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July 31, 2020 12:27 a.m.

Asia-Pacific tourism makes patchy restart, and some missteps

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Tourism operators across Asia and the Pacific are making furtive and faltering advances, as well as some spectacular missteps, after travel was largely halted by the coronavirus pandemic that continues ebbing and mostly surging around the globe.

July 31, 2020 5:06 a.m.

Sleeping lions, terrible pain: A new world without tourism

PARIS (AP) — With no American visitors to show around the D-Day beaches or the Loire Valley’s chateaux, and no work on the immediate horizon, Paris tour guide Linda Zenou frets about how she’ll pay off a loan and continue to care for her ailing mother in the achingly lean months ahead.

August 24, 2020 11:27 a.m.

Corps: Alaska mine would have adverse impacts on salmon site

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA (AP) — A proposed gold and copper mine at the headwaters of the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery in Alaska would cause “unavoidable adverse impacts,” the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in a letter to the developer released Monday.

August 25, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Corps: Alaska mine would have adverse impacts on salmon site

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA (AP) — A proposed gold and copper mine at the headwaters of the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery in Alaska would cause “unavoidable adverse impacts,” the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in a letter to the developer released Monday.

August 22, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Big Ten's Warren, under fire, elaborates on virus concerns

After facing backlash from players, parents, fans and others, Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren attempted to elaborate Wednesday on the decision to postpone football season until spring.

August 22, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Schools, colleges debate course as Georgia virus cases fall

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia school district that had switched to all-online classes abruptly reversed course on Friday for most of its schools, while officials at one state university nervously eyed rising numbers of COVID-19 infections among students.

August 5, 2020 8:06 a.m.

Tlaib beats primary opponent; Meijer, McCain win GOP races

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s primary featured an unsuccessful challenge to an incumbent congresswoman and races for two U.S. House seats where a Republican and a former GOP member are retiring.

July 29, 2020 9:03 a.m.

Oregon governor says US agents will start leaving Portland

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal agents who have clashed with protesters in Portland, Oregon, will begin a “phased withdrawal” from the city, Gov. Kate Brown said Wednesday.

August 7, 2020 9:03 a.m.

Cuomo clears New York schools statewide to open, carefully

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York schools can bring children back to classrooms for the start of the school year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday, citing success in battling the coronavirus in the state that once was the U.S. heart of the pandemic.

August 8, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Cuomo clears New York schools statewide to open, carefully

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York schools can bring children back to classrooms for the start of the school year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday, citing success in battling the coronavirus in the state that once was the U.S. heart of the pandemic.

August 8, 2020 7:27 a.m.

Protests in Beirut amid public fury over massive blast

BEIRUT (AP) — Police fired tear gas and clashed with demonstrators in Lebanon's capital on Saturday at the start of a planned protest over this week's massive explosion that devastated large parts of Beirut and killed more than 150 people.

August 9, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Cuomo clears New York schools statewide to open, carefully

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York schools can bring children back to classrooms for the start of the school year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday, citing success in battling the coronavirus in the state that once was the U.S. heart of the pandemic.

August 4, 2020 12:27 p.m.

Minneapolis mayor: City seeks right mentors for new officers

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said the city is working to pair new police officers with “the right individuals” for field training following George Floyd's death, in which a senior officer rejected a younger colleague's question about how Floyd was being restrained.

August 4, 2020 7:03 p.m.

The Latest: Topeka mayor wins Democratic nod in Kansas 2nd

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on Kansas' primary election (all times local):

August 9, 2020 7:03 p.m.

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested, newsroom searched

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police arrested media tycoon Jimmy Lai and raided the publisher's headquarters Monday in the highest-profile use yet of a new national security law Beijing imposed on the city in June.

August 10, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Cuomo clears New York schools statewide to open, carefully

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York schools can bring children back to classrooms for the start of the school year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday, citing success in battling the coronavirus in the state that once was the U.S. heart of the pandemic.

August 21, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Big Ten's Warren, under fire, elaborates on virus concerns

After facing backlash from players, parents, fans and others, Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren attempted to elaborate Wednesday on the decision to postpone football season until spring.

August 21, 2020 4:27 p.m.

Schools, colleges debate course as Georgia virus cases fall

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia school district that had switched to all-online classes abruptly reversed course on Friday for most of its schools, while officials at one state university nervously eyed rising numbers of COVID-19 infections among students.

August 20, 2020 12:06 a.m.

Big Ten's Warren, under fire, elaborates on virus concerns

After facing backlash from players, parents, fans and others, Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren attempted to elaborate Wednesday on the decision to postpone football season until spring.

August 17, 2020 6:27 a.m.

AP Entertainment Digest for Monday, Aug. 17, 2020

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