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Jon Ossoff wins Georgia Senate primary; will face Perdue

ATLANTA — Jon Ossoff, a young Georgia media executive known for breaking fundraising records during a 2017 special election loss for a U.S. House seat...
0:38 11 June 2020

Headline-making missteps put focus on newsroom diversity

NEW YORK — Alexis Johnson figures she wasn't the loser when the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said she couldn't cover protests triggered by George Floyd's d...
23:39 10 June 2020

Trump administration proposes sweeping asylum restrictions

SAN DIEGO — The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed sweeping — though somewhat vague — restrictions on asylum, seeking to align a legal framewo...
23:20 10 June 2020

Volunteers, Smithsonian want to save White House protest art

WASHINGTON — Almost as soon as the towering black fencing was erected last week to seal off Lafayette Park, the barrier became an art gallery and a so...
23:14 10 June 2020

Amazon bans police use of its face recognition for a year

NEW YORK — Amazon on Wednesday banned police use of its face-recognition technology for a year, making it the latest tech giant to step back from law-...
23:02 10 June 2020

California deputy shot in ‘ambush’ attack at police station

PASO ROBLES, Calif. — A California sheriffs deputy was shot in the head in an “ambush” attack by a gunman intent on harming or killing police, authori...
22:30 10 June 2020

Golf passes initial test with no positive virus results

FORT WORTH, Texas — The PGA Tour is not simply picking up where it left off.
22:29 10 June 2020

Scott’s challenge: Uniting Senate GOP behind police overhaul

WASHINGTON — The GOP is looking for an answer on how to respond to national outrage over the police killing of George Floyd. And they are looking to S...
22:26 10 June 2020

Mnuchin says businesses will need more help

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Wednesday said he believes the U.S. economy will need more help to pull out of the recession, but ad...
22:14 10 June 2020

White House balks, again, at Bolton plan to publish memoir

WASHINGTON — The White House has told former national security adviser John Bolton that the manuscript of his forthcoming memoir still contains classi...
21:40 10 June 2020

Statue of ex-Panthers owner removed from outside stadium

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A statue of former Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson, who was accused in 2017 of making sexually suggestive comments to women...
21:33 10 June 2020

Filipina journalist braces for verdict in ‘cyber libel’ case

VIENNA — An award-winning journalist who has aggressively covered Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration is bracing for a verdict in a ...
21:15 10 June 2020

Canceling Ivanka Trump spurs backlash for Kansas college

TOPEKA, Kan. — Donors are pushing Kansas' higher education board to fire Wichita State University's president after he canceled a virtual speech by Iv...
20:53 10 June 2020

Amid tears and laughter, visits resume in nursing homes

BOSTON — She wore a mask and sat across the nursing home patio from her elderly mother, but Marcie Abramson's emotions were on full display as the two...
20:47 10 June 2020

Relatives: Bodies found are 2 kids missing since September

BOISE, Idaho — Relatives of two children missing since September have told media outlets that the bodies of two kids uncovered in rural Idaho are the ...
20:37 10 June 2020

TV pastor Jim Bakker hopes attorney general halts probe

O'FALLON, Mo. — Missouri-based TV pastor Jim Bakker hopes Arkansas' attorney general does not obtain personal information of his congregation members ...
20:23 10 June 2020

IOC to open talks about easing protest ban at Olympics

GENEVA — Amid a global wave of demonstrations against racism, the IOC said Wednesday it would open talks that could let athletes make stronger protest...
19:55 10 June 2020

MLS to resume season with Florida tournament starting July 8

Major League Soccer is resuming its season amid the coronavirus pandemic on July 8 with a World Cup-style tournament in Florida that won't include fan...
19:48 10 June 2020

JK Rowling responds to critics over her transgender comments

LOS ANGELES — “Harry Potter" creator J.K. Rowling said she refuses to “bow down" to criticism about her recent comments on transgender people.
19:38 10 June 2020

Facing electoral headwinds, Trump brings back his 2016 team

NEW YORK — As anyone who has ever heard him speak knows, President Donald Trump loves to relive 2016.
19:20 10 June 2020

US general: Taliban not yet met conditions for US withdrawal

WASHINGTON — The Taliban have not yet met conditions required for a complete U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by next May as envisioned in a U.S...
18:50 10 June 2020

Ava DuVernay joins the film academy’s Board of Governors

Filmmaker Ava DuVernay has been elected to the film academy’s Board of Governors for the first time.
18:26 10 June 2020

Backlash over George Floyd tweet forces out CrossFit founder

The founder and CEO of CrossFit is stepping down after his tweet about George Floyd sparked a social media backlash and a wave of affiliated gyms cut ...
16:58 10 June 2020

Foreigners allowed into Ukraine to get surrogate-born babies

KYIV, Ukraine — Authorities have allowed foreign parents into Ukraine to collect babies who were born to surrogate mothers and stranded in the eastern...
16:36 10 June 2020

Utah candidate and ex- envoy Huntsman says he has COVID-19

SALT LAKE CITY — Republican Utah gubernatorial candidate and former ambassador Jon Huntsman Jr. said Wednesday he has tested positive for COVID-19.
16:36 10 June 2020

Thousands attend Black Lives Matter demo in Amsterdam

AMSTERDAM — Thousands of people demonstrated Wednesday in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in a park in Amsterdam named for South African an...
16:33 10 June 2020

Text of testimony of George Floyd’s brother before Congress

Text of the testimony of Philonise Floyd, a brother of George Floyd, before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday:
16:08 10 June 2020

After controversy, man convicted of killing officer paroled

RICHMOND, Va. — A man who served decades in prison for the killing of a Richmond police officer and whose parole grant sparked a still-ongoing investi...
15:57 10 June 2020

EU wants tech giants to do more to counter virus fake news

BRUSSELS — A senior European Union official warned online platforms like Google and Facebook on Wednesday to step up the fight against fake news comin...
14:47 10 June 2020

‘We need help’: Small cities face fiscal calamity from virus

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Unfilled potholes, uncollected trash, un-mowed grass and, most significantly, fewer police on the street are some of what Allentown s...
13:23 10 June 2020