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December 15, 2020 9:18 p.m.

A pandemic atlas: China's state power crushes COVID-19

BEIJING (AP) — Workers have returned to factories, students are back in the classroom and once again long lines form outside popular hot pot restaurants. In major cities, wearing a surgical mask — though no longer required outside of subways and other crowded places — has become a habit.

December 15, 2020 9:18 p.m.

A pandemic atlas: No longer in viral denial, Iran struggles

At the start, Iranian officials downplayed COVID-19 — denying the mounting toll of infections, refusing to close mosques, making half-hearted gestures at locking down businesses.

December 15, 2020 9:18 p.m.

Today in History

Today in History

December 15, 2020 8:31 p.m.

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

Turning the page? Republicans acknowledge Biden's victory

December 15, 2020 8:06 p.m.

Asian stocks advance after stimulus talks lift Wall St

Shares rose in Asia on Wednesday after revived hopes for more aid for the U.S. economy broke a four-day losing streak on Wall Street.

December 15, 2020 8:06 p.m.

6 missing after a scallop vessel sank off Nova Scotia

DIGBY, Nova Scotia (AP) — Six crew are missing after a scallop vessel sank Tuesday off the coast of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia in two-meter waves and powerful winds.

December 15, 2020 6:31 p.m.

No. 10 Tennessee clamps down on Appalachian State, 79-38

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Appalachian State shot just 28% and it still hurt Tennessee's season statistics. That says something about the way the No. 10 Volunteers are playing defense.

December 15, 2020 6:30 p.m.

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

Turning the page? Republicans acknowledge Biden's victory

December 15, 2020 6:03 p.m.

Trump asking about special prosecutor for Hunter Biden

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is considering pushing to have a special counsel appointed to advance a federal tax investigation into the son of President-elect Joe Biden, setting up a potential showdown with incoming acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen.

December 15, 2020 5:27 p.m.

The Latest: Kansas mayor resigns over mask mandate threats

KANSAS — A western Kansas mayor announced Tuesday that she is resigning, effective immediately, because of threats she has received after she publicly supported a mask mandate.

December 15, 2020 5:08 p.m.

Minnesota frees man serving life in child's 2002 death

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Black man who was sentenced to life behind bars as a teenager walked out of a Minnesota prison Tuesday to the sound of ringing bells and cheering supporters, hours after a pardons board commuted his sentence in a high-profile murder case.

December 15, 2020 5:08 p.m.

Biden taps Buttigieg for transportation, Granholm for energy

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden nominated his former rival Pete Buttigieg as secretary of transportation on Tuesday and intends to choose former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm as his energy secretary.

December 15, 2020 5:07 p.m.

Honda recalls 1.4M US vehicles for software, other problems

DETROIT (AP) — Honda is recalling over 1.4 million vehicles in the U.S. to repair drive shafts that can break, window switches that can overheat and a software flaw.

December 15, 2020 5:07 p.m.

The Latest: California distributes 5,000 body bags to areas

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is distributing 5,000 body bags mostly to the hard-hit Los Angeles and San Diego areas and has 60 refrigerated trailers standing by as makeshift morgues in anticipation of a surge of coronavirus deaths.

December 15, 2020 5:06 p.m.

The Latest: Biden announces Buttigieg as transportation pick

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on

December 15, 2020 5:06 p.m.

The Latest: US acting defense secretary gets virus vaccine

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller was among the first Cabinet members to get the vaccine. He traveled to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., on Monday and was given the first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine.

December 15, 2020 4:31 p.m.

The Latest: Biden set to pick McCarthy as US climate czar

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on

December 15, 2020 4:30 p.m.

AP sources: Biden to add Buttigieg, Granholm to Cabinet

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is expected to pick his former rival Pete Buttigieg as secretary of transportation and former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm as energy secretary, according to four people familiar with the plans.

December 15, 2020 4:30 p.m.

Arkansas lawmakers won't meet this year on virus declaration

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers will not meet this month to vote on whether to support the state's coronavirus emergency declaration, House and Senate leaders said Tuesday, rejecting a request from Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson.

December 15, 2020 4:10 p.m.

Ex-Houston officer accused of assault in bogus fraud claim

HOUSTON (AP) — A former Houston police captain was charged with assault on Tuesday after running a man off the road and holding him at gunpoint in an effort to prove what authorities have called a bogus voter fraud scheme.