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VIENNA (AP) — Herbert Diess, the CEO of the German automaker Volkswagen, is stepping down, the company announced Friday.

The Wolfsburg, Germany-based company said Diess, who took over as CEO in 2018, will depart Sept. 1 “by mutual consent” with the board. His contract was set to expire in 2025.

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LONDON — COVID-19 infections are continuing to rise in England and have reached their highest level for three months, but the trend in the rest of the United Kingdom is uncertain, figures show.

Candidates qualified this week for Louisiana's upcoming congressional races and a U.S. Senate race. Among the candidates are incumbents for each seat. In a state that is reliably red, Democratic challengers will face a major uphill battle. One of the prominent races is for the U.S. Senate. Twelve challengers are hoping to unseat first-term GOP Sen. John Kennedy, who has the endorsement of former President Donald Trump. As candidates submitted their political filings this week, Kennedy appeared undeterred, stating that he expects to raise up to $40 million during his campaign. Additionally, Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, was reelected without opposition after no other candidate signed up before qualifying closed Friday.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear will miss next month’s Fancy Farm picnic for the second straight year. Beshear said in a social media post Friday that he and his wife, first lady Britainy Beshear, are visiting Israel in August. The governor said the trip will conflict with the rowdy annual political picnic in far western Kentucky, which this year falls on Aug. 6. Democrats are expected be scarce at this year’s picnic, with Republicans dominating most state and federal offices. So far, only Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Charles Booker is expected to attend.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government is considering supplying Ukraine with U.S. fighter jets, communications director of the National Security Council, John Kirby, said on Friday.

The sister of a man who died hiking in the Badlands says that he was camping as part of a trip to celebrate his college graduation when he became lost and ran out of water. The Pennington County Sheriff's Office tweeted that Maxwell Right died in the park on Wednesday. Right's sister, Lucille, says her brother and a friend had broken camp in the park but got lost. Right called his parents, who called the National Park Service for help. Authorities said Thursday that Right and his friend were hiking a trail featured in a social media challenge. Lucille Right said her brother and his friend weren't taking part in any challenge. The park service didn't immediately return messages Friday.

A small plane has crashed in the ocean just off Huntington Beach during a lifeguarding competition. A Coast Guard spokesperson says the pilot was rescued after the plane went into the ocean about 30 yards from shore on Friday. He was the only person aboard. Video posted online shows the plane was towing a banner as it fell. People carrying surfboards immediately rushed toward the aircraft moments after it hit. The crash occurred during events for the 2022 California Surf Lifesaving Association Junior Lifeguard Championship. Federal Aviation Administration records show that the plane is a fixed-wing single-engine aircraft registered to Van Wagner Aerial Media, a national airplane advertising company.

Kodak Black was placed under house arrest Thursday after appearing Wednesday before Southern District of Florida Judge Jonathan Goodman via teleconference and paying bond.

Authorities say a car driving on the wrong side of a two-lane highway in East Texas early Friday collided with an SUV, killing all five people in the vehicles. The Texas Department of Public Safety says the collision happened around 5 a.m. Friday on Texas highway 110 about 6 1/2 miles northwest of Tyler and 85 miles east of Dallas. Sgt. Jason Bundy says a Dodge Charger was on the wrong side of the unlit highway and erupted into flames after rounding a curve and slamming head-on into a Chevrolet Tahoe. Gerardo Lopez, who lives nearby, told Tyler television station KLTV that he tried to extinguish a fire in the car but couldn't and that a man was screaming.

Yosemite National Park officials plan to reopen the park's south entrance at 6 a.m. Pacific time on Saturday.

A shooting at a state park in eastern Iowa early Friday morning left three people plus the suspect dead, authorities said.

Miami Marlins All-Star second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. likely will be out through the end of August. The Marlins said Friday that tests revealed Chisholm has a stress reaction in his lower back. He is expected to miss six weeks. The 24-year-old Chisholm was selected to the National League All-Star team for the first time in his career. However, he was forced to miss Tuesday’s game at Los Angeles. Chisholm has been on the injured list since June 29 with what was called a right lower back strain.

World Wrestling Entertainment impresario Vince McMahon says he is retiring. In a brief statement issued by the company Friday, McMahon said he is retiring as WWE's chairman and CEO. He noted that he remains its majority shareholder. McMahon stepped down temporarily as CEO and chairman of WWE in mid-June during an an investigation into alleged misconduct. Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal reported McMahon agreed to pay more than $12 million over the past 16 years to suppress allegations of sexual misconduct and infidelity.

Kentucky Treasurer Allison Ball has announced that she will run for state auditor next year. The Republican is finishing a second term as state treasurer. Ball said in a campaign release Friday that she has delivered on her “promise to serve as a watchdog of taxpayer dollars.” Ball says as treasurer, her office returned $142 million in unclaimed property to Kentuckians. Kentucky Auditor Mike Harmon, also finishing his second term, is running for governor next year.

CHICAGO — Filming on the Chicago set of “Justified: City Primeval” starring Timothy Olyphant has been halted until Monday after “two cars whose occupants were engaged in a gunfight smashed through the show’s barricades” earlier this week, according to reporting by Deadline.

The state of Georgia and local governments are giving Hyundai Motor Group incentives worth $1.8 billion to build electric vehicles in the state. That's according to the signed agreement disclosed by state officials Friday. The company announced in May that it will invest $5.5 billion in its first U.S. plant dedicated to electric vehicles near Savannah. It's the largest economic development deal in Georgia's history, with a promise of creating 8,100 direct jobs. State officials for the first time Friday disclosed tax breaks and other incentives being given to close the deal with Hyundai. The package comes to nearly $228,000 per job.

Kyle Larson was the start of a Grand Prix in Philadelphia run by the Urban Youth Racing School.  Larson might seem an unlikely ambassador in the wake of his 2020 suspension for using a slur during an iRacing event that cost him his ride driving for Chip Ganassi. Larson has grown tight with the program and throw himself into helping out. The entire Hendrick Motorsports fleet of Larson, Chase Elliott, William Byron and Alex Bowman were among a handful of NASCAR drivers that raced Friday at the UYRS Grand Prix. Larson is looking for his second win this season when NASCAR heads this weekend to Pocono Raceway.

SEATTLE — Some needed firepower was again added by the Kraken on Friday when the team acquired 28-goal-scoring Columbus Blue Jackets winger Oliver Bjorkstrand for a pair of 2023 draft picks.

PITTSBURGH — Pat Narduzzi needs to work on his breakup etiquette. What is it with this guy and his outgoing offensive coordinators?

IndyCar champion Alex Palou insists he wasn’t lying last month when he said he was happy driving for Chip Ganassi Racing, wasn’t talking to any other teams, and was set to return to the No. 10 next season. Something dramatically changed in the four weeks since Palou tried to remove his name from the rumor mill of drivers headed to Arrow McLaren SP next season. Now both Ganassi and McLaren Racing believe they have the 25-year-old Spaniard under contract for next season in a fight likely to be decided by lawyers. Palou is ranked third in the standings and wants his management team to resolve the drama so he can focus on winning a second title.

MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins return to playing games on Saturday. This gives Derek Falvey's front office 10 days until the trade deadline to decide how to proceed and, more specifically, what action to take on a pressing matter that looms over the organization and has become a talker among Twins …

A southeastern Montana tribe has filed a lawsuit against the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs over a lack of law enforcement and jails on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation. The lawsuit filed Tuesday says the U.S. government has failed to provide adequate law enforcement services on the reservation as violent crime and missing persons cases increase. It says the tribe has asked for more additional  since at least 2018 because officers do not quickly respond to 911 calls, if they respond at all. An Interior Department spokesperson declined comment Friday on the lawsuit.

Kyler Murray has a low-key personality by nature. That's a big reason he's glad a high-stress offseason contract squabble is over. Murray has signed a long-term deal with the Arizona Cardinals that will keep him with the franchise through 2028. It could be worth up to $230.5 million. The two-time Pro Bowl selection and the No.1 overall pick in the 2019 draft has had a productive first three seasons in the desert. Now he hopes to bring a championship to a franchise that hasn't won one since 1947.

Most abortions will become illegal in Wyoming on Wednesday after Gov. Mark Gordon gave the go-ahead Friday under a new state law. The law bans abortions except in cases of rape or incest or to protect the mother’s life or health. The Wyoming Legislature approved the ban and Gordon signed it into law in March expecting that the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn Roe v. Wade. That happened June 24. Wyoming's ban will now take effect after the state attorney general completed a review. The American Civil Liberties Union condemns the abortion ban. Gordon says he's a “pro-life governor” who will support children, mothers and families.

A federal judge has sided with two former Minneapolis police officers convicted of violating George Floyd’s civil rights, saying the guidelines for their sentences will be calculated in a way that could mean substantially less prison time for them. U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson handed J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao a victory on Friday when he ruled that the complex formulas for calculating their sentences will be based on involuntary manslaughter, rather than murder, as a starting point. Magnuson will sentence the men in back-to-back hearings on Wednesday. It's still not clear exactly how much time the men could face, as other factors will also work into calculating the sentencing guidelines.

DETROIT — The U.S. Department of Education awarded more than $700,000 in emergency funds Friday to the Oxford Area Community School District in response to the mass shooting in November at Oxford High School.

The Tennessee Titans have only one draft pick still unsigned after agreeing to terms with cornerback Roger McCreary. The Titans report for training camp Tuesday with quarterback Malik Willis unsigned. He was their second selection in the third round at No. 86 overall out of Liberty. McCreary is from Mobile, Alabama, and was the 35th pick overall and went in the second round. He played in 43 games in four seasons at Auburn, where he had 135 career tackles, five interceptions, a sack and 10 tackles for loss. The 5-foot-11, 190-pound cornerback was a coaches’ pick for the All-Southeastern Conference team.

PITTSBURGH — Benjamin Jr. and Bodie had been dropped off at golf camp earlier in the morning. Baylee still needed a ride to swimming lessons. You don't want to know their schedule for the weekend. If you have kids or had kids, you understand.

Mets ace Jacob deGrom will make at least one more minor league rehab start before rejoining New York’s rotation. The two-time Cy Young Award winner, sidelined all season by a stress reaction in his right scapula, threw 60 pitches over five innings in a simulated game Thursday at the team’s complex in Florida. Mets manager Buck Showalter says deGrom felt good Friday and his next step will be a throwing session Sunday as part of a work day in New York. After that, if all goes well, he’ll pitch for a minor league affiliate a few days later and then get slotted into the big league rotation.

LOS ANGELES — In the Marvel universe, the Infinity Stones — six gems whose unique properties give the owner control over time, space, reality, the mind, power and the soul — are priceless.

Sweden broke down Belgium’s dogged resistance with a goal in the second minute of stoppage time to win 1-0 and set up a semifinal against England in the Women’s European Championship. Linda Sembrandt smashed home a loose ball from inside the six-yard box at a corner after Belgium goalkeeper Nicky Evrard produced one of her many scrambling saves on a rainy night at Leigh Sports Village. It was Sweden’s 33rd shot of a one-sided match between Europe’s top-ranked team and an opponent playing in its first knockout match at a European Championship. Sweden joined England and Germany in the semifinals. France or the Netherlands will complete the lineup for the last four on Saturday.

Health officials say two children have been diagnosed with monkeypox in the U.S. They are a toddler in California and an infant who is not a U.S. resident. That's according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday. The children are described as being in good health and receiving treatment. Officials think they might have gotten the virus through household transmission. Monkeypox is endemic in parts of Africa, but this year more than 15,000 cases have been reported in countries that historically don’t see the disease. In the U.S. and Europe, the vast majority of infections have happened in men who have sex with men, though health officials have stressed that anyone can catch the virus.

R. Kelly's manager has been convicted of threatening gunfire was about to occur at a crowded Manhattan theater preparing to show a documentary about the singer's sexual abuse of women and girls. The verdict in the case against Donnell Russell came Friday. In closing arguments, Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Pomerantz told jurors that evidence of his guilt was overwhelming. She said phone records proved a call in December 2018 to the small theater came from Russell's Chicago home after he'd spent the day trying to stop the documentary from being shown. Defense attorney Michael Freeman said there wasn't enough evidence to prove guilt.

West Virginia’s Vital Registration Office will be closed for sanitation Monday through Wednesday after staff tested positive for COVID-19. The Vital Registration Office is the state’s official repository of birth, death, marriage, and divorce records. A West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources spokesperson says the state plans to reopen the Charleston office on Thursday. State officials say residents can go to their county clerk’s office to access certified copies of birth, death and marriage certificates. Records can also be requested by mail or online.

Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Chandler Jones witnessed a first in his 10-year professional career when the team opened training camp. He watched  several of his teammates take a lap around one of the three fields at the team’s training facility after making a mistake. Nobody has been spared the discipline, including quarterback Derek Carr. Carr says that if star players don’t do it, “then it’s not a team game.”

The Green Bay Packers’ revenues and profits soared above their pre-pandemic levels over the last year as they capitalized on the opportunity to play in full stadiums again. The Packers reported revenues of $579 million. That marks a 56% increase over its 2021 total of $371.1 million and a 14.2% rise over its 2020 totals of $506.9 million. The Packers had $501.3 million in expenses for a $77.7 million profit. Their total revenues and expenses for the year both set franchise records.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is probing why police officers in the town of Oakland kicked down a door and violently arrested a 25-year-old Black man accused of speeding and running a stop sign. Outrage about the arrest began to spread as video posted on social media showed officers chasing Brandon Calloway through the home on Saturday, attempting to stun him, and beating him bloody before dragging him away. An attorney for the family could not immediately be reached for comment. Calloway is charged with evading arrest, resisting a stop, disorderly conduct and speeding.

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