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August 9, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Texas Tech AD apologizes to team after firing Stollings

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt publicly apologized Friday to players on the women's basketball team for what they experienced under fired coach Marlene Stollings.

August 9, 2020 3:27 a.m.

Morocco's carriage horses suffer as COVID-19 bars tourists

MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — Abdenabi Nouidi sold his favorite horse for $150 to help feed the others on the team that pulls tourists in carriages through the buzzing streets of Marrakech. The prospect of starvation looms for carriage horses and other animals normally used in Morocco’s tourist mecca. Visitors have vanished during the coronavirus pandemic.

August 4, 2020 3:03 p.m.

Lawyers for political rivals argue Cooper's COVID-19 powers

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Lawyers for North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Forest argued before a judge on Tuesday over whether Cooper’s

August 3, 2020 4:27 p.m.

FAA spells out design changes needed in grounded Boeing jet

Federal regulators on Monday outlined a list of design changes they will require in the Boeing 737 Max to fix safety issues that were discovered after two deadly crashes that led to the worldwide grounding of the plane.

August 4, 2020 12:03 a.m.

FAA spells out design changes needed in grounded Boeing jet

Federal regulators on Monday outlined a list of design changes they will require in the Boeing 737 Max to fix safety issues that were discovered after two deadly crashes that led to the worldwide grounding of the plane.

August 14, 2020 3:27 p.m.

Indiana top attorney calls for special legislative session

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — In a

August 14, 2020 9:03 p.m.

Legislature, Whitmer reach deal on return-to-school bills

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan schools that deem it safe to provide in-person classes during the coronavirus pandemic would have to prioritize the option for K-5 students under legislation that would also largely base districts’ state funding on last year's pupil count to account for enrollment uncertainty in coming weeks.

August 14, 2020 11:03 p.m.

Asia Today: S. Korea's cases jump again, India hits 2.5M

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea has reported 166 newly confirmed case of the coronavirus, it’s highest daily jump in five months, as health authorities fear transmissions are getting out of control in the greater capital area that’s home to half of the country’s 51 million people.

August 10, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Oregon trooper injured, 24 arrested in Portland protests

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Protesters in Portland, Oregon, defied police orders to disperse and threw rocks, frozen or hard-boiled eggs and commercial-grade fireworks at officers as unrest in the Northwest city continued early Saturday.

August 10, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Texas Tech AD apologizes to team after firing Stollings

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt publicly apologized Friday to players on the women's basketball team for what they experienced under fired coach Marlene Stollings.

August 10, 2020 8:03 a.m.

Air traffic is down, gun seizures up at US airports

DALLAS (AP) — With air traffic nearing a five-month high, airport security is finding guns in passenger carry-on bags at three times the rate recorded before the pandemic.

August 21, 2020 11:03 a.m.

N.C. unemployment rate higher even as employed number grows

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's unemployment rate rose in July, the state announced on Friday, even as the overall number of people working grew compared to the previous month.

August 21, 2020 11:27 a.m.

In need of scoring help, Blue Jackets could be ready to deal

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Columbus Blue Jackets played through a rash of injuries to put together another respectable season and earn a franchise-record fourth straight playoff appearance.

August 20, 2020 12:06 a.m.

Florida modeled a smooth mail election. Yes, Florida.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The votes were swiftly counted, winners were declared, and by about 10 o'clock that night most of the results of Tuesday's primary election — one with large numbers of mailed votes — were known in Florida.

August 20, 2020 8:03 a.m.

Spring in their step: Wall St. bullish as 2Q profits plunge

NEW YORK (AP) — Earnings for big U.S. companies were historically bad last quarter — and yet still much better than expected.

August 20, 2020 10:27 a.m.

Pandemic's toll among journalists in Peru is especially high

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Dozens of journalists have died from COVID-19 in Peru since the pandemic began, in the highest reported death toll of media workers from the new coronavirus in Latin America, according to journalists’ groups that are monitoring available data.

August 20, 2020 11:27 a.m.

Iowa medical director was aware for weeks of COVID data flaw

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s medical director said Thursday that she was aware of inaccuracies in the state’s coronavirus data when her agency used it to release flawed calculations that helped guide decisions on school openings and enrollment this month.

August 17, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Italy garbage dips with virus lockdowns, but plastics rise

ROME (AP) — Italy produced 10% less garbage during its coronavirus lockdown, but environmentalists warn that increased reliance on disposable masks and packaging is imperiling efforts to curb single-use plastics that end up in oceans and seas.

August 17, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Japan's economy shrinks at record rate, slammed by pandemic

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s economy shrank at annual rate of 27.8% in April-June, the worst contraction on record, as the coronavirus pandemic slammed consumption and trade, according to government data released Monday.

August 17, 2020 1:03 a.m.

Sons use e-books to help virus-stricken dad, other patients

LONDON (AP) — Geoff Woolf gave his sons a love for literature. When he got sick with COVID-19, they turned to books to help him — and others.