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December 15, 2020 12:06 p.m.

AP Breakthrough Entertainer Anya Taylor-Joy living in Narnia

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a span of seven months this year alone, Anya Taylor-Joy played a meddling British brat in “Emma,” a Russian mutant with teleportation powers in the latest “X-Men” film, and an American orphan who turns out to be a chess phenom who can checkmate grown men by the time she’s 8 in “The Queen’s Gambit.”

December 15, 2020 12:06 p.m.

The Latest: 4th Ga. Republican representative tests positive

ATLANTA — U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk has tested positive for COVID-19. That makes him the fourth Republican representative from Georgia to contract the virus.

December 15, 2020 11:31 a.m.

AP News Digest 2:10 p.m.

Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All Times EST. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan at https://newsroom.ap.org

December 15, 2020 11:06 a.m.

Amid new faces, Nuggets bank on dynamic duo Jokic & Murray

DENVER (AP) — From Facu to JaMychal to Zeke, there have been plenty of new names to learn around the Denver Nuggets.

December 15, 2020 11:03 a.m.

The Latest: McEnany says Electoral College vote 'one step'

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on

December 15, 2020 10:42 a.m.

Blade set to liftoff; urban heli-taxi to go public in 2021

NEW YORK (AP) — Urban helicopter taxi company Blade will become publicly traded after a merger with Nasdaq-listed Experience Investment Corp., the companies announced Tuesday.

December 15, 2020 10:42 a.m.

EU, Britain to toughen rules, fines for tech giants

LONDON (AP) — Big tech companies face hefty fines in the European Union and Britain if they treat rivals unfairly or fail to protect users on their platforms, in proposed regulations unveiled Tuesday by officials in Brussels and London.

December 15, 2020 10:09 a.m.

Guinea's President Alpha Conde sworn into 3rd term

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Guinea President Alpha Conde was sworn into office Tuesday for a third term after a violently contested election.

December 15, 2020 9:31 a.m.

PM: Sweden's health officials misjudged virus resurgence

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Health officials in Sweden, which opted not to respond to the first wave of COVID-19 with a national lockdown, misjudged the power of the virus's resurgence, the country's prime minister said Tuesday, and an independent commission criticized the country's strategy.

December 15, 2020 9:31 a.m.

The AP names its Breakthrough Entertainers of 2020

Making a breakthrough in pop culture during any year is hard. Doing it during a global pandemic is an entirely different thing.

December 15, 2020 9:27 a.m.

Urban heli-taxi Blade to go public via merger

NEW YORK (AP) — Urban helicopter taxi company Blade will become public company after a merger with Nasdaq-listed Experience Investment Corp., the companies announced Tuesday.

December 15, 2020 9:27 a.m.

The Latest: Survey: 1 in 10 residents in Spain infected

MADRID — One in ten residents in Spain had been infected by the coronavirus by mid-November and almost half that contagion occurred during the summer resurgence of outbreaks. That's according to preliminary results of an official survey on the presence of antibodies.

December 15, 2020 9:03 a.m.

EU unveils plan to toughen rules for tech giants

LONDON (AP) — Big tech companies face hefty fines in the European Union and Britain if they treat rivals unfairly or fail to protect users on their platforms, in proposed regulations unveiled Tuesday by officials in Brussels and London.

December 15, 2020 9:03 a.m.

The Latest: Averages of deaths, infections surge in Arizona

PHOENIX — Arizona on Tuesday reported more than 60 additional known deaths as the current COVID-19 surge saw hospitalizations set another record and rolling seven-day averages of cases and deaths more than double over the past two weeks.

December 15, 2020 8:27 a.m.

The Latest: Veterans Affairs nurse vaccinated in Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS — A nurse on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center was the first in Minnesota to receive a COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday.

December 15, 2020 8:12 a.m.

Sweden ups defense budget 40% due to regional tensions

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s Parliament on Tuesday approved a 40% increase in the defense budget for 2021-2025 because of tensions in the Baltic Sea region in recent years, with officials saying Russia is the main reason for the move.

December 15, 2020 7:03 a.m.

The Latest: Civil Air Patrol delivers doses in South Dakota

RAPID CITY, S.D. — The South Dakota Wing of the Civil Air Patrol is assisting the state Department of Health in delivering the first allocation of coronavirus vaccines.

December 15, 2020 6:33 a.m.

The Latest: Health worker is vaccinated in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A respiratory therapist who treated the first two COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Puerto Rico became the first person in the U.S. territory to be vaccinated against the virus on Tuesday.

December 15, 2020 6:07 a.m.

AP Entertainment Digest for Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020

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December 15, 2020 6:03 a.m.

The Latest: Germany: EU to approve vaccine by Dec. 23

BERLIN — After days of pressuring the European Union’s medical regulator, Germany’s health minister said Tuesday that he has received assurances that the European Medicines Agency will approve a coronavirus vaccine by Dec. 23.