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December 22, 2020 3:27 p.m.

The Latest: Louisiana governor extends pandemic restrictions

BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards is extending pandemic restrictions on businesses and activities, and he’s warning the holidays threaten to exacerbate the states latest coronavirus surge.

December 22, 2020 3:08 p.m.

The Latest: Wake Forest's Tariq Ingraham out for season

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:

December 22, 2020 3:08 p.m.

NBA studying ways to bring games back overseas in future

The NBA is still looking at scenarios that could allow teams to play in Europe and China again next season, deputy commissioner Mark Tatum said Tuesday.

December 22, 2020 3:07 p.m.

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

Biden: Trump 'failed' to shore up nation's cybersecurity

December 22, 2020 3:06 p.m.

Israel heads to new elections as government collapses

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s divided government collapsed early Wednesday, triggering the country’s fourth election in under two years and bringing an unprecedented threat to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's lengthy grip on power.

December 22, 2020 3:03 p.m.

Indiana virus warnings persist even as hospitalizations dip

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s governor and top health official called Tuesday for continued precautions to slow the coronavirus spread over the Christmas holiday even as pressure has eased on hospitals across the state with slight declines in COVID-19 illnesses in recent weeks.

December 22, 2020 3:03 p.m.

Report: March turbulence shows need for financial reforms

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top government financial oversight panel says that the turbulence in financial markets last spring has exposed problems in the operation of money market funds that will need to be corrected before the next crisis hits.

December 22, 2020 2:33 p.m.

Israeli government collapses, triggers new elections

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli Knesset spokesman’s office confirmed early Wednesday that the country is heading to its fourth elections in two years.

December 22, 2020 2:33 p.m.

San Diegans left feeling sad as 'The Murph' comes down

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The biggest piece of San Diego’s sports history is slowly being knocked down and ground to bits.

December 22, 2020 2:06 p.m.

Deputy named to lead COVID-19-stressed Kansas labor agency

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly on Tuesday named the Kansas Department of Labor's deputy secretary as its top administrator as she works to find another, permanent leader for an agency that

December 22, 2020 2:06 p.m.

FBI: White supremacists plotted attack on US power grid

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — White supremacists plotted to attack power stations in the southeastern U.S., and an Ohio teenager who allegedly shared the plan said he wanted the group to be “operational” on a fast-tracked timeline if President Donald Trump were to lose his re-election bid, the FBI alleges in an affidavit that was mistakenly unsealed.

December 22, 2020 2:06 p.m.

AP PHOTOS: Latin America Photos of the Year

In early 2020, the pandemic seemed far from Latin America. But as soon as it arrived in the region, it had a devastating impact, exposing the weaknesses in already precarious public health systems.

December 22, 2020 2:06 p.m.

Writing off more of that 3-martini lunch is causing a stir

WASHINGTON (AP) — Stuffed into the new emergency relief package is a morsel that President Donald Trump has long had on the buffet of his economic wish list: restoring full tax breaks for restaurant business meals.

December 22, 2020 2:06 p.m.

The Latest: Tunisia extends curfew past New Year's holiday

TUNISIA — Tunisia is extending its curfew until Jan. 15 to cover the New Year’s holiday and urging people not to hold end-of-year festivities or travel around the country to slow the virus spread.

December 22, 2020 2:06 p.m.

Mets, Syndergaard agree to $9.7M salary to avoid arbitration

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Mets and Noah Syndergaard agreed to a $9.7 million, one-year contract Tuesday for next season, when the injured right-hander hopes to return from Tommy John surgery.

December 22, 2020 2:03 p.m.

US hospitals facing worrisome shortage of nurses, doctors

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With so many states seeing a flood of coronavirus patients, U.S. hospitals are again worried about finding enough medical workers to meet demand just as infections from the holiday season threaten to add to the burden on American health care.

December 22, 2020 1:33 p.m.

Pierce, Collins lead 1st-time nominees for basketball hall

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Boston Celtics star Paul Pierce and longtime player, coach and broadcaster Doug Collins lead the first-time nominees announced Tuesday for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2021.

December 22, 2020 1:27 p.m.

The Latest: Colombia not freely vaccinating immigrants

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia’s president says that Venezuelan migrants who are living in the country without residence permits won’t be given free COVID-19 vaccines when those arrive in the South American country — possibly leaving hundreds of thousands unvaccinated.

December 22, 2020 1:06 p.m.

Russia sends 300 instructors to Central African Republic

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia said Tuesday it has sent 300 military instructors to the Central African Republic to help train its army that's facing an offensive by rebel groups ahead of elections.

December 22, 2020 1:06 p.m.

Reversing course, feds say some US inmates get virus vaccine

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Bureau of Prisons says it has started to give the coronavirus vaccine to some high-risk inmates but won’t say how many inmates have been vaccinated or how it selects those to receive the vaccine.