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Updated 1 week ago

The World Cup final is set, with Messi and Argentina facing Yamal and Spain for the title on Sunday

The best offense. The best defense. The World Cup final is set, and fittingly, a clash of styles awaits. Lionel…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
US hiring slows for 3rd month but jobless rate falls to 7.9%

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added 661,000 jobs in September, the third straight month of slower hiring and evidence from the final jobs report before the presidential election that the economic recovery h…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Stock markets sink after Trump tests positive for virus

U.S. stock futures and world markets fell Friday after President Donald Trump said he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for the new coronavirus.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
The Latest: Amazon: Nearly 20,000 workers tested positive

NEW YORK — Amazon says nearly 20,000 of its workers have tested positive or been presumed positive for the virus that causes COVID-19.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Trump and first lady test positive for coronavirus

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said early Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, a stunning announcement that plunges the country deeper into uncertainty jus…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Embed-Chart-AP Poll-Foreign Interference-Russia, ADVISORY

AP POLL-FOREIGN INTERFERENCE-RUSSIA — Chart. This AP-NORC poll chart shows the share of supporters for US President Donald Trump and presidential candidate Joe Biden who say Russia tried to influence the 2016 U.S. …

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Global Forecast-Celsius

Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Friday, October 2, 2020

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Global Forecast-Fahrenheit

Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Friday, October 2, 2020

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
BC-Virus Outbreak-Trump,ADVISORY

Here are today’s plans for coverage for President Trump and the first lady testing positive for the coronavirus. We will have comprehensive coverage coming throughout the day. For up-to-the minute information on AP…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Police: Funeral home shooting that hurt 7 stemmed from feud

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A drive-by shooting that left seven people wounded outside a Milwaukee funeral home was not a random attack, but the result of an ongoing feud between two separate parties, according to police.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
AP News Digest 7:05 a.m.

Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EDT. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan at

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Wife of German rapper convicted of terrorism charges

BERLIN (AP) — The widow of a German-born rapper who joined the Islamic State extremist group in Syria and was killed in an airstrike was herself convicted Friday of membership in a terrorist organization.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Walmart to sell UK unit Asda in $8.8 billion deal

LONDON (AP) — Retail giant Walmart has agreed to sell its British chain of supermarkets, Asda, to the investors behind an international group of gas stations and food shops in a deal that values the company at 6.8 …

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Armenia ready to talk cease-fire amid Azerbaijan clashes

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia said Friday it is ready to discuss a cease-fire in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, where heavy fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces this week has killed dozens…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Turkey: UN registers maritime deal reached with Tripoli

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The United Nations has registered a maritime delineation deal reached between Turkey and Libya’s U.N.-backed government, the Turkish Defense Ministry announced Friday.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
German court upholds conviction of priest in rape attempt

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's top criminal court on Friday upheld the attempted rape conviction of a former priest who posed as a woman online in an elaborate scheme to try to orchestrate the sexual assault of a former l…