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The Latest: Italy COVID-19 death toll now highest in Europe
MILAN — Italy added another 462 virus deaths on Friday for a known pandemic death toll of 74,621, the highest in Europe.
2nd Washington corrections officer dies of COVID-19
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Vaccinations started in Washington state prisons this week while prisoners point to poor conditions, the Department of Corrections announced on New Year’s Eve the second COVID-related death of a corrections officer.
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.
EXPLAINER: As Georgia awaits, GOP still has Senate control
ATLANTA (AP) — The consequences of Georgia’s twin Senate runoffs are well known: They’ll determine which party controls the Senate in the new Congress.
Delay sought in ex-officers' trial over George Floyd's death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors in the case against the four Minneapolis officers charged in the death of George Floyd requested that the trial delayed by three months.
The Latest: Curfew-defying ravers in France attack police
PARIS — Ravers at an underground, curfew-violating New Year’s Eve party that drew at least 2,500 people in western France attacked police units sent to shut them down, torching a vehicle and injuring officers with bottles and stones, officials said Friday.
Curfew-busting New Year party-goers attack French police
PARIS (AP) — Ravers at an underground, curfew-busting New Year’s Eve party that drew at least 2,500 people in western France attacked the police sent to shut them down, torching one police vehicle and injuring officers with volleys of bottles and stones, officials said Friday.
Warm Springs hopeful after Haaland tapped to head Interior
BEND, Ore. (AP) — Since the historic appointment of Deb Haaland to head the U.S. Department of the Interior, hopes have been high among members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs that better times are ahead.
Andre Hill's loved ones mourn loss of 'a chess-playing mind'
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — In late May, Andre Hill and his roommate Donyell Bryant watched in shock, along with the nation, the video of a Minneapolis police officer pressing his knee on George Floyd’s neck for minutes, even as Floyd pleaded that he couldn’t breathe.
Kansas governor promises another push for Medicaid expansion
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly will push again this year to expand Medicaid in Kansas even though top Republicans in the GOP-controlled Legislature are less receptive to the idea than they were last year.
Biden's pick to lead Treasury made over $7M in speaking fees
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to be treasury secretary, Janet Yellen, collected more than $7 million in speaking fees over the past two years from major financial firms and tech giants including Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Google, according to disclosure forms filed as part of her nomination.
Dark days of pandemic: Alabama has bulge of December cases
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama notched almost a third of its coronavirus cases in December, an alarming bulge that echoed the warnings of medical experts who said the state would see some dark days before the widespread availability of a vaccine to fight the pandemic.
EXPLAINER: Stakes high for U.S. Senate runoffs in Georgia
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Two months after the November elections, Georgia voters have unfinished business. The outcome will determine partisan control of the U.S. Senate and how lawmakers deal with a new White House.
New York boosting minimum wage, sick leave benefits in 2021
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The minimum wage is going up in New York, and a new sick leave law is also coming into effect for 2021.
UK in 'eye of the storm' amid surging new coronavirus cases
LONDON (AP) — British hospitals around the country face a perilous situation in January, medical workers warned Friday amid surging coronavirus infections blamed on a new virus variant. Authorities pressed to reactivate field hospitals previously mothballed just to handle the crush of new patients.
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Quiet New Year gives breathing room after UK-EU Brexit split
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.”
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.
EXPLAINER: How Congress will count Electoral College votes
WASHINGTON (AP) — The congressional joint session to count electoral votes is generally a routine, ceremonious affair. But President Donald Trump’s repeated, baseless efforts to challenge Democrat Joe Biden’s victory will bring more attention than usual to next Wednesday's joint session of the Senate and the House.
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.