The Latest: HK protesters wear masks before ban takes effect

HONG KONG (AP) — The Latest on Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests (all times local):
6:20 p.m.
Thousands of protesters in masks are streaming into Hong Kong streets after the territory’s leader invoked rarely used emergency powers to ban masks at rallies.
Immediately defying the ban set to take force Saturday, chanting protesters are cramming streets in the central business district and elsewhere, the majority wearing masks of the type that will be outlawed in gatherings from m