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Residents in low-lying areas of Hancock County move their vehicles, lawn mowers, ATVs and boats to higher ground in Waveland, Miss., as a tropical system approaches Friday, June 18, 2021. Forecasters predict a tropical system will bring heavy rain, storm surge and coastal flooding to the U.S. Gulf Coast. The poorly organized disturbance was located Friday morning about 255 miles south of Morgan City, Louisiana. (Justin Mitchell/The Sun Herald via AP)

Storm expected to be another blow to Gulf Coast businesses

Fierce Capitol attacks on police in newly released videos

Tropical weather lashes Gulf Coast with brisk winds, rain
Sharpton condemns Honolulu police shooting of Black man
19-year-old accused of firing at people across Phoenix area
New York AG: Town agrees to end biased housing practices
Federal holiday pressures companies to give Juneteenth off
FILE - In this June 17, 2021, file photo, President Joe Biden hands a pen to Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., after signing the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. From left, Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif, Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., Opal Lee, Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., obscured, Vice President Kamala Harris, House Majority Whip James Clyburn of S.C., Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, obscured, Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Western heat wave threatens health in vulnerable communities
A person waits for a bus in the shade as the heat wave in the Western states continues Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Declaration of Juneteenth holiday sparks scramble in states
FILE - In this June 19, 2020, file photo, demonstrators march through downtown Orlando, Fla., during a Juneteenth event. Congress and President Joe Biden acted with unusual swiftness Thursday, June 17, 2021, in approving Juneteenth as a national holiday. That sent many states scrambling to clarify their policies on the celebration of slavery's end. This year alone, Juneteenth bills hit roadblocks in Florida, Maryland, Ohio and South Dakota. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
Judge rules for Florida on CDC order blocking cruise ships
FILE - In this June 20, 2016 file photo, the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Empress of the Seas heads out of PortMiami, in Miami Beach, Fla. A federal judge has ruled for Florida in a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention order making it difficult for cruise ships to sail due to the coronavirus pandemic. U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday wrote in a 124-page decision Friday, June 18, 2021 that Florida would be harmed if the CDC order effectively blocking most cruises were to continue.(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
Rabid dog imported into US sparks multi-state investigation
FILE - In this Monday, April 22, 2019 file photo, a plane flies over the south air traffic control tower at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. A rabid dog imported into the United States on June 10, 2021, has sparked a multi-state public health investigation. Health officials say an international rescue animal group transported 33 dogs and one cat from Azerbaijan to O'Hare. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
Judge denies bid to move trial over white nationalist rally
11 U.S. mayors commit to develop reparations pilot projects
FILE - In this May 24, 2021 file photo Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks a press conference at Los Angeles International Airport, in Los Angeles. A group of 11 U.S. mayors have pledged to pay reparations for slavery to a small group of Black residents in their cities. The mayors have committed to form commissions to advise them on how to develop the programs. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
Man who stabbed Asian American charged with attempted murder
Kansas judge finds CDC eviction moratorium unenforceable
Denise Wall, stands in her home Friday, June 18, 2021, in Shawnee, Kan. A judge in Kansas' most populous county is beginning to evict tenants who are behind on rent in advance of a federal moratorium expiring at the end of the month in an early sign of what is to come as experts predict a tide of people being forced from their homes nationwide. 
NC governor again vetoes gun-rights bill for more churches
Consortium, loan announced for Fargo flood project
Three cranes are in place to help workers with construction of a water control structure southwest of Fargo, N.D., on Thursday, June 17, 2021. The inlet is part of a 30-mile Red River diversion project that will likely cost $3 billion by the time it's finished in 2027 or 2028. It will be funded by a public-private partnership that officials believe could be a model for big infrastructure projects elsewhere. (AP Photo by David Kolpack)
Govt: Forced-labor case defendant posed as psychology expert
Boeing's newest version of the 737 Max makes first flight
The final version of the 737 MAX, the MAX 10, passes other 737 MAX planes as it takes off from Renton Airport in Renton, Wash., on its first flight Friday, June 18, 2021. The plane will fly over Eastern Washington and then land at Boeing Field. (Ellen M. Banner/The Seattle Times via AP, Pool)
US Catholic bishops OK steps toward possible rebuke of Biden
FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021 file photo, President-elect Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, listen as Cardinal Wilton Gregory, Archbishop of Washington, delivers the invocation during a COVID-19 memorial at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington. Gregory has made clear that President Biden, who sometimes worships in Washington, is welcome to receive Communion at the archdiocese's churches. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Judge: No bail for man accused of road rage murder of boy
Deputy Alternate Defender Thomas Nocella, attorney Randy Bethune, Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer, and Senior Deputy District Attorney Whitney Bokosky, from left, address Orange County Superior Court Judge Larry Yellin during a hearing for Marcus Eriz and Wynne Lee at the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana, Calif., Friday, June 18 2021. Eriz, 24, and Lee, 23, both pleaded not guilty to the charges they face due to a road rage incident through their attorneys. (Frederick W. Brown/Pool via AP)
Georgia officials seek to remove 102,000 voters from rolls
FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2020 file photo, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger speaks during a news conference in Atlanta. The Republican announced on Friday, June 18, 2021, that he will remove nearly 102,000 voters from the rolls unless they act to preserve their registration. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
US stocks slump; S&P 500 has its worst week since February
In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, trader Ashley Lara works on the trading floor, Friday, June 11, 2021. Stocks were broadly lower Friday after a Federal Reserve official said that the nation's central bank might need to raise interest rates as early as next year, sooner than the Fed's latest estimate of possible rate increases in 2023. (Nicole Pereira/New York Stock Exchange via AP)
US-Canada border restrictions extended until July 21
Customs and Border Protection officers direct a driver on who missed the last turn before entry into Canada on how to turn around at the Peace Arch border crossing into the U.S., Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Blaine, Wash. The border has been closed to nonessential travel since March 2020. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Man admits threatening Missouri, Tennessee congressmen
Man charged with killing security officer at basketball game
FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2021 file photo, New Orleans police investigate after the fatal shooting of a police officer at George Washington Carver High School where a basketball game was being played in New Orleans. The Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office said late Thursday, June 17, that John Shallerhorn was indicted on a charge of first-degree murder in the death of Martinus Mitchum. Mitchum was a Tulane University officer and a reserve constable for a city court. (Max Becherer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Health

A relative holds a photograph of Dr. Jibraeil, assistant professor of history at Aligarh Muslim Uliversity, who died of COVID-19, in Aligarh, India, Saturday, June 12, 2021. Within just one month, the official Facebook page of Aligarh Muslim University, one of the topmost in India, published about two dozen obituaries of its teachers, all lost to the pandemic. Across the country, the deaths of educators during the devastating surge in April and May have left students and staff members grief-stricken and close-knit university communities shaken.(AP Photo/Manoj Aligadi)

Virus surge claims brightest minds at Indian universities

AP Interview: India says it hopes to resume vaccine exports
Western heat wave threatens health in vulnerable communities
The Latest: Uganda tightening measures due to virus surge
Palestinians call off 1M dose vaccine exchange with Israel
Virginia marijuana legalization timetable has many confused
Father gives daughter life-saving gift as living organ donor

Technology

FILE - In this photo March 22, 2013, file photo, the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington. As ransomware attacks surge, the FBI is doubling down on its guidance to affected businesses: Don't pay the cybercriminals. But the U.S. government also offers a little-noticed incentive for those who do pay: The ransoms may be tax deductible. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Hit by a ransomware attack? Your payment may be deductible

AI-powered Mayflower, beset with glitch, returns to England
Cruise giant Carnival says customers affected by breach
Auto show back in Detroit next year with focus on outdoors
Brief, global internet outages blamed on software bug
Biden elevates energetic critic of Big Tech as top regulator
Lordstown Motors reverses, says it has no firm truck orders

Business

A pro-democracy activist holding a copy of Apple Daily newspaper protests outside a court in Hong Kong, Saturday, June 19, 2021, to demand to release political prisoners. The top editor of the Hong Kong's pro-democracy newspaper and the head of its parent company were brought to a courthouse Saturday for their first hearing since their arrest under the city's national security law.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Editor, CEO denied bail in Apple Daily case in Hong Kong

Hit by a ransomware attack? Your payment may be deductible
North Korean leader swears to overcome economic hardships
Federal holiday pressures companies to give Juneteenth off
Judge rules for Florida on CDC order blocking cruise ships
Mexican elderly lose work as grocery baggers, protest
The Latest: Uganda tightening measures due to virus surge

NFL

College Football Playoff Executive Director Bill Hancock meets with reporters at the Big Ten Conference headquarters in Rosemont, Ill., on Friday, June 18, 2021. The CFP management committee met Thursday and Friday to discuss a proposed plan to expand the postseason format from four to 12 teams. (AP Photo/Ralph Russo)

Commissioners dig into CFP expansion; Pac-12 pushes autobids

NFL holding its inaugural General Manager Forum next week
CFP expansion will push conferences to reconsider divisions
Former Washington QB Haskins seeks fresh start with Steelers
2 more charged in killing of ex-Indiana U. football player
Jimmy Kimmel to be title sponsor of inaugural LA Bowl
NFL loosening many COVID restrictions for vaccinated players

MLB

Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani hits a home run in the second inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 16, 2021, in Oakland, Calif. Looking on is Athletics catcher Aramis Garcia. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

LEADING OFF: Ohtani 1st HR Derby entrant, Buehler vs D-backs

LEADING OFF: MLB eases protocols, Altuve on power tear
Braves' Morton through 6 hitless innings vs Cardinals
Mets' deGrom gets clean MRI on shoulder, no plans for IL
MLB loosens COVID restrictions, drops masks for vaccinated
Rays' Hill says union 'dropped the ball' on grip enhancers
LEADING OFF: Diamondbacks can match dubious road record

NBA

CORRECTS TO FIFTH INNING NOT SECOND INNING - James Madison starting pitcher Odicci Alexander (3) stands in the pitching circle as Oklahoma's Jayda Coleman (24) celebrates at second base behind her after hitting a double in the fifth inning of an NCAA Women's College World Series softball game Monday, June 7, 2021, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Women's college sports get boost in TV ratings, visibility

AP sources: Beal, Booker commit to playing in Tokyo Olympics
Nets, Bucks hope to avoid early exit in Game 7 on Saturday
Mavericks figure to keep focus on Doncic amid sudden shakeup
Analysis: US women look to add depth on Olympic hoops roster
As Olympics near, Warriors' Brown eager for Nigerian chance
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