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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…
Neighbor calls 911 when hockey fans yell 'Shoot! Shoot!'
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A neighbor called sheriff's deputies on some rabid Tampa Bay Lightning fans who were screaming “shoot! shoot!" as they watched Game 3 of the Stanley Cup final on television Wednesday night.
First man cured of HIV infection now has terminal cancer
Timothy Ray Brown, the first person known to have been cured of HIV infection, says he is now terminally ill from a recurrence of the cancer that prompted his historic treatment 12 years ago.
UN: At least 16 drown in migrant shipwreck off Libya coast
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — At least 16 migrants trying to reach Europe drowned in the Mediterranean Sea when their small dinghy capsized off the coast of Libya, the U.N. migration agency reported Friday, th…
The Latest: 14 arrested outside Portland Police Association
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Latest on a grand jury's decision not to indict police officers on criminal charges directly related to Breonna Taylor's death: (all times EDT)
US stocks open lower; S&P 500 faces 4th week of losses
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are falling in early trading Friday as Wall Street heads for its fourth straight weekly decline. The S&P 500 is down 0.2% and the Dow is lower by 0.3%. Recent trading has been marked by sharp…
Witness mandate vex some new mail-in voters in key states
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — As the pandemic prompts a surge in voting by mail, voters in a handful of states, including the presidential battlegrounds of North Carolina and Wisconsin, are facing a requirement that already…
EU police raid Kosovo war veterans' office, detain leaders
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — European Union security police stormed the offices of a war veterans association in Kosovo on Friday, apparently to get hold of international prosecutors' files from a war crimes investigati…
HBCU president: Student's BB gun suspension should be voided
HARVEY, La. (AP) — The president of a historically Black college has asked a Louisiana school superintendent to revoke the punishment of a fourth grader who was suspended from school because his teacher saw a BB gu…
Mali swears in transitional president and vice president
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s transitional president and vice president were sworn into office Friday, more than a month after a coup in the West African nation.
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Japan's newly minted prime minister steps into UN limelight
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s new prime minister, stepping from the shadows of his longtime supporting role, said Saturday in his debut at the U.N. General Assembly that he’s willing to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jon…
EU police searching office of Kosovo war veterans group
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — European Union security police stormed the offices of a war veterans association in Kosovo, apparently to get hold of international prosecutors' files from a war crimes investigation that th…
Virus again slashes French Open crowd sizes; now only 1,000
PARIS (AP) — With only one week separating the end of one and the start of the other, the Tour de France and the French Open were shaping up as a double bill of sports entertainment, with masked but nevertheless li…
Virus Outbreak, ADVISORY
The latest hot spot for the coronavirus in the United States is the heartland, where cases are rising in a worrying trend. The pandemic began with devastation in the New York City area, and was followed by a summer…
Orders for big-ticket US manufactured goods increased just 0.4% in August following much larger gain in previous month
WASHINGTON (AP) — Orders for big-ticket US manufactured goods increased just 0.4% in August following much larger gain in previous month.