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December 17, 2020 1:03 p.m.

Georgia employers fail to keep pace as more seek work

ATLANTA (AP) — Workers are returning to the labor force in Georgia more rapidly than employers are adding jobs, driving up the state's unemployment rate.

December 17, 2020 12:33 p.m.

Feds: North Carolina frat members were part of drug ring

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Fraternity members at North Carolina's flagship school were part of a drug trafficking ring that for years funneled huge quantities of drugs into three college campuses, federal prosecutors said Thursday.

December 17, 2020 12:06 p.m.

Canada clears Boeing 737 Max changes but steps still needed

MONTREAL (AP) — Boeing’s 737 Max aircraft is a step closer to returning to Canadian skies, nearly two years after being grounded due to technical issues that resulted in two deadly crashes involving foreign airlines.

December 17, 2020 11:09 a.m.

COVID-19 cases top 200 at hospital as layoffs announced

ISSAQUAH, Wash. (AP) — As coronavirus cases top 200 at Washington state's largest psychiatric hospital, officials are implementing new procedures to try to get it under control.

December 17, 2020 11:03 a.m.

US cybersecurity agency warns of 'grave' threat from hack

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal authorities expressed increased alarm Thursday about an intrusion into U.S. and other computer systems around the globe that officials suspect was carried out by Russian hackers. The nation's cybersecurity agency warned of a “grave” risk to government and private networks.

December 17, 2020 10:33 a.m.

Buffalo Bills on verge of first AFC title in quarter-century

BUFFALO (10-3) at DENVER (5-8)

December 17, 2020 10:06 a.m.

Lockdown looms over Christmas in Bethlehem

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The mayor of Bethlehem on Thursday said Christmas celebrations in the birthplace of Jesus will be limited to just a handful of people this year as Palestinian officials announced a strict new lockdown across the West Bank due to a soaring coronavirus outbreak.

December 17, 2020 10:06 a.m.

Seahawks can clinch playoffs; Washington eyes 5th win in row

SEATTLE (9-4) at WASHINGTON (6-7)

December 17, 2020 9:09 a.m.

Debunked COVID-19 myths survive online, despite facts

CHICAGO (AP) — From speculation that the coronavirus was created in a lab to hoax cures, an overwhelming amount of false information clung to COVID-19 as it circled the globe in 2020.

December 17, 2020 8:30 a.m.

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

Dec. 24

December 17, 2020 8:03 a.m.

UK extends salary support program to contain unemployment

LONDON (AP) — The British government on Thursday extended its salary support program by another month through to the end of April as it tries to keep a lid on unemployment as coronavirus restrictions slam businesses.

December 17, 2020 8:03 a.m.

Final stretch on COVID-19 economic relief, but no deal yet

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional negotiators on the long-delayed $900 billion COVID-19 economic relief package worked through a handful of remaining holdups Thursday as they labored to seal a final agreement for more help to businesses and the unemployed and new stimulus payments to most Americans.

December 17, 2020 7:12 a.m.

Snow blankets Northeast, breaking records in some areas

The first major snowstorm of the season left the Northeast blanketed in snow, setting records in some areas.

December 17, 2020 7:12 a.m.

AP Sportlight

Dec. 18

December 17, 2020 6:27 a.m.

Damage from border wall: blown-up mountains, toppled cactus

GUADALUPE CANYON, Ariz. (AP) — Work crews ignite dynamite blasts in the remote and rugged southeast corner of Arizona, forever reshaping the landscape as they pulverize mountaintops in a rush to build more of President Donald Trump’s border wall before his term ends next month.

December 17, 2020 6:09 a.m.

Germany takes in sick kids, others from Greek migrant camps

BERLIN (AP) — A plane carrying 88 asylum-seekers, including 19 sick children, arrived in Germany on Thursday as part of the country's pledge to take in migrants from camps in Greece, the Interior Ministry said.

December 17, 2020 6:09 a.m.

US jobless claims rise to 885,000 amid resurgence of virus

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose again last week to 885,000, the highest weekly total since September, as a resurgence of coronavirus cases threatens the economy's recovery from its springtime collapse.

December 17, 2020 6:09 a.m.

Dutch committee issues scathing report into benefit system

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch parliamentary commission issued a damning report Thursday into a scandal in which thousands of parents were wrongly labeled fraudsters by government officials assessing claims for child benefit payments.

December 17, 2020 5:30 a.m.

Tunisia region at heart of revolution waits to reap rewards

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia on Thursday marked 10 years since a local fruit and vegetable seller set himself ablaze in protest after police took his cart, an act that enraged the country and snowballed into the revolution that toppled the North African nation's autocratic leader months later and triggered the Arab Spring.

December 17, 2020 3:33 a.m.

Macron is the latest world leader to catch COVID-19

French President Emmanuel Macron is