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January 2, 2021 12:12 a.m.

Sheriff's Office: 4 shot at party in Portland suburb

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Four people were shot at a party in the Portland suburb of Happy Valley, the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office said.

January 2, 2021 12:12 a.m.

A low-key Memphis guitar legend builds on a musical legacy

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — It’s 1966 and a thunderstorm illuminates the night sky in Memphis, Tennessee. Two Stax Records musicians, guitarist Steve Cropper and singer Eddie Floyd, sit in a room inside the Lorraine Motel, struggling to fashion a song about love and superstition.

January 2, 2021 12:12 a.m.

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

California funeral homes run out of space as COVID-19 rages

January 2, 2021 12:12 a.m.

AP News Digest 6 p.m.

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January 2, 2021 12:12 a.m.

The Latest: California hospitals struggle to stay afloat

LOS ANGELES — California hospitals ended the year on “the brink of catastrophe,” a health official said as the pandemic pushed deaths and sickness to staggering levels and some medical centers scrambled to provide oxygen for the critically ill.

January 2, 2021 12:12 a.m.

Vandals damage federal buildings in Philadelphia; 7 arrested

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A group of people dressed in black vandalized at least two federal buildings in downtown Philadelphia on New Year's Eve, and police said they recovered Molotov cocktails and other suspicious devices as they arrested seven of them, authorities said Friday.

January 2, 2021 12:12 a.m.

NFL chooses 11 players for international pathway program

The NFL has chosen 11 athletes from nine countries to compete for a spot in the 2021 International Player Pathway Program.

January 2, 2021 12:12 a.m.

Speedy Sir: Lewis Hamilton knighted in year-end royal honors

LONDON (AP) — Lewis Hamilton is now a “Sir” as well as a seven-time Formula One champion.

January 2, 2021 12:12 a.m.

Deputy justified in shooting bystander at rap video filming

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — A grand jury has cleared a Jackson County sheriff’s deputy who shot a bystander at a White City gathering, and indicted the deputy’s intended target who was allegedly armed with “a high-powered, high capacity rifle.”

January 2, 2021 12:12 a.m.

Arrests during dueling protests in Salem, Oregon

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Police in Salem, Oregon, used flash bangs to separate opposing groups of protesters Friday afternoon.

January 2, 2021 12:12 a.m.

VIRUS TODAY: California struggles to tame COVID-19

Here’s what’s happening Friday with the pandemic in the U.S.:

January 2, 2021 12:12 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.

January 2, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Clemson star QB Lawrence sputters in Superdome again

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence was on his back, reaching out desperately with his right hand to try to gather in the ball after it squirted through his arms as he was dragged down to the Superdome turf.

January 2, 2021 12:03 a.m.

New Year's revelries muted by virus as curtain draws on 2020

This New Year’s Eve is being celebrated like no other in most of the world, with many bidding farewell to a year they’d prefer to forget.

January 2, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Officials: Evidence of UK virus strain found in Florida man

MIAMI (AP) — Florida health authorities late Thursday reported finding evidence of the latest U.S. case of the new and apparently more contagious coronavirus strain first seen in England, saying it was detected in a man with no recent travel history.

January 2, 2021 12:03 a.m.

The Latest: S Korea extends distancing rules for 2 weeks

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea is extending stringent distancing rules for two more weeks as authorities seek to suppress a viral resurgence, while confirming its first case of an apparently more contagious coronavirus variant detected in South Africa.

January 2, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Texas hits new virus hospitalization record, passing 12,000

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas hit another grim milestone Thursday when it surpassed 12,000 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, setting a new record high in that category for the

January 2, 2021 12:03 a.m.

EU avoided chaos, explored new paths in turbulent 2020 year

BRUSSELS (AP) — Between the specter of Brexit, the coronavirus pandemic and a new leadership team facing a budget battle, the European Union looked set to remember 2020 as an “annus horribilis.”

January 2, 2021 12:03 a.m.

In Georgia, Biden's presidency meets early defining moment

ATLANTA (AP) — Usually it's a president's first midterm election that reorders a White House's political approach and priorities. For President-elect Joe Biden, his most defining congressional election is coming before he takes office.

January 2, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Xi hails China's economic growth despite pandemic setback

BEIJING (AP) — China has made major progress in developing its economy and eradicating rural poverty over the past year despite the coronavirus pandemic, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a New Year address Thursday.