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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…
Court pick Barrett visits Senate ahead of confirmation fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's nominee for the
Black Appalachians find hope in national reckoning on race
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Dayjha Hogg has known racism her entire life, but until recently she thought she and her family had to face it on their own.
UK, Canada impose sanctions on Belarus president, officials
LONDON (AP) — Britain and Canada imposed sanctions Tuesday on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, his son and other senior government officials following the disputed presidential election and a crackdown on…
US stocks drift between gains and losses in early trading
Stocks are off to a mixed start Tuesday, as the market cooled off from the rally the day before and as investors waited for the debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden.
Poll: Virginians about evenly divided on Confederate statues
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — In a state where Confederate monuments have stood for more than a century and have recently become a flashpoint in the national debate over racial injustice, Virginians remain about evenly …
State television: Kuwaiti ruler Sheikh Sabah has died at 91
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, the ruler of Kuwait who drew on his decades as the oil-rich nation’s top diplomat to push for closer ties to Iraq after the 1990 Gulf War and solut…
Vatican defends China bishop negotiations on eve of US visit
ROME (AP) — The Vatican on Tuesday answered its critics and defended its pursuit of an extended agreement with China on bishop nominations, acknowledging difficulties but insisting the effort had achieved limited, …
Botswana extends emergency measures to combat virus
GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — Botswana has extended its state of emergency for a further six months to combat the spread of COVID-19.
Cambodian man arrested with almost 300 centuries-old jars
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A man on Cambodia’s southern coast was arrested for possessing almost 300 centuries-old earthenware jars that he is believed to have salvaged from a shipwreck, an official said Tuesday.
The Latest: Moscow to keep school kids home 2 weeks in Oct
MOSCOW — Moscow authorities are extending school holidays by a week amid a surge of new coronavirus cases.
AP PHOTOS: Fueled by dry winds, fire rages in wine country
ST. HELENA, California (AP) — Giant blazes taking down buildings, residents fleeing their homes, exhausted firefighters working around the clock: These are some of the scenes from the wildfire that exploded in the …
New Japanese PM Suga urges Putin to resolve island dispute
TOKYO (AP) — Newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that he wants to settle their territorial dispute and sign a peace treaty formally ending their Wor…
AP Entertainment Digest for Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020
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Voter purge case going before Wisconsin Supreme Court
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday in a case that could result in the purging of about 130,000 people from voter rolls in the hotly contested battleground state.
Pakistan army says Indian fire kills soldier, boy in Kashmir
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Indian troops opened fire across the border in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, killing a soldier and a 15-year-old boy and wounding four others, Pakistan’s military and other…