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December 19, 2020 12:06 a.m.

Take advantage of student loan breaks before 2020 ends

Talk of student loan forgiveness has borrowers looking forward to 2021. But many already benefited from some unprecedented events in 2020:

December 19, 2020 12:06 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 19, 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 19, 2020 12:06 a.m.

The Latest: Coronavirus vaccine provided to US Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — The justices on the U.S. Supreme Court are being provided with doses of the coronavirus vaccine.

December 19, 2020 12:06 a.m.

Winter travel raises more fears of viral spread

Tens of millions of people are expected to travel to family gatherings or winter vacations over Christmas, despite pleas by public health experts who fear the result could be another surge in COVID-19 cases.

December 19, 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 18, 2020 11:06 p.m.

Michigan lawmakers, governor agree to $465M in virus aid

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer agreed to a $465 million pandemic spending plan, including relief payments to businesses and workers struggling to stay afloat because of the coronavirus and government restrictions to curb its spread.

December 18, 2020 11:06 p.m.

8 COVID-19 patients killed in hospital fire in south Turkey

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Eight people were killed Saturday in a fire at an intensive care unit treating COVID-19 patients in southern Turkey, state-run media reported.

December 18, 2020 11:06 p.m.

The Latest: Michigan lawmakers, governor OK spending plan

LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan lawmakers and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer have agreed to a $465 million pandemic spending plan, including relief payments to businesses and workers struggling to stay afloat because of the coronavirus and government restrictions to curb its spread.

December 18, 2020 9:30 p.m.

AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EST

US clears Moderna vaccine for COVID-19, 2nd shot in arsenal

December 18, 2020 9:12 p.m.

India’s virus cases cross 10 million as new infections dip

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s confirmed coronavirus cases have crossed 10 million with new infections dipping to their lowest levels in three months, as the country prepares for a massive COVID-19 vaccination in the new year.

December 18, 2020 8:33 p.m.

AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EST

US clears Moderna vaccine for COVID-19, 2nd shot in arsenal

December 18, 2020 8:33 p.m.

Tokyo Olympics Q&A: Costs, IOC, COVID-19, and vaccinations

TOKYO (AP) — Much of the focus on the Tokyo Olympics has been on the unprecedented postponement because of the pandemic, and how the Olympics can be held in seven months.

December 18, 2020 6:30 p.m.

AP News in Brief at 9:04 p.m. EST

US clears Moderna vaccine for COVID-19, 2nd shot in arsenal

December 18, 2020 5:27 p.m.

Asia Today: Sydney beach suburbs in lockdown as cases rise

SYDNEY (AP) — Sydney’s northern beaches will enter a lockdown similar to the one imposed during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March as a cluster of cases in the area increased to 41.

December 18, 2020 4:32 p.m.

US says it is shuttering last 2 consulates in Russia

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has notified Congress that it intends to shutter the last two remaining U.S. consulates in Russia.

December 18, 2020 4:32 p.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 18, 2020 3:34 p.m.

House passes bill to avert government shutdown; Trump next

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress swiftly passed a two-day stopgap spending bill Friday night to avert a partial government shutdown, trying to buy time for frustratingly slow endgame negotiations on an almost $1 trillion COVID-19 economic relief package.

December 18, 2020 3:33 p.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 18, 2020 3:07 p.m.

MLB Calendar

Jan. 15 — Salary arbitration figures exchanged. International amateur signing period opens.