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Marco collapses, sets stage for Laura to hit U.S. as hurricaneVideo
NEW ORLEANS — Tropical Storm Marco began falling apart Monday, easing one threat to the Gulf Coast but setting the stage for the arrival of Laura as a potentially supercharged Category 3 hurricane with winds topping 110 mph. The two-storm combination could bring a history-making onslaught of wind and coastal...
N.Y. attorney general probes if Trump inflated assets to gain loan advantage
NEW YORK — New York’s Democratic attorney general asked a court Monday to enforce subpoenas into an investigation into whether President Donald Trump and his businesses inflated assets on financial statements. Attorney General Letitia James filed a petition in state trial court in New York City naming the Trump Organization,...
California high court rejects Scott Peterson’s death penalty
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Supreme Court on Monday overturned the 2005 death sentence for Scott Peterson in the slaying of his pregnant wife, but said prosecutors may try again for the same sentence if they wish in the high-profile case. It upheld his 2004 murder conviction in the killing...
First day of school for thousands and Zoom gets glitchy
Zoom is experiencing partial outages during the first day of school for thousands of students who are relying on the video conferencing technology to connect with educators. The company said Monday that it began receiving reports of disruptions around 9 a.m. Eastern time. It has identified the issue causing the...
Gray area of mail-in voting law up to Pennsylvania court
With the Trump campaign’s lawsuit in federal court on hold until October, it could be up to Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court to settle crucial questions of election law in the presidential battleground, including whether ballots mailed without secrecy envelopes can be counted. The state Supreme Court could decide as early as...
Defiant DeJoy says he won’t restore mail-sorting machines
WASHINGTON — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy refused requests by Democrats on Monday to restore mail-sorting machines or mailboxes removed from service as part of sweeping operational changes at the Postal Service, despite complaints that the changes are causing lasting damage and widespread delays. Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., told DeJoy at...
Facebook to pay $125 million in back taxes to France
PARIS — Facebook’s French subsidiary has agreed to pay $125 million in back taxes and penalties following persistent government efforts to get online giants to pay more taxes where they make their money. The agreement came after French tax authorities carried out an extensive audit of a decade of Facebook’s...
Spain adds thousands of new coronavirus cases
MADRID — Fearing an even sharper surge in coronavirus infections with the opening of the school year in September, some Spanish regions moved Monday to impose new measures against the spread of the pandemic, including bans on large social gatherings. On Monday, when Spain’s Ministry of Health reported figures for...
First lady opens student art exhibit on women’s suffrage
WASHINGTON — Melania Trump is marking the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote with an art exhibit based on works by children from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The first lady called adoption of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution that granted women voting...
TikTok sues Trump over his pending order to ban its app
NEW YORK — Video app TikTok is suing the Trump Administration over its efforts to ban the popular Chinese-owned service over national-security concerns. TikTok, which is owned by China’s ByteDance, insisted Monday that it is not a national-security threat and that the government is acting without evidence or due process....
U.S. stocks join global rally amid covid treatment hopesVideo
NEW YORK — Stocks are climbing on Wall Street Monday, adding to their record-breaking run from last week. The S&P 500 was up 0.7% in midday trading, following up on solid gains for stock markets across much of Europe and Asia. The S&P 500 pushed further into record territory after...
Jim Bakker gets PPP loans during legal fight on fraud claims
When the U.S. government extended pandemic hardship loans to thousands of religious institutions, Jim Bakker and Morningside USA, his ministry in Blue Eye, Mo., were among the most high-profile recipients. On April 28, the pastor received approval for an amount between $650,000 and $1.7 million in Paycheck Protection Program funds....
Republicans officially nominate Trump to take on Biden in the fallVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Republican Party formally nominated President Donald Trump for a second term in the White House Monday, one of the first acts of a GOP convention that has been dramatically scaled down to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Trump has sought to minimize the toll of...
Lab blames 77 false NFL covid-19 positives on contamination
The lab used by the NFL for covid-19 tests said Monday that an isolated contamination caused 77 “most likely false positive results.” In a statement, BioReference Laboratories said the test results Saturday were contaminated during preparation at its lab in New Jersey. Eleven clubs were affected, and the tests were...
Bubble fatigue cited as mental challenge during NHL playoffs
The hotels might be posh, their amenities and service first rate, and yet life inside the NHL’s two playoff bubbles isn’t exactly glamorous. Having spent nearly a month cooped up at the tunnel-connected hotel-arena complex in Edmonton, Alberta, Rick Bowness acknowledged there’s times he’s had to coax himself to step...
Jaroslav Halak stops 35, Bruins hang on for win over Lightning
TORONTO — Brad Marchand says it’s no coincidence the Boston Bruins are starting to look like the team that led the NHL regular season with 100 points and 44 wins. After floating through the preliminary seeding round a few weeks ago, the President’s Trophy-winning Bruins have flipped the switch now...
Robin Lehner gets 1st playoff shutout, Golden Knights top Canucks
EDMONTON, Alberta — Robin Lehner recorded his first career playoff shutout and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Vancouver Canucks, 5-0, Sunday night in the first game of their second round playoff series. The 29-year-old Lehner, who is playing for his fifth NHL team, turned aside 26 shots. “I thought...
Portland cops tear gas protesters attacking precinct station
PORTLAND, Ore. — Police in Portland used tear gas early Monday to scatter demonstrators who marched on a precinct station in another night of violence — hurling rocks, bottles, commercial-grade fireworks at officers and setting fires in the streets. The protests have gripped Oregon’s largest city for months since the...
Taliban negotiators visit Pakistan to talk Afghan peace push
ISLAMABAD — A Taliban political team arrived in Pakistan on Monday as efforts appear to be ramping up to get negotiations underway between the Afghan government and the insurgents. The start of the talks, envisaged under a U.S.-Taliban peace agreement signed in February, was hampered by a series of delays...
German hospital: Poisoning signs found in Russian dissidentVideo
BERLIN — Tests conducted on Russian dissident Alexei Navalny at a German hospital indicate that he was poisoned, but doctors said Monday he was being treated with an antidote and his life was not in immediate danger. The Charité hospital said in a statement that the team of doctors who...
Police shooting in Wisconsin leaves 1 man hospitalizedVideo
KENOSHA, Wis. — Neighbors confronted law enforcement at the scene of a police shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Sunday and crowds marched in the streets after a video posted on social media appeared to show officers shoot at a man’s back seven times as he leaned into a vehicle. Kenosha...
Kentucky police: 3 shot inside Lexington mall
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Three people were shot Sunday inside a Kentucky mall, police said. The Lexington Police Department said in a post on social media that the shooting occurred around 4 p.m. outside of a store at the Fayette Mall. Police said later that the shooting did not appear to...
Dustin Johnson wins by 11 shots at Northern Trust, returns to No. 1Video
NORTON, Mass. — Dustin Johnson looked dominant as ever, and nothing could stop him Sunday in The Northern Trust. Not even the weather. Johnson played the final two holes in near darkness after a late storm delay and finished with a birdie for an 8-under 63 and an 11-shot victory...
Kevin Harvick dominates at Dover, picks up 7th NASCAR win of seasonVideo
DOVER, Del. — Kevin Harvick views his NASCAR championship chase as him against the field. His budding rivalry with Denny Hamlin, however, has turned into a can-you-top-this showdown that promises to last until the finale. “You don’t want to be so narrow-minded to think it’s going to be you against...
Northern California firefighters dig in ahead of strong windVideo
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. — Three massive wildfires chewed through parched Northern California landscape Sunday as firefighters raced to dig breaks and make other preparations ahead of a frightening weather system. That system was packing strong wind and more of the lightning that sparked the huge blazes and scores of other...
