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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's top trade official, Phil Hogan, resigned late Wednesday after he became embroiled in a controversy over a recent trip home to Ireland and questionable adherence to COVID-19 rules.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on Wednesday alleging U.S. agents sent by President Donald Trump to protect a federal courthouse targeted by Black Lives Matter protesters illegally used excessive force and illegal detentions to rob protesters of their freedom of speech and assembly.

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PHOENIX (AP) — The Maricopa County Attorney's Office has admitted to violating state public records laws and will pay $24,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and its Arizona affiliate.

PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix City Council will vote Wednesday on a settlement for a Black couple who had police officers point guns at them in front of their children last year after their young daughter took a doll from a store without their knowledge.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Splunk Inc. (SPLK) on Wednesday reported a loss of $261.3 million in its fiscal second quarter.

It began with a scare and it ended with a score. Yes, the 49ers’ training-camp practice Wednesday was an eventful session for All-Pro cornerback Richard Sherman, who had a length-of-the-field pick-six about an hour after he went down with what appeared to be a potential serious injury to his surgically repaired Achilles tendon.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. (AP) _ NetApp Inc. (NTAP) on Wednesday reported fiscal first-quarter net income of $77 million.

NEW YORK (AP) — Chicago and three other cities sued the federal government Wednesday to stop the proliferation of what are advertised as easy-to-assemble guns that require no serial numbers or background checks.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) _ Box Inc. (BOX) on Wednesday reported a loss of $7.7 million in its fiscal second quarter.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The founder of the defunct St. Louis College Prep Charter School admitted Wednesday that he reported inflated student attendance numbers that resulted in the school fraudulently receiving $2.4 million in state funds.

MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Police in Belarus dispersed protesters who gathered on the capital’s central square Wednesday, detaining dozens in an effort to end weeks of demonstrations challenging the re-election of the country’s authoritarian ruler.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials have sparked a wave of confusion after posting guidelines that coronavirus testing is not necessary for people who have been in close contact with infected people.

BOSTON (AP) — A cluster of COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts has been traced to a bachelorette party in Rhode Island late last month.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials said Wednesday there has been no intelligence to suggest that foreign countries are working to undermine mail-in voting and no signs of any coordinated effort to commit widespread fraud through the vote-by-mail process, despite numerous claims made by President Donald Trump in recent months.

Russell Westbrook is closing in on a deal to sell his Edmond, OK, mansion. Currently listed for $1.3 million, the luxury home is now in pending sale status.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Countering Trump claims, US officials say they see no evidence coordinated fraud will mar mail-in voting.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Jockeying over a debate schedule continues in the hard-hitting Kentucky Senate race pitting Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell against Democratic challenger Amy McGrath.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Census Bureau is ending the 2020 head count of every U.S. resident early by a month so that the process for calculating the number of people used for redrawing congressional districts takes place on President Donald Trump's watch, according to court filings asking a judge to block the shortened schedule.

TROY, Ala. (AP) — Troy University announced Wednesday that a university building will be renamed in honor of the late Congressman John Lewis who tried unsuccessfully to attend the then-all white school in the 1950s.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri School of Journalism has received a $3 million donation to promote business-related journalism, the school announced Wednesday.

A former Minnesota college student pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal charge that she tried to help al-Qaida.

WASHINGTON (AP) — When she introduces her father at the Republican National Convention on Thursday, Ivanka Trump intends to focus on the help he's offered working families along with personal insights into how he makes decisions, according to two people with direct knowledge of her plans.

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