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The Latest: Turkish diaspora descends on Rome for Euro 2020
The Latest on soccer s European Championship:___Italy doesn t allow non-essential travel from Turkey but fans from the country s diaspora in Europe have been descending on Rome for the opening match of the European Championship.Tukey will face Italy at the Stadio Olimpico in Group A of Euro 2020.Metin Karagulle was cruising toward the Colosseum with a group of Turkey fans on electric scooters.He says we came all the way here together from Switzerland and we hope it is fair play that wins.Tayip Abanoz traveled to Rome from Stuttgart, Germany.Abanoz says it will be something really big for all the Turkish people who are coming here to Rome to watch the game.Fans in Turkey will be able to travel to Azerbaijan for the team s other group matches. The Turks will face Wales and Switzerland in Baku and fans with tickets will be able to attend if they have proof of a negative COVID-19 test.___Scotland s players will take a knee at the European Championship before the game against England in London but will stand ahead of matches in Glasgow against the Czech Republic and Croatia.The England team has been doing the anti-racism gesture since last year.Scotland captain Andy Roberton says we have collectively decided to again take the knee as a team for the fixture against England at Wembley Stadium.The match will be played on June 18.The gesture has been booed by a section of England fans but the team will continue to take a knee at Euro 2020. England s first game of the tournament will be on Sunday against Croatia.___Spain s squad for the European Championship has been vaccinated against the coronavirus after two players had to be isolated following positive tests for COVID-19.The national team says medics from Spain s Armed Forces administered the shots at the team s training facility near Madrid.Spain will play Sweden in Seville on Monday in its opening Euro 2020 match. Preparations for the tournament were thrown off this week after captain Sergio Busquets and defender Diego Llorente both tested positive.Llorente s subsequent tests have come back negative so his initial positive result may have been erroneous. The team says he may be able to return soon.Busquets tested positive on Sunday and is under a minimum 10-day isolation. But the team says he is feeling fine and that it hopes he will be back during the tournament.___Russia winger Andrey Mostovoy has become the first player to be cut from a team at this year s European Championship because of the coronavirus.The team says on Twitter that in connection with an unfavorable result of PCR testing for the virus Mostovoy has been replaced with defender Roman Evgeniev.The announcement comes a day before Russia plays Belgium in St. Petersburg in its opening Euro 2020 match.Mostovoy made his debut for Russia last year and played eight of the team s last 11 games. He has played mostly as a substitute. Evgeniev s only appearance for his country was in a 5-0 loss to Serbia last year.Sweden and Spain have both reported positive results from coronavirus tests but haven t yet opted to replace the affected players.___The biggest soccer tournament of the coronavirus-era is about to get started.The first match of the European Championship will kick off at 1900 GMT in Rome when Italy plays Turkey in Group A. And there will be about 16,000 fans in the stadium.Euro 2020 was supposed to start last year on June 12. The tournament was postponed for almost exactly one year because of the coronavirus pandemic. The final is now set for July 11 at Wembley Stadium in London.Much of the schedule for the postponed tournament remains the same as last year but some changes in venues have been made. The 51 matches will be played in 11 cities around the continent. Rome and London will be joined by Amsterdam, Baku, Bucharest, Budapest, Copenhagen, Glasgow, Munich, Seville and St. Petersburg.___More AP soccer: https: apnews.com hub soccer and https: twitter.com AP_Sports
1 student fatally shot in new abduction in Nigeria s north
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) A student has been fatally shot at a school in northern Nigeria as gunmen abducted eight students and two lecturers in yet another violent attack on an educational institution in the country, authorities said Friday.Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs Samuel Aruwan said in a statement that the incident occurred late Thursday at the government-owned Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic in Zaria.The gunmen shot sporadically and, in the process, two students were hit and one of them died Friday morning, he said.Two lecturers and about eight students were abducted from the institution during the attack, Aruwan said.It is the third violent attack on a tertiary institution in Kaduna State in as many months.In March, 39 students at the Federal School of Forestry were abducted while 22 students were abducted from the Greenfield University in April.Five of those snatched from Greenfield University were killed as their abductors made demands for ransom.The latest incident also comes two weeks after gunmen abducted 147 children and three teachers from the Salihu Tanko Islamic School, Tegina, in neighboring Niger State. One person was shot dead in the attack. Eleven of the children who were too young to keep pace when the gunmen moved the children into the forest were later found abandoned.Six abductions from schools, mainly for ransom, have been recorded in northern Nigeria this year.President Muhammadu Buhari has been under pressure to address the growing insecurity in the country.
Democrats seizing growing power to run for statewide offices
ATLANTA (AP) For more than a decade, Georgia Democrats struggled to lure highly qualified, big-name candidates to run for statewide office. With Republicans firmly in control of all constitutional positions and the state legislature, none wanted to take the risk.This year is different.Boosted by significant electoral victories in the 2020 election, a near-win of the governor s office in 2018 and rapidly changing state demographics, seven sitting Democratic lawmakers have declared candidacies for one of Georgia s eight statewide offices a full nine months away from the 2022 qualifying deadline.Among them are names that have drawn national notice, including Democratic state Rep. Bee Nguyen, a candidate for secretary of state who seeks to leverage her party s outrage over Georgia s restrictive new voting law to raise money nationwide, and state Sen. Jen Jordan, who is running for attorney general.I absolutely think it is going to be a strong field, Nguyen said. I think we recognize we can win in Georgia. We saw it last year; we saw it in 2021.Republicans, who still hold all of Georgia s constitutional statewide offices, hardly intend to concede. Most incumbents are gearing up for reelection and prominent GOP state lawmakers are also planning statewide runs.Georgia is one of six Southern states where only Republicans hold statewide office. In others, Republicans are dominant. In Louisiana, Republican control is broken only by Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards, while in Florida, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is the only Democrat in statewide office.Still, as they look to the 2022 elections, few Republicans in Georgia expect the relatively easy victories that characterized the peak of GOP ascendance in the state in the 2010s.That s because Georgia as evidenced by the most recent elections is evolving into the South s most electorally competitive state. In November, President Joe Biden became the first Democrat to win the state s 16 electoral votes since Bill Clinton in 1992. Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff then went on to win U.S. Senate seats in multimillion-dollar January runoffs that tipped control of the chamber to Democrats.Candidates also hope to benefit from Stacey Abrams expected retry for the governor s office in 2022. Abrams narrow loss to then-Secretary of State Brian Kemp in 2018 bolstered the party that year, as did gains in the General Assembly.Before Biden s victory, the last Democrats to win statewide were four incumbents who retained down-ballot offices in 2006, even as Republican Sonny Perdue swept to reelection as governor. Those victories came as voters split their tickets at a rate that has become unusual in Georgia today. Democrat Thurbert Baker won a third term as attorney general with 57% of the vote, at the same time Perdue won 58%.But no statewide Democrats remained after the 2010 election, and the party s candidates became less competitive over the next two cycles.The candidates who may have been the party s strongest challengers to GOP incumbents during that time said, No, not now, I m not going to give up a sure thing for a longshot, noted University of Georgia political scientist Charles Bullock.Some who did try didn t fare well. In 2014, the Democratic nominee for agriculture commissioner was Christopher James Irvin. Although he had huge name recognition as the grandson of a Democrat who held the post for 42 years, he raised only $52,000 compared to Republican victor Gary Black s $1.65 million.Abrams has yet to announce plans for 2022, but other Democrats expect her to run again. Candidates are excited at the prospect of having her and Warnock atop the party s ticket.We are all sitting here waiting, said state Rep. William Boddie, a Democrat from the Atlanta suburb of East Point who is running for labor commissioner. She brings a lot of energy, a lot of policy initiatives and a lot of drive to push Democratic values to any ticket.Abrams is likely to raise a boatload of money, and some could find its way to other Democrats. Nguyen, for example, could cash in on opposition to Georgia s restrictive new election law in her race for secretary of state.Democrats do face challenges. Like 2010, when Democrats were swept out of statewide office, 2022 falls in a midterm year, when the party that doesn t control the White House tends to pick up seats. With Biden in office, national gains by the GOP could drag down the state s Democratic ticket.It s not necessarily the easiest to recruit in this cycle for the constitutional offices, said Ross Rocketto, the cofounder of Run for Something, a political action committee that recruits and trains Democrats to run for office. People are worried that it s not going to be that good of a year for Democrats.But there are other factors that could push Democratic state lawmakers to run for higher office. When the legislature redraws district lines this fall for the 2022 elections, some Democrats could find themselves with unfriendly districts. In addition, the party overall is likely to remain in the minority in both chambers.There s also the issue of pay. Statewide officers all make more than $120,000 a year, while state legislators make far less.You ve essentially got two full-time jobs and one of them pays $17,000 a year, Bullock said of what lawmakers earn.Being elected statewide also gives politicians a chance to set their own agenda, instead of being one voice among 236 in Georgia s expansive General Assembly. Jordan said that s part of the attraction of running for attorney general, a race in which she faces 2018 Democratic nominee Charlie Bailey. The winner will likely take on Republican incumbent Chris Carr.To ensure victory, Democrats have to make sure their supporters don t just vote for top offices when they go to the polls, something that happened in January. Even as Warnock and Ossoff won, a fellow Democrat lost a runoff for a post on the Georgia Public Service Commission.Voters need to vote down the ticket, because Stacey can t do it by herself, Rocketto said.___Follow Jeff Amy on Twitter at http: twitter.com jeffamy
Q&A: Leslie Grace lives full-circle moment In the Heights
NEW YORK (AP) Like her Nina character in In The Heights, Leslie Grace says she s struggled to fit in as an Afro-Latino woman and artist.All the time, the 26-year-old singer said in an interview with The Associated Press. In so many parts of my life I ve felt that not being Latina enough, not being American enough, being first-generation the same way that Nina is. So a lot of the themes in Nina s character I really related to.The just-released In the Heights is an adaptation of the Tony-award winning musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegr a Hudes about the dreams and struggles of the Latino community in New York City s Washington Heights neighborhood.Grace, a Latin Grammy-nominated singer who started her professional career at 16, was born in the Bronx borough of New York City to Dominican parents but grew up in Davie, Florida. Last year, she left the family home to move to Los Angeles the same way that Nina left her dad in their beloved Washington Heights to attend Stanford University, where she doesn t feel that she belongs.Grace talked about making her acting debut in the biggest Latino movie in recent history, her experience working alongside Jimmy Smits (her onscreen dad) and the full-circle moment the film represents to her family.Answers have been edited for brevity and clarity.AP: You re not just making your acting debut in any movie, but in the biggest possible Latino release. How are you feeling now that it is finally opening?Grace: I just feel so blessed. I feel fulfilled to be a part of something that not only is so beautiful and so big and was so incredibly challenging and fun to make, but that also gives back and pays homage to the stories of my mother and my grandmother and my family, my dad, you know, the people that I really know that have brought me up and that have supported me in so many ways. It s a full-circle experience for all of us for so many reasons, but for me it s really close to home because of the story.AP: How did you get the role of Nina?Grace: I had been auditioning for maybe three years I kept this little dream to myself, like a little secret, that I really wanted to act. And I thought that my first role would be a guest role as a music artist on some show, since I was just getting started. Then the opportunity for In the Heights came along and I was like, I need to audition for this! I need to be a part of this! It was my first in-person audition.AP: We ve seen you singing, dancing and acting in music videos. What was the biggest challenge of doing that now in such a huge motion picture?Grace: I think that we all felt like Nina: She doesn t want to let anybody down. We knew this was the biggest job that we ve ever heard of for a Latino leading cast to tell the story and tell it in all of its brilliance and splendor, and also do good on the neighborhood that Lin loves so much. The challenges for me were to feel like I had something of value to bring when I d never ever been on a move set, and doing it with such brilliant people. So you re overcoming your own insecurities to see what you can bring to your character. And then, the dancing. Man! As a music artist, I ve done choreography, but never like this before.AP: You share the screen with veteran actor Jimmy Smits as your father. How was working with him?Grace: Jimmy was the best, like I was looking to my dad. But he is (a father figure, like) el pap de los pollitos (the father of the little chickens). He s Jimmy Smits! So everyday I m walking to set, I m like, I get to play Jimmy Smits daughter. What do I have to bring to this table? Like, I m trying to learn from you while I m acting. What an incredible person to learn from. It was intimidating, but all that intimidation that I had internally was met with so much love and so much generosity and emotional availability. He really just cradled me. Everybody did. It was beautiful.AP: I read that your mother owns a beauty salon.Grace: Yeah! She doesn t run a salon anymore, but she has been a real-life salon lady all her life.AP: What did she think of the salon ladies and your salon scene in the movie?GRACE: It was another full-circle moment. My parents had come to visit me on the set for the first time and something had changed in the schedule, we weren t supposed to be in the salon, but she arrived just as we were going to rehearse No Me Diga. So she walks in and she sees the front desk and the hair dryers and she s like, Este es como mi sal n! ( This is like my salon! ) The crazy thing is, this is the place where my parents stories are lived. My mom s first salon business was a couple blocks away from where we were shooting... I get to be a part of a story that s cherishing my mom s story and my mom gets to witness it by coming to visit her little girl on set while she s living her own wildest dreams.___Follow Sigal Ratner-Arias on Twitter at https: twitter.com sigalratner.
The Latest: EU agency OKs Moderna vaccine site in France
LONDON The European Medicines Agency has approved a new manufacturing site for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, in a move that could substantially boost production for the European Union.In a statement on Friday, the EU drug regulator says it had approved a site in Monts, France, operated by Recipharm. In addition to the new site approval, the EMA authorized several other sites to conduct batch control and testing.This month, two locations in the U.S. were approved for production of vaccines destined for the 27-nation EU bloc. Any medicines or vaccines authorized for the EU market must first have their production facilities approved by the EMA.The EMA says these new approved sites are expected to result in an additional 1 to 2 million vials of Moderna s coronavirus vaccine every month.___MORE ON THE PANDEMIC:China s children may be next in line for COVID-19 vaccinesLeaders of G-7 nations gather to pledge 1B vaccine doses for worldNew federal COVID-19 safety rules exempt most U.S. employers___Follow more of AP s pandemic coverage at https: apnews.com hub coronavirus-pandemic and https: apnews.com hub coronavirus-vaccine___HERE S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia Malaysia s government says a two-week nationwide lockdown due to end Monday will be extended for another two weeks as new daily infections remain high at more than 6,000.Senior Minister Ismail Sabri said the National Security Council made the decision at its meeting Friday. Although daily cases have dropped from its peak of above 9,000 just before the lockdown, he said average daily cases since the lockdown was still high.The health ministry on Friday reported 6,849 new infections, bringing the country s confirmed total tally to 646,411. Another 84 deaths raised the confirmed death toll to 3,768.___BERLIN Germany is lifting a blanket travel warning for countries with high coronavirus infection rates starting July 1.Foreign Minister Heiko Maas says after many months of lockdown, we can look forward to greater normalcy, that includes travel.The general travel warning will be lifted next month for all countries that have fewer than 200 newly confirmed coronavirus cases per 100,000 inhabitants in a week.But Maas cautioned that the pandemic isn t over yet and the rise of new variants means risks remain.Countries with infection rates above 200 or a large share of concerning variants among new cases, like Britain, will remain on the government s list of risk areas. Germans are discouraged from traveling to such countries and people arriving in Germany from there will need to go into quarantine.___LONDON The European Medicines Agency says it s recommending that people who have had a rare blood vessel syndrome not be immunized with AstraZeneca s COVID-19 vaccine.In a statement on Friday, the EU drug regulator said it reviewed cases of six people who had capillary leak syndrome after they had received a shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine. The vaccine has previously been linked to rare blood clots, but health officials say its benefits still outweigh the small risks.EMA experts also concluded that the capillary leak condition should be added to the product information as a new side effect of the vaccine.The agency said it is continuing its review of heart inflammation in a small number of people who developed conditions after getting immunized with the vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna Inc.The EMA said it is studying cases of myocarditis, inflammation of the heart, and pericarditis, inflammation of the membrane surrounding the heart. Symptoms include shortness of breath and chest pain; the problems are usually temporary.Further analysis is needed to determine whether there is a causal link with the vaccines, the EU agency said.The EMA said it expects to finalize its review of such cases next month.___MOSCOW -- Confirmed coronavirus cases are continuing to rise in Russia, where authorities on Friday reported 12,505 new infections -- a 25% increase from the number registered on Monday.Moscow accounted for nearly half of the newly confirmed cases with 5,853, almost twice the number reported in Russia s capital at the beginning of the week Despite the surge of infections, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin vowed earlier this week not to impose a lockdown.In St. Petersburg, Russia s second-largest city, hours-long lines of ambulances have been spotted this week near hospitals treating COVID-19 patients. The city hosted a massive economic forum last week and is scheduled to host several matches of soccer s European Championship next week.The Russian state coronavirus task force has reported a total of nearly 5.2 million virus cases and over 125,000 deaths in the pandemic. Most virus-related restrictions in Russia were lifted last summer, and authorities have shunned tough measures ever since.___CARBIS BAY, England Leaders from the Group of Seven industrialized nations are set to commit at their summit to sharing at least 1 billion coronavirus shots with struggling countries around the world half the doses coming from the U.S. and 100 million from the U.K.Vaccine sharing commitments from U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson set the stage for the G-7 meeting in southwest England, where leaders will pivot Friday from opening greetings and a family photo directly into a session on Building Back Better From COVID-19.We re going to help lead the world out of this pandemic working alongside our global partners, Biden said. The G-7 also includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan.The leaders hope the meeting in the resort of Carbis Bay will also energize the global economy. On Friday, they are set to formally embrace a global minimum tax of at least 15% on corporations, following an agreement reached a week ago by their finance ministers. The minimum is meant to stop companies from using tax havens and other tools to avoid taxes.It represents a potential win for the Biden administration, which has proposed a global minimum tax as a way to pay for infrastructure projects, in addition to creating an alternative that could remove some European countries digital services taxes that largely hit U.S. tech firms.__COPENHAGEN, Denmark Norway s King Harald V says he believes the coronavirus pandemic is nearing its end and people should rejoice.During the pandemic, several members of the Norwegian royal family were protectively put in quarantine and either canceled official duties or performed them digitally.Harald formally heads the Council of State with the government and during its meetings he is briefed about current affairs and signs laws. In March, he took part in such a meeting by telephone.The Norwegian monarch, whose duties are largely ceremonial, said Thursday the pandemic has meant that he and his wife, Queen Sonja, are seeing far less of you than we normally do.Norway has had one of Europe s lowest infection rates throughout the pandemic, chiefly because of the Scandinavian country s low population density. The Norwegian public s overall trust in government authorities also has been credited with keeping virus cases down.___CHICAGO Illinois is lifting all capacity limits on bars, restaurants, businesses and other venues as of Friday, nearly 15 months after the state s first stay-at-home order of the coronavirus pandemic.Businesses still can have their own rules for capacity, masks and social distancing. Masks are still required on public transportation and in airports, schools and hospitals.More than 68% of Illinois residents who are 18 or older have received at least one dose of vaccine, and 51% of adults are fully vaccinated, the state health department said, citing federal data.The health department said 209 people with COVID-19 were in intensive care units statewide Thursday and 103 were on ventilators some of the lowest counts we ve seen since the pandemic began.There have been at least 23,014 deaths in Illinois from COVID-19.___MANILA, Philippines Philippine officials have allowed the reopening of gyms, skating rinks, racket courts and museums in metropolitan Manila and adjacent provinces as a coronavirus surge continues to ease.Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez says Filipinos 65 years old and above who have been restricted to home can now travel within the densely populated capital region two weeks after having been fully vaccinated.He says gyms and similar indoor businesses with safety certificates can reopen up to 30% of their capacity.Lopez has called for the further reopening of the battered economy to address unemployment and hunger. Museums and historical sites also can reopen at 20% capacity but guided tours remain prohibited.The Philippines has reported the second highest number of COVID-19 infections in Southeast Asia at nearly 1.3 million with 22,312 dead. The government reimposed a lockdown in the capital region and four nearby provinces after infections surged in March.___NEW DELHI The Indian state of Bihar has increased its COVID-19 death toll after the discovery of thousands of unreported cases, raising concerns that many more fatalities were not officially recorded.The health department in Bihar, one of the poorest states, on Thursday revised its COVID-19 fatality count to more than 9,429 from 5,424 a jump of more than 70%.Officials said the 3,951 unreported fatalities had occurred in May and reflect deaths reported at private hospitals, in transit to health facilities, under home isolation and those dying of post COVID-19 complications.Health experts say many COVID-19 fatalities remain unrecorded in India. India s federal ministers from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party have dismissed reports of undercounting as exaggerated and misleading.Overall, India s cases and deaths have fallen steadily in the past weeks.The 91,702 cases added in the past 24 hours pushed India s total to more than 29.3 million on Friday, second only to the United States. The Health Ministry also reported 3,403 fatalities in the past 24 hours, raising the overall death toll to 363,079.___WASHINGTON U.S. health officials are investigating what appear to be higher than expected reports of heart inflammation in male teens and young adults after they get a second dose of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.It s not clear if the inflammation is caused by the shots and the reports still are rare, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. The CDC is urging everyone 12 and older in the United States to get vaccinated.A CDC official said Thursday that as of May 31, the agency had 275 preliminary reports of such inflammation in 16- to 24-year-olds,.That s out of more than 12 million second-dose injections of the vaccines.The official says the cases seem to occur more often in men and in younger people, and most already have fully recovered.___BURLEY, Idaho School district officials in Idaho have started offering a full summer school program to help students who may have fallen behind academically during the coronavirus pandemic catch up.In previous years, the Cassia County School District district offered limited summer school to migrant programs or after-school programs, district spokesperson Debbie Critchfield told the Times-News.The Cassia School District hasn t offered open and full summer school programs for any student in more than 20 years and perhaps longer. Those around now can t recall it outside very specific schools or student participation, Critchfield said.Raft River Elementary School Principal Melina Ficek, who is coordinating the full summer program for the district, said it was launched because students who recently returned to school were further behind than before.Officials said 840 students signed up out of an average student population of 5,500 across the district.White Pine Elementary School Principal Diana Gill said parents were thrilled when the decision was made to hold a summer program. About one in six students out of the school s 600 students showed up for the first day of summer school Monday.___LOS ANGELES Businesses in California remain baffled by the shifting rules over who needs to wear masks and where as the nation s largest state fully reopens from the pandemic on Tuesday.While Gov. Gavin Newsom s health agency has said vaccinated people won t need to wear face coverings in many public places, state regulators following several lengthy and hotly contested debates are still drafting rules for workers.That has some business leaders clamoring for Newsom, who will likely face a recall election in the fall, to step in and order just one set of mask rules for California s 40 million people.We asked the governor to issue an executive order to align the rules, said Lucy Dunn, president and chief executive of the Orange County Business Council. Otherwise it s just terribly confusing.With vaccinations rising and coronavirus cases low, California will end most mask rules on June 15 for people who are vaccinated while continuing to require face coverings for unvaccinated people in indoor public settings and businesses. Everyone will need to remain masked in some places such as public transit and indoor school classes.___WASHINGTON Johnson & Johnson says U.S. health officials have extended the expiration date for millions of doses of its coronavirus vaccine by an extra six weeks.The drug maker says the FDA approved a longer shelf-life for the one-dose shots. State officials recently warned that many unused doses would reach their original three-month expiration by the end of June.The extension comes as the rate of new U.S. vaccinations continues to slip. The U.S. averaged about 800,000 injections per day last week. That s down from a high of nearly 2 million per day two months ago.President Joe Biden s goal is 70% of American adults partially vaccinated by July 4. The CDC says about 64% of Americans 18 and above have received at least one dose.
England out for 303 against New Zealand after Wood s rampage
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) Dan Lawrence and Mark Wood helped to push England to 303 runs in its first innings before New Zealand bowled out the hosts on the second morning of the second test at Edgbaston on Friday.Wood, resuming on 16 not out, swung away and entertained a lively home crowd with six boundaries before edging a delivery from Matt Henry (3-78) onto his stumps to finish on 41. That got England to 288-8, adding 30 runs since play resumed.England reached 303-9 on Lawrence s four after Stuart Broad lasted just four balls for his 37th duck in test cricket.Trent Boult (4-85) finished off James Anderson leg before wicket after the original call was overturned on review. England s most-capped test player scored four runs from 16 balls.Lawrence, who had resumed on 67, was unbeaten on 81 to match England opener Rory Burns runs total from Thursday.In reply, New Zealand was 43-1 at lunch with Tom Latham (6) falling lbw to Broad.The teams played to a draw at Lord s in the first of two tests.The Black Caps had made six changes from the first test including the late, injury-enforced withdrawal of wicketkeeper B.J. Watling.The tourists chose to rotate ahead of the World Test Championship final against India, which is their priority and starts on June 18.___More AP sports: https: apnews.com hub apf-sports and https: twitter.com AP_Sports
Probe into remains found near site of former Auschwitz camp
WARSAW, Poland (AP) Polish prosecutors are investigating an apparent mass burial site revealed this month near the area of the former Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz.A local resident spotted some 12 human skulls and many bones in the bank of the Sola river, running through the Polish southern town of Oswiecim, when the water level was very low, the Onet portal said Friday.Police and prosecutors are investigating whether the remains might have a link to the former death camp and the state National Remembrance Institute, which investigates World War II and communist-era crimes, has been notified.The press office of the Auschwitz Museum said Friday it was aware of the find, and of others before it, but that the area is outside the museum s perimeter and administrative authority.Any further steps depend on the findings from the investigation.During World War II, from 1940-45, over 1.1 million people were killed at Auschwitz, which Nazi Germany operated in Oswiecim, in occupied Poland. Most of the victims were Europe s Jews but also Poles, Gypsies, Russian soldiers and German political prisoners. Most but not all bodies were incinerated in the camp s crematoria.
Two Algerian opposition figures arrested ahead of elections
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) A politician and a journalist who are prominent opposition figures in Algeria have been arrested days ahead of the country s parliamentary election, according to a group of lawyers defending jailed activists of the pro-democracy movement.The National Committee for the Liberation of the Detained said politician Karim Tabbou was arrested Thursday night at his home in the southwestern suburbs of Algiers.Tabbou is a very popular activist with the pro-democracy Hirak movement. He previously was imprisoned from September 2019 to July 2020, and spent more than a month under judicial supervision, which prohibited him from engaging in any political activity.The decision followed a complaint for assault filed by the president of the National Council of Human Rights, a government-related body.An Algerian court sentenced Tabbou in November to a one-year suspended prison sentence for inciting violence and damaging the image of the military. A ruling in his appeal is expected on June 19.The lawyers group said police also had detained journalist Ihsane El Kadi for questioning at the Antar police station since Thursday night. El Kadi is the director of online news site Maghreb Emergent and Radio M, which gives voice to opposition members. He also is an activist in the pro-democracy movement.Algerian Communication Minister Ammar Belhimer accused El Kadi of divulgating information likely to be detrimental to the national unity. El Kadi was placed under judicial supervision on May 18 with orders to present himself at a police station once a week. His passport was confiscated.On Saturday, Algeria is set to hold its first legislative election since former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was forced from office in 2019 after 20 years in power.Hirak supporters have vowed to boycott the election, which President Abdelmadjid Tebboune called as part of his pledge to tackle corruption and build a new Algeria, as they denounce a crackdown on opposition and increased repression of protests.
Spain vaccinates Euro 2020 soccer team after outbreak scare
MADRID (AP) Worried that a coronavirus outbreak could derail its chances at the European Championship, Spain sent in the army on Friday to vaccinate the national soccer team three days before its opening match at the tournament.Medics from Spain s Armed Forces administered the shots at the team s training facility near Madrid.We have had the privilege and the good fortune that the government decided to vaccinate us, said Spain midfielder Thiago, who was infected with COVID-19 last year. While this is great news for us, I hope that we don t have any adverse effects before the match.Spain will play Sweden in Seville on Monday in its opening Euro 2020 match.Some people who receive vaccines can experience fever and tiredness, but many do not have any side effects.The government allowed the soccer team to be vaccinated ahead of schedule in Spain, which is maintaining a strict order based on age. Currently, no one under 40 years old is eligible for a shot.Spain has also given special permission for its athletes heading to the Tokyo Olympics to receive vaccinations against the virus.Spain s preparations for Europe s biggest national soccer tournament were thrown off this week after captain Sergio Busquets and defender Diego Llorente both tested positive.Llorente s subsequent tests have come back negative so his initial positive result may have been erroneous. The team said he may be able to return soon.Busquets tested positive on Sunday and is under a minimum 10-day isolation. But the team said he is feeling fine and that it hopes he will be back during the tournament.___More AP soccer: https: apnews.com hub soccer and https: twitter.com AP_Sports
Highlanders beat Brumbies, move into top spot in Super Rugby
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) The Dunedin, New Zealand-based Highlanders moved temporarily into first place in Super Rugby on Friday with a 33-12, bonus-point win over the ACT Brumbies.The Wellington-based Hurricanes earlier had a 43-14 bonus-point win over Australian champions the Queensland Reds.With the top two teams qualifying for next weekend s final, the Auckland-based Blues could finish in first place if they beat Australia s Western Force on Saturday.The Hurricanes did not hold back in an incident-packed match which included a penalty try among eight tries, three yellow cards and several other moments of contention.We wanted to come out here and put in a performance that we re proud of, to get five points. We did and now we ve just got to wait, Hurricanes captain Ardie Savea said.After leading by only 10-7 at halftime and 17-14 in the 10th minute of the second half, the Hurricanes came home strongly with two tries to replacement hooker Dane Coles, a penalty try and another to backrower Devan Flanders which clinched the vital bonus point with nine minutes remaining.They still ended the regular season on a high note. Even the relatively low-scoring first half was full of movement as both teams had long periods in possession and created attacks which swept from one end of the field to the other.The first try of the match, after only three minutes, went to Hurricanes midfielder Ngani Laumape and had significance. Laumape played the last of 84 matches for the Hurricanes on Friday before joining the French club Stade Francais. The try was his 48th in the Hurricanes jersey.Laumape was over the line again in the 14th minute but that try and others to Hurricanes fullback Jordie Barrett and Queensland prop Taniela Tupou were all disallowed, mostly for knock-ons.A try to Reds scrumhalf Tate McDermott leveled the score at 7-7 in the 27th and the Hurricanes took the halftime lead with a penalty to Jordie Barrett.Flyhalf Ruben Love put the Hurricanes further ahead with a try in the 45th but the Reds replied with a try from hooker Brandon Paenga-Amosa.The Hurricanes stretched their lead with Coles first try, then a contentious penalty try when Reds flyhalf Bryce Hegarty was judged to have deliberately knocked the ball over the dead-ball line.___More AP sports: https: apnews.com apf-sports and https: twitter.com AP_Sports