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Essential News from The Associated Press
Latest Headlines  Jerry Lewis, comedy icon and telethon host dies, at 91August 20, 20178:37 PM ET LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jerry Lewis, the manic, rubber-faced showman who jumped and hollered to fame in a lucrative partnership with Dean Martin, settled down to become a self-conscious screen auteur and found an even greater following as the tireless, teary host of the annual muscular dystrophy telethons, has died. He was 91.  Spanish town struggles to reconcile locals as extremist cellAugust 20, 20178:04 PM ET RIPOLL, Spain (AP) — They were brothers and boyhood friends from a town with no unfamiliar faces. They were linked by Moroccan roots and equally tied by their upbringings in Ripoll, an ancient hub in the Catalan foothills known for its monastery and passageways dotted with cafes and kebab shops.  Prosecutors: Prof killed boyfriend as part of sexual fantasyAugust 20, 20178:56 PM ET CHICAGO (AP) — The fatal stabbing of a hairstylist in Chicago was part of a sexual fantasy hatched in an online chatroom between a Northwestern University professor and an Oxford University employee, whose plan included killing someone and then themselves, prosecutors told a Cook County judge Sunday at a bond hearing for the men.  Eclipse eve: Millions converge across US to see sun go darkAugust 20, 20177:39 PM ET Millions of Americans converged on a narrow corridor stretching from Oregon to South Carolina to watch the moon blot out the midday sun Monday for a wondrous couple of minutes in the first total solar eclipse to sweep coast to coast in 99 years.
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.  Henrik Stenson closed with 64 to win at WyndhamAugust 20, 20176:55 PM ET GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Henrik Stenson kept making birdies on the back nine Sunday at the Wyndham Championship. They added up to a tournament record — and his first victory of the year.
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