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Essential News from The Associated Press
Latest Headlines  100 gas tanks: Extremists in Spain planned massive attackAugust 20, 20179:11 AM ET BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Police put up scores of roadblocks across northeast Spain on Sunday in hopes of capturing a fugitive suspect from the 12-member Islamic extremist cell that staged two vehicle attacks and plotted much deadlier carnage using explosives favored by Islamic State militants.  Hospital officals: Nearly 500 dead in Sierra Leone mudslidesAugust 20, 20171:16 PM ET FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Churches across Sierra Leone held special services Sunday in memory of those killed in mudslides and flooding earlier this week, as hospital officials announced the toll had risen to nearly 500 bodies collected. Fallen forensics: Judges routinely allow disavowed scienceAugust 20, 201712:21 PM ET BOSTON (AP) — Two hairs that looked like the victim's; some dirt on a truck like that taken from the crime scene; a pattern on the bumper that resembled a design on the victim's popular brand of jeans. The case against Steven Barnes in the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl seemed circumstantial, at best.  1979 Klan-Nazi attack survivor hopes for a 'justice river'August 20, 20179:33 AM ET GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — The Rev. Nelson Johnson needs no reminders of the massacre of five of his labor-activist friends almost 40 years ago — he still has the faded scar on his left arm, left by a Nazi who stabbed him as white supremacists descended on a march for workers through black neighborhoods in Greensboro.
Latest Headlines  America still in turmoil a year after Kaepernick's protestAugust 20, 201712:08 PM ET What started as a protest against police brutality has mushroomed a year later into a divisive debate over the future of a football player who refused to stand for the national anthem and now faces what his fans see as blackballing for speaking out in a country roiled by racial strife.  MLB umpires wear wristbands to protest 'abusive' treatmentAugust 20, 20179:46 AM ET Major League Baseball umpires wore white wristbands during games Saturday, protesting "abusive player behavior" after Detroit second baseman Ian Kinsler was fined but not suspended for his recent verbal tirade against ump Angel Hernandez.  Raisman: Scandal-marred USA Gymnastics needs sweeping changeAugust 20, 20179:17 AM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Aly Raisman is ready to talk about "the elephant in the room." And the six-time Olympic medal-winning gymnast thinks it's time USA Gymnastics joins in a conversation she feels is long overdue.
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