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December 20, 2020 12:06 a.m.

Lack of wind curtails racing in America's Cup prelude

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Racing in the Christmas Cup prelude to sailing’s America’s Cup was abandoned Sunday because of a lack of wind on Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf.

December 20, 2020 12:06 a.m.

Audit: Inadequate control to prevent state unemployment scam

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The state Employment Security Department did not have adequate controls to prevent a slew of illegal unemployment insurance claims last spring that totaled about $600 million and grew into the largest fraud in state history, the Washington State Auditor said Friday.

December 20, 2020 12:06 a.m.

Mahan scores 32 as UCF stuns No. 15 Florida State 86-74

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — UCF hadn’t played in 13 days, yet the Knights’ top players looked as if they were in midseason form in knocking off a Florida State team that hadn’t lost at home in nearly two years.

December 20, 2020 12:06 a.m.

Liz Cambage's Southside Flyers win Australia's WNBL

SYDNEY (AP) — WNBA All-Star center Liz Cambage has become a champion again in her native Australia, winning the Australian Women’s National Basketball League with the Melbourne-based Southside Flyers.

December 20, 2020 12:06 a.m.

Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020

In a year defined by a devastating pandemic, the world lost iconic defenders of civil rights, great athletes and entertainers who helped define their genres.

December 20, 2020 12:06 a.m.

UK agency agrees not to photograph Duchess of Sussex, family

LONDON (AP) — A news and photography agency has agreed not to take pictures of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their son, Archie, the High Court in London was told at a hearing Friday.

December 20, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Fed finds big US banks in solid shape; keeps dividend limits

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve said Friday that the 33 largest U.S. banks are in strong shape despite the pandemic’s economic shock.

December 20, 2020 12:03 a.m.

AP: Wisconsin spent $99M on medical gear early in pandemic

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin spent at least $99 million on personal protective gear and medical equipment such as ventilators during the chaotic early months of the coronavirus pandemic, with almost all the money going to out-of-state suppliers, an Associated Press analysis shows.

December 20, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Congress averts shutdown; fight continues over pandemic aid

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress passed a two-day stopgap spending bill Friday night, averting a partial government shutdown and buying yet more time for frustratingly slow endgame negotiations on an almost $1 trillion COVID-19 economic relief package.

December 20, 2020 12:03 a.m.

'Do as I say': Anger as some politicians ignore virus rules

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Denver's mayor flies to Mississippi to spend Thanksgiving with his family — after urging others to stay home. He later says he was thinking with “my heart and not my head." A Pennsylvania mayor bans indoor dining, then eats at a restaurant in Maryland. The governor of Rhode Island is photographed at an indoor wine event as her state faces the nation's second-highest virus rate.

December 20, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Hacked networks will need to be burned 'down to the ground'

It’s going to take months to kick elite hackers widely believed to be Russian out of the U.S. government networks they have been quietly rifling through since as far back as March in Washington’s worst cyberespionage failure on record.

December 20, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Fiat Chrysler CEO Manley to run Americas after PSA merger

DETROIT (AP) — Fiat Chrysler CEO Mike Manley will run operations in the Americas when his company merges with France’s PSA Peugeot early next year.

December 20, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for January delivery rose 74 cents to $49.10 a barrel Friday. Brent crude oil for February delivery rose 76 cents to $52.26 a barrel.

December 20, 2020 12:03 a.m.

AP: Oklahoma spent $87M on medical gear in early virus wave

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — In the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, Oklahoma spent about $87 million on personal protective gear and medical equipment, much of it going to companies that were quickly formed as states scrambled to buy items such as masks, gloves and gowns.

December 20, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Connecticut turned to atypical virus gear suppliers early on

In the early days of the pandemic, a team of Connecticut state employees felt they had no choice but to trust nontraditional sources to procure personal protective equipment, including coveted N95 masks, when long-established vendors couldn't deliver.

December 20, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Maryland, Virginia donate vaccine doses to Washington, DC

WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials in the District of Columbia are accustomed to being short-changed in different ways.

December 20, 2020 12:03 a.m.

AP: Tight supplies for virus gear cost US states billions

Ray Bellia had a good business before the coronavirus pandemic. He topped $4 million in annual sales from his New Hampshire store that specialized in protective gear for police.

December 20, 2020 12:03 a.m.

New York, New Jersey hide full details of virus spending

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York and New Jersey, early hot spots during the COVID-19 pandemic, have so far declined to release detailed breakdowns of their spending on personal protective gear and medical equipment during the first frenzied months of the virus outbreak.

December 20, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Louisiana shopped the globe for protective gear in pandemic

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana sent tens of millions of dollars to companies around the country and as far away as China for masks, gloves and ventilators in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, with $87 million steered toward face coverings alone.

December 20, 2020 12:03 a.m.

NY coronavirus hospitalizations hit highest level since May

NEW YORK (AP) — The number of New Yorkers hospitalized with coronavirus has risen to the highest level since mid-May, according to state figures released Saturday.