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						California wildfires burn amid high risk of brutal blazes
					
						by The Associated Press on August 14, 2020 at 4:49 pm
					LOS ANGELES (AP) " Bone-dry vegetation fueled three wildfires near Los Angeles amid warnings Friday that the risk of new blazes erupting was high as temperatures spike and humidity levels drop during a statewide heat wave.A huge forest fire that prompted evacuations north of Los Angeles was just 12% contained and after threatening more than 5,400 homes, it had charred more than 18 square miles (46.6 square kilometers) of brush and trees.Cooler overnight temperatures helped [... […]

						Thousands flood Belarus capital as election protests grow
					
						by Yuras Karmanau, The Associated Press on August 14, 2020 at 4:42 pm
					MINSK, Belarus (AP) " Tens of thousands of people flooded the heart of the Belarus capital of Minsk on Friday in a show of anger over a brutal police crackdown this week on peaceful protesters that followed a disputed election, as authorities sought to ease rising public fury by freeing at least 2,000 who were jailed after earlier demonstrations.Factory workers marched across the city shouting 'Go away!' in a call for authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko to resign after 26 [... […]

						Ex-FBI lawyer to plead guilty in Trump-Russia probe review
					
						by Eric Tucker And Michael Balsamo, The Associated Press on August 14, 2020 at 4:20 pm
					WASHINGTON (AP) " A former FBI lawyer plans to plead guilty to making a false statement in the first criminal case arising from U.S. Attorney John Durham's investigation into the probe of ties between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign, his lawyer said Friday.Kevin Clinesmith is expected to plead guilty to one count of making a false statement related to the altering of a government email about a former Trump campaign adviser who was a target of FBI surveillance, attorney Justin Shur [... […]

						Trump's younger brother, Robert, is hospitalized in New York
					
						by Aamer Madhani And Jill Colvin, The Associated Press on August 14, 2020 at 3:47 pm
					WASHINGTON (AP) " President Donald Trump's younger brother, Robert Trump, has been hospitalized in New York, according to the White House.The president is expected to visit his 72-year-old brother at a hospital in Manhattan on Friday, according to White House spokesman Judd Deere. Trump was already scheduled to visit his property in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Friday.The White House did not immediately release details about why Robert Trump had been hospitalized, but officials [... […]

						Rural families without internet face tough choice on school
					
						by Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, The Associated Press on August 14, 2020 at 3:25 pm
					BEATTYVILLE, Ky. (AP) " John Ross worries about his children returning to their classrooms this fall with coronavirus cases rising in Kentucky, but he feels he doesn't have much of a choice: His family's limited internet access makes it nearly impossible for the kids to keep up with schoolwork from home.'They're going to have their education,' the father of three in rural Lee County said as he recalled his children's struggles to do their work this spring over a spotty cellphone [... […]

						EU holding urgent talks on Greece-Turkey energy dispute
					
						by Nicholas Paphitis And Suzan Fraser, The Associated Press on August 14, 2020 at 2:39 pm
					ATHENS, Greece (AP) " European Union foreign ministers were holding urgent talks Friday on military tensions between Greece and Turkey as the neighboring countries' navies continued a game of brinkmanship over eastern Mediterranean drilling rights.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey would press ahead with its search for oil and gas in the disputed waters until Aug. 23 as planned. But following a phone call with German's leader, he signaled that Ankara and Berlin had [... […]

						Trump's counter to Democratic convention? Swing state trips.
					
						by The Associated Press on August 14, 2020 at 2:12 pm
					WASHINGTON (AP) " President Donald Trump is looking to counter next week's Democratic National Convention with travel to several swing states " including Wisconsin, which was to have hosted the Democratic gathering.Trump campaign announced Friday that Trump will host events aimed at attacking his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, on Monday in Wisconsin and Minnesota and on Tuesday in Arizona.Democrats moved their campaign completely virtual due to the coronavirus pandemic. [... […]

						Pompeo urges unity on Iran ahead of UN arms embargo vote
					
						by Matthew Lee, The Associated Press on August 14, 2020 at 1:56 pm
					VIENNA (AP) " U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday called for the world to unite around a long-shot American bid to indefinitely extend a United Nations arms embargo on Iran.As members of the U.N. Security Council voted remotely on a U.S. resolution to prolong the embargo that is widely expected to fail, Pompeo said it was 'nuts' to allow Iran to buy and sell weapons at will. Pompeo spoke well before an announcement of the results of the vote, which many diplomats believe [... […]

						US retail sales regain pre-virus level but slowdown likely
					
						by Christopher Rugaber And Anne D'innocenzio, The Associated Press on August 14, 2020 at 12:44 pm
					WASHINGTON (AP) " Americans increased their retail purchases by 1.2% in July, with solid gains in appliances and clothing helping restore sales to their level before the viral pandemic erupted in March.Sales at retail stores and restaurants have now risen for three straight months, after plunges in March and April, when the pandemic shuttered businesses and paralyzed the economy. Still, much of the spending was fueled by government aid that had put more money in people's pockets but [... […]

						Chicago convenience store ransacked twice since May
					
						by The Associated Press on August 14, 2020 at 12:39 pm
					Security cameras captured the pillaging of a West Side Chicago convenience store hours after Mayor Lori Lightfoot warned vandals that the city would hold them accountable for ransacking downtown retailers.Walid Mouhammad, owner of African Food & Liquor, watched surveillance video helplessly from home on Monday as thieves destroyed his ATM, safe and cash register, stealing money and ripping the store apart in the process.Mouhammad has worked there for 33 years, the last 20 as [... […]
 
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