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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...
In recordings, Trump’s sister says he ‘has no principles’Video

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s older sister, a former federal judge, is heard sharply criticizing her brother in a series of recordings, at one point saying of the president, “He has no principles.” Maryanne Trump Barry was secretly recorded by her niece, Mary Trump, who recently released a book denouncing...
Takuma Sato claims 2nd Indianapolis 500 victoryVideo

INDIANAPOLIS — Takuma Sato snatched his second Indianapolis 500 victory Sunday as the Japanese racer held off Scott Dixon and won under caution at an Indianapolis Motor Speedway left empty because of the pandemic. IndyCar officials declined to throw a red flag after a violent crash by Spencer Pigot with...

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