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Updated 1 week, 4 days 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, 10 months ago
Wisconsin investigators to update Jacob Blake shooting

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's attorney general planned to provide an update Monday on the investigation into the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man who was shot in the back by a white police officer las…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Feds indict Indian men whose cases led to sovereignty ruling

MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) — A member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation convicted of murder in state court and another convicted of sexually assaulting a child in cases at the center of a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling on …

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Graetz, white minister who supported '55 bus boycott, dies

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Rev. Robert Graetz, the only white minister to support the Montgomery bus boycott, died Sunday. He was 92.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Trooper wounded in crash faced firing in Black man's death

A Louisiana state trooper was critically injured early Monday in a single-vehicle highway crash that came hours after learning he would be fired for his role last year in the in-custody death of a Black man.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
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'I miss mommy': Families shattered by COVID forge new paths

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Snake lands on Mississippi woman as she opens her front door

MCCOMB, Miss. (AP) — A woman in Mississippi received a slithering surprise when she got home from work last week: a snake that had been lodged on top of her front door landed on her head.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
The Latest: Trump meets with Barrett over Supreme Court seat

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Sen. Tillis: Trump to extend offshore drilling pause to NC

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump will add North Carolina to a list of southeastern states whose coastal waters won't be subjected to offshore drilling for a decade, U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis said on Monday.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Florida won't appeal decision in Patriots owner's prostitution case; charges will likely be dropped

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida won't appeal decision in Patriots owner's prostitution case; charges will likely be dropped.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Campus outbreak threatens San Diego's economic recovery

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The start of the semester at San Diego State University was, as always, a time for students to make and renew friendships on and off its urban campus and enjoy the beach and the city's unmatched Au…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Closing time: UK pubs must shut early as COVID cases surge

LONDON (AP) — British pubs will have to close early and people who fail to obey quarantine rules will face stiff fines under new lockdown restrictions to curb a surging wave of new coronavirus infections.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
The Latest: White House urges governors to help on vaccines

WASHINGTON — The White House is urging U.S. governors to put politics aside and help the Trump administration promote future coronavirus vaccines as safe and effective.