NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Earlier this week, as Tennessee registered what then was its highest single-day coronavirus case increase, Gov. Bill Lee held a news conference and issued a stern response.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Night" game were:

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Night" game were:

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Night" game were:

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:

ATLANTA (AP) — The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were:

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Evening" game were:

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Evening" game were:

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican soldiers patrolling in the border city of Nuevo Laredo came under fire from drug cartel gunmen Friday, then killed 12 of their attackers in a gunbattle, the military said.

RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — About 150 preachers, rabbis and imams are promising to invoke Black abolitionist Frederick Douglass on July 4th as they call for the U.S. to tackle racism and poverty.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As Texas began mandating face coverings Friday on the orders of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, his party charged ahead with plans for a massive convention this month in Houston, magnifying the conflicting responses in the Texas GOP to a rampant resurgence of the coronavirus.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers were supposed to be all settled in and fully acquainted with their new stadium by now, ready to spend the July 4 holiday weekend playing games at home.

HOUSTON (AP) — Gerrit Cole’s departure to join the New York Yankees in free agency left a gaping hole in Houston’s rotation entering the season.

Portland guard Damian Lillard was in the gym a few days ago and took notice of what injured Trail Blazers big men Jusuf Nurkic and Zach Collins were doing during their individual workouts.

SPICEWOOD, Texas (AP) — Willie Nelson’s annual Fourth of July Picnic is going ahead this year, but to reduce concerns about the coronavirus the event will be virtual.

NEW YORK (AP) — Grammy-winning singer Kacey Musgraves and her musician-husband, Ruston Kelly, have filed for divorce.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Day" game were:

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Day" game were:

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Day" game were:

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — The CEO of New Mexico’s commercial spacecraft launch facility has been placed on administrative leave, but state officials aren’t saying why.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The winning numbers in Friday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Morning" game were:

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The winning numbers in Friday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Morning" game were:

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The winning numbers in Friday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Morning" game were:

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — These Texas lotteries were drawn Friday:

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Federal and military investigators say a soldier missing since April was killed and dismembered by a fellow soldier stationed at the same Texas base. The revelation followed demands for the Army to release details about its investigation of the disappearance.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday ordered that face coverings must be worn in public across most of the state, a dramatic ramp-up of the Republican's efforts to control spiking numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases and hospitalizations.

Federal authorities in New York on Wednesday seized a shipment of weaves and other beauty accessories suspected to be made out of human hair taken from people locked inside a Chinese internment camp.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Night" game were:

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Night" game were:

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Night" game were:

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Two Step" game were:

Texas Rangers manager Chris Woodward was going to address his entire team before the start of MLB's unprecedented summer training camp, just like he did when spring training opened about 4 1/2 months ago. It was on a Zoom call instead of in person this time.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas man suspected of kidnapping and killing his ex-wife earlier this week has been found dead in Texas, authorities said Thursday.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s coronavirus outbreak rose by a record 6,741 confirmed cases and 679 deaths Thursday, putting the country’s toll of 29,189 COVID-19 deaths higher than Spain’s, though the milestone was overshadowed by the resurgence in the United States.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas junior linebacker DeMarvion Overshown said Thursday he will sit out from all team activities until the school starts meeting demands for campus changes sought by dozens of Longhorns athletes.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M's football program was placed on probation and coach Jimbo Fisher given a six-month show cause order by the NCAA on Thursday after the Aggies were found to have violated recruiting and other rules beginning in January 2018.

CHICAGO (AP) — People traveling to Chicago from 15 states with increasing numbers of confirmed cases of the coronavirus will have to quarantine for two weeks upon arrival or face possible fines, city officials announced Thursday.

DETROIT (AP) — Cameron Champ lathered up his hands with sanitizer as he made the turn in the Rocket Mortgage Classic, trying to stay healthy enough to keep competing.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Evening" game were:

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Evening" game were:

HOUSTON (AP) — An audit of a Houston Police Department narcotics unit that’s been under scrutiny following a deadly 2019 drug raid found that officers made hundreds of errors in cases, often weren’t thorough in their investigations, lacked supervision and overpaid informants for the seizure …

The coronavirus numbers kept climbing Thursday, with a single-day record for new cases being set in Florida and the NBA revealing that the count of players and staff from the 22 remaining teams that have confirmed diagnoses of COVID-19 continues to grow.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas governor orders masks to be worn in public across most of the state as confirmed coronavirus cases surge.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Vanilla Ice cooled off plans for a concert in Texas after taking considerable heat for an event that sought to gather hundreds of fans in one of the nation's coronavirus hot spots.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Crusading Mexican labor lawyer Susana Prieto has been released from jail, but said she has been banned from travelling to the border state of Tamaulipas where she led a historic 2019 battle for higher wages.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Day" game were:

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Vanilla Ice indefinitely postpones a Texas concert that drew fierce criticism due to the coronavirus pandemic.