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December 27, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Evers: Criminal justice reforms likely in next state budget

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers' executive budget could include criminal justice reforms as Wisconsin emerges from a tumultuous year of protests over police brutality and racism, setting up another potential conflict with Republicans who have been reluctant to take any action to address police protocols.

December 27, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Virus outbreak is Arizona's top story of 2020

PHOENIX (AP) — What began as a single

December 27, 2020 12:03 a.m.

British double agent George Blake dies in Russia at 98

MOSCOW (AP) — George Blake, a former British intelligence officer who worked as a double agent for the Soviet Union and passed some of the most coveted Western secrets to Moscow, has died in Russia. He was 98.

December 26, 2020 11:06 p.m.

The Latest: Oman starts vaccinations with 1st batch of shots

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Persian Gulf state of Oman has launched its COVID-19 inoculation campaign, with the sultanate’s health minister receiving the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine.

December 26, 2020 10:06 p.m.

Evers: Criminal justice reforms likely in next state budget

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers' executive budget could include criminal justice reforms as Wisconsin emerges from a tumultuous year of protests over police brutality and racism, setting up another potential conflict with Republicans who have been reluctant to take any action to address police protocols.

December 26, 2020 9:33 p.m.

Military chopper crashes in north Pakistan, killing all 4

MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani army helicopter on a rescue mission crashed overnight, killing all four aboard, the military said Sunday.

December 26, 2020 7:45 p.m.

Shooting at Illinois bowling alley leaves 3 dead, 3 injured

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — A gunman opened fire inside an Illinois bowling alley, killing three people and injuring three others Saturday night in what authorities believe was a random attack.

December 26, 2020 7:12 p.m.

3 dead, 3 injured in shooting at Illinois bowling alley

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — A gunman opened fire inside an Illinois bowling alley, killing three people and injuring three others Saturday night in what authorities believe was a random attack.

December 26, 2020 6:36 p.m.

AP News in Brief at 9:04 p.m. EST

Unemployment benefits for millions in limbo as Trump rages

December 26, 2020 6:03 p.m.

The Latest: Japan sharply tightens ban on foreign visitors

TOKYO — Japan’s government will temporarily ban entry of all nonresident foreign nationals as a precaution against a new and potentially more contagious coronavirus variant that has spread across Britain.

December 26, 2020 5:06 p.m.

Alaska soup kitchen gets large food donation after crash

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An official at an Anchorage soup kitchen said she received as a donation of at least 30,000 pounds (13,608 kilograms) of food on Christmas Eve from a local towing company after a truck carrying the produce crashed.

December 26, 2020 3:30 p.m.

AP News in Brief at 6:04 p.m. EST

Unemployment benefits for millions in limbo as Trump rages

December 26, 2020 2:33 p.m.

The Latest: Canada records 1st cases of new virus variant

TORONTO — Officials in Canada's most populous province have confirmed the first two known Canadian cases of of a more contagious variant of COVID-19 that was first identified in the United Kingdom.

December 26, 2020 1:30 p.m.

Sheriff: 2 women, 3 girls found dead in Arkansas home

ATKINS, Ark. (AP) — Two women and three girls have been found dead in a home in northwest Arkansas in what authorities said are being investigated as suspected homicides.

December 26, 2020 1:30 p.m.

'Club Kid' killer Michael Alig dies; overdose suspected

NEW YORK (AP) — Notorious “club kid” killer Michael Alig, who served 17 years in prison for killing his roommate over a drug debt in a case that became a book and film, has died of a suspected drug overdose six years after his release, police said. He was 54.

December 26, 2020 1:06 p.m.

FBI at home of possible person of interest in Nashville bomb

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Federal agents converged Saturday on the home of a possible person of interest in the explosion that rocked downtown Nashville as investigators scoured hundreds of tips and leads in the blast that damaged dozens of buildings on Christmas morning.

December 26, 2020 1:03 p.m.

Unemployment benefits for millions in limbo as Trump rages

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet were set to lapse at midnight Saturday unless President Donald Trump signed an end-of-year COVID relief and spending bill that had been considered a done deal before his sudden objections.

December 26, 2020 1:03 p.m.

Trump's impact on courts likely to last long beyond his term

WASHINGTON (AP) — On this, even President Donald Trump's most fevered critics agree: He has left a deep imprint on the federal courts that will outlast his one term in office for decades to come.

December 26, 2020 12:36 p.m.

Officials: Person of interest ID'd in Nashville explosion

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) —

December 26, 2020 12:03 p.m.

Arizona official: Show kindness to ease virus burdens

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona residents should show empathy and kindness to help ease each other's burdens in the face of the pandemic and other troubles, the state's top education official said.