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Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks in Philadelphia, Tuesday, June 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Mail ballots from Tuesday's election push Biden over the top
By Stephen Ohlemacher
7 hrs ago
FILE - In this March 12, 2020, file photo Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about the coronavirus in Wilmington, Del. Biden has won the last few delegates he needed to clinch the Democratic nomination for president. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Biden formally clinches Democratic presidential nomination
By Stephen Ohlemacher And Will Weissert
7 hrs ago
Las Cruces council to weigh mask measure without penalties
7 hrs ago
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — The Las Cruces City Council has moved to ditch a proposed mandate backed up by misdemeanor penalties and instead will consider a...
Protesters march Thursday, June 4, 2020, in San Diego over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
California lawmakers picking up themes from protesters
By Kathleen Ronayne And John Antczak
7 hrs ago
Health professionals who volunteered to travel to Kuwait to treat of coronavirus patients walk in the rain after attending their farewell ceremony in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, June 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
The Latest: China orders pangolin protection amid pandemic
By The Associated Press
8 hrs ago
Rain clouds hover over mountains during tropical storm Amanda in Barberena, eastern Guatemala, Sunday, May 31, 2020. The first tropical storm of the Eastern Pacific season drenched parts of Central America on Sunday and officials in El Salvador said at least seven people had died in flooding. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Cristobal regains tropical storm force on track to US coast
8 hrs ago
Protesters gather in the rain for a rally at Union Square, Friday, June 5, 2020, in the Manhattan borough of New York. Protests continued following the death of George Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Mayor downplays rough police treatment of NYC protesters
By Michael R. Sisak
8 hrs ago
NYC readies to reopen as virus hospitalizations, deaths dip
By Marina Villeneuve And Karen Matthews
8 hrs ago
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — As New York City is preparing to reopen some businesses and increase subway service Monday, the state’s latest data suggests...
Protesters Kaylee Gore, left, and Amanda Barnes exchange fist bumps as they sit with signs protesting police actions, Thursday, June 4, 2020, in Seattle, following protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Seattle's police chief says officers' badge numbers will be prominently displayed following complaints that black bands obscured the digits. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Seattle mayor bans 1 type of tear gas amid protests
By Lisa Baumann
8 hrs ago
A photo provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows officer Shay Kellin Mikalonis. Edgar Samaniego, accused of shooting and critically wounding Mikalonis, is to remain jailed pending arraignment Friday, June 5, 2020, on attempted murder and weapon charges, the man's public defense lawyer said. Mikalonis, 29, underwent surgery for spine and head injuries after being hit in the back of the neck June 1 by a gunshot that officials say was fired from across Las Vegas Boulevard during a nighttime protest over the May 25 death of a black man in police custody in Minneapolis. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP)
The Latest: Sharpton: DC rally being planned for Aug. 28
By The Associated Press
8 hrs ago
FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2017, file photo, a baseball is shown on the grass at the Cincinnati Reds baseball spring training facility in Goodyear, Ariz. Major League Baseball rejected the players' offer for a 114-game regular season in the pandemic-delayed season with no additional salary cuts and told the union it did not plan to make a counterproposal, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Wednesday, June 3, 2020, because no statements were authorized. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, FIle)
AP Exclusive: MLB plan saves big-spending teams $100M each
By Ronald Blum
9 hrs ago
President Donald Trump speaks as he signs the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, June 5, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Citing jobs, Trump claims victory over virus, econ collapse
By Steve Peoples, Zeke Miller And Josh Boak
9 hrs ago
Officials probe COVID-19 outbreak at Houston-area facility
9 hrs ago
HOUSTON (AP) — Health officials said Friday that they are investigating an outbreak of the COVID-19 virus at a suburban Houston health care facility that has...
FILE - In this June 1, 2020, file photo, law enforcement officials with riot shields kneel in front of protesters during protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Floyd, a black man, died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25 and his death sparked protests. Black officers find themselves torn between two worlds when it comes to the protests against police brutality happening around the U.S. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)
Black cops feel pain of Floyd's death, duty to their uniform
By Cliff Brunt And Gary Fields
9 hrs ago
Joined by community faith leaders Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti takes a knee in prayer during a Black Lives Matter protest in downtown Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 2, 2020. People protest over the cause of George Floyd's death in police custody on May 25 in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Police union calls LA mayor 'unstable,' faults budget cuts
By Michael R. Blood
9 hrs ago
FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2019 file photo, then Democratic presidential candidate former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper speaks at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum in Des Moines, Iowa. Now a candidate for the U.S. Senate, Hickenlooper defended his record Friday, June 5, 2020 at a state ethics hearing about travel on private jets he took as Colorado governor, one day after the ethics panel found him in contempt for failing to appear. Hickenlooper rejected claims he violated Colorado law by accepting trips and insisted they either involved personal business or happened while he was touting Colorado's economy to potential investors during his 2011-2019 term. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Panel: Ex-Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper violated ethics law
9 hrs ago
Wichita State cancels Ivanka Trump's speech to tech school
9 hrs ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas technical school canceled plans for Ivanka Trump to give a virtual commencement speech to graduates because of criticism of...
FILE - In this May 29, 2020, file photo, Jessica Ciaramitaro, Daryn Feenstra and Nicholas Soriano mix drinks while wearing face masks at the bar at San Pedro Brewing Company in the San Pedro area of Los Angeles. California will allow schools, day camps, bars, gyms, campgrounds and professional sports to begin reopening with modifications starting Friday, June 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
California to let gyms, bars, day camps reopen next week
By Kathleen Ronayne And Amy Taxin
10 hrs ago
FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2014, file photo, Arizona state Rep. Doris Goodale, R-Kingman, gets a standing ovation while speaking on the floor of the House of Representatives prior to Gov. Jan Brewer's State of the State address at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix. She had suffered a stroke the previous year. Goodale, a former member of the Arizona House who was one of a handful of Republican lawmakers who joined with minority Democrats in 2013 to back former Gov. Jan Brewer’s Medicaid expansion plan, died Friday, June 5, 2020. She was 71. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
Former state lawmaker Doris Goodale dies at age 71
By Bob Christie
10 hrs ago
FILE - In this May 21, 2019 file photo Minnesota Timberwolves President of Basketball Operations Gersson Rosas, left, shakes hands with Ryan Saunders, after a news conference in Minneapolis. The season is officially, or mercifully, over for the Minnesota Timberwolves now that the NBA has decided to restart the virus-halted schedule with 22 teams. There was too much disruption to properly assess the job that coach Ryan Saunders did, or the viability of the roster they've settled on for now, but what was clear in 2019-20 was that first-year president Gersson Rosas was capable and willing of making major changes. (Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune via AP)
Another rough season ends with Wolves near bottom of league
By Dave Campbell
10 hrs ago