By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Facebook said Tuesday that it removed a small network of accounts and pages linked to Russia’s Internet Research Agency, the “troll facto…
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Lawyer: Plea offer tried to link Breonna Taylor to drug ring
By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A lawyer for Breonna Taylor’s family said prosecutors offered a plea deal to an accused drug trafficker that would have forced him to impli…
Large antibody study offers hope for virus vaccine efforts
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer Antibodies that people make to fight the new coronavirus last for at least four months after diagnosis and do not fade quickly as some earlier reports sug…
Police: LA deputies shoot, kill Black man who dropped gun
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Black man was shot and killed by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies after he was stopped for a traffic violation while riding a bike, then ra…
A Zoom Thanksgiving? Summer could give way to a bleaker fall
By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer As the Summer of COVID draws to a close, many experts fear an even bleaker fall and suggest that American families should start planning for Thanksgiving by Zoom.…
2 shootings, 2 days: In Kenosha, a microcosm of US strife
By JENNIFER PELTZ and RUSSELL CONTRERAS Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A Black man, accosted by police on a domestic dispute call, is left with bullet wounds in his back that will likely keep h…
Ailing Kenosha on edge as Trump visit looms amid tensions
By RUSSELL CONTRERAS Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Some residents in Kenosha fear a planned visit by President Donald Trump after unrest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake may stir more e…
Deaths, worries about assistance mount after Hurricane Laura
By NOMAAN MERCHANT and SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — In a matter of hours last week, Hurricane Laura tore through the tire shop Layla Winbush’s family started just u…
Postal chief DeJoy has long leveraged connections, dollars
By MATTHEW DALY, BRIAN SLODYSKO and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — During its search for a new postmaster general, the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors was presented with 5…
‘Fanning the flames’: Dems accuse Trump of stoking violence
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats on Sunday accused President Donald Trump of trying to inflame racial tensions and incite violence to benefit his campaign as he praised supp…