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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…
Kansas woman gets life for decapitating ex-boyfriend's mom
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas woman has been sentenced to life in prison for decapitating her ex-boyfriend's mother with a pair of kitchen knives.
AP Entertainment Digest for Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020
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Tennis players at French Open rattled by sonic boom
PARIS (AP) — A tennis player at the French Open was visibly startled by a sonic boom Wednesday just as he was about to serve a ball.
University renaming buildings honoring white supremacists
MONTEVALLO, Ala. (AP) — The University of Montevallo, a state-run liberal arts school, will rename two buildings that honor former Alabama governors who supported white supremacy, trustees decided.
Timothy Ray Brown, 1st person cured of HIV, dies of cancer
Timothy Ray Brown, who made history as “the Berlin patient,” the first person known to be cured of HIV infection, has died. He was 54.
Channel migrant-smuggling ring cracked in 4-nation operation
BRUSSELS (AP) — A multinational police operation this week led to the arrest of a dozen suspected smugglers who take migrants across the English Channel to the U.K. in small boats under dangerous conditions, offici…
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Study: Neanderthal genes are a liability for COVID patients
BERLIN (AP) — Scientists say genes that some people have inherited from their Neanderthal ancestors may increase the likelihood of suffering severe forms of COVID-19.
Economy plunges 31.4% in spring but big rebound expected
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy plunged at a record rate in the spring but is poised to swing to a record increase in the quarter that is just ending.
Embed-Map-Armenia-Azerbaijan, ADVISORY
ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN – Map. Heavy fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh has entered a fourth straight day in the biggest escalation of a decades-old conflict …
139 refugees head to Germany from Greece for resettlement
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say 139 vulnerable asylum-seekers who had been living in overcrowded Greek island camps have left for Germany, as part of efforts to ease overcrowding and move refugees to ot…
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Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Spain confiscates 35 tons of hashish smuggled in yachts
MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities said Wednesday that they have confiscated 35 tons of hashish that was being smuggled aboard luxury yachts in what they called the country’s largest bust at sea involving the drug.
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Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Japan court orders gov't, TEPCO to pay in Fukushima disaster
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court on Wednesday found the government and the operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant negligent for failing to take measures to prevent the 2011 nuclear disaster, ordering them to …