from using tear gas, rubber bullets, batons, shields, chokeholds or sound cannons against peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters after a group accused the city for excessive force.

September 5, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Judge bans Detroit police tactics against protesters

DETROIT (AP) — A federal judge late Friday temporarily barred Detroit police from using tear gas, rubber bullets, batons, shields, chokeholds or sound cannons against peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters after a group accused the city for excessive force.